RE: iSeries label printer

I would stick with Zebra... We print several hundred thousand labels a year on Zebra printers. NONE of them have a "box". All are direct Ethernet.

Here is what we use to create the device descriptions (we also use TL Ashford to product many of our labels) - that's where the WSCST comes from, but I'm not sure you'll need it.

I even have a web service that receives a ZPL data stream (Endicia USPS Labels) that I save to an IFS file and "copy" it directly to the printer.

Hope this helps.

CRTDEVPRT DEVD(ZEB10) DEVCLS(*LAN) TYPE(3812) MODEL(1) LANATTACH(*IP)
PORT(9100) ATTACH(*DIRECT) ONLINE(*YES)
FONT(11 *NONE) FORMFEED(*AUTOCUT) SEPDRAWER(*FILE)
PRTERRMSG(*INFO)
ACTTMR(170) INACTTMR(*SEC15) LINESPEED(19200)
WORDLEN(8) PARITY(*NONE)
STOPBITS(1) TRANSFORM(*YES)
MFRTYPMDL(*WSCST) PPRSRC1(*LETTER)
PPRSRC2(*LETTER) ENVELOPE(*NUMBER10)
ASCII899(*NO) IMGCFG(*NONE)
CHRID(*SYSVAL) RMTLOCNAME('192.168.1.20')
WSCST(TLABARCODE/Z4XIWSCST)
SYSDRVPGM(*IBMSNMPDRV) TEXT('Zebra 10')
PUBLISHINF(*UNKNOWN *UNKNOWN *UNKNOWN *UNKNOWN *BLANK
(*UNKNOWN))

-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Christopher Bipes
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2022 5:04 PM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion' <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: iSeries label printer

All I can remember is there is a box that the Ethernet is connected to and the printer connects to that. I would have to look at the configuration to get the details. What I really am looking for is a label printer that works with the iSeries. Forget the Zebra part. What else is out there that someone on this list uses.

Chris Bipes
Director of Information Services
CrossCheck, Inc.

-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Roger Harman
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2022 1:55 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: iSeries label printer

It's been years since I dealt with Zebra printers but I recall them as being SCS. The ZPL drives any "graphical" elements.
I don't ever recall having to configure them as IPDS.