I want to export the ZPL file (the one which starts with ^XA) of a given label on Zebradesigner but I can't manage to find any option to do so.
I already looked for a similar question on stackoverflow and I saw a post that seemed to resolve the problem:
get ZPL Code From zebra designer?
But I think I don't have the same version cause I don't have a "ports" tab on my printer properties.
So does anyone know how to achieve this with my Zebra version? I have Zebradesigner 2.2.3
Thank you!
There should be a "Print To File" checkbox or option in the print dialog. This should allow you to save to a .prm file which will contain the raw ZPL including ^XA.
There is a print to file checkbox when you print AND you must have a zebra printer driver that would have expected ZPL in order to get this to work right. Then the prn file that is saved will have ZPL that can be sent to a printer. There may be some additional configuration before the first ^XA in the file.
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So as the title says im trying to get a printer print something, the main idea is to use it into code (i can initialize a .bat file using python normally) to create a list of documents i need to print together with all different settings (black and white, recto verso) and all different file locations repeatetly
So far i couldnt even make the printer print a single document except for a test file using prnqctl.vbs
Ive found print /d:"device name" [path]
but i always get the error
"unable to initialize device [device name]"
As i said im able to print a test file with prnqctl.vbs so the printer is working, im on windows 10, thanks in advance
Zebra printer is connected to CUPS server and I am sending prints using IPP. When I parse zpl file and fill data using a parser it prints correctly, but when I directly try to print zpl with data using IPP it just prints it as plaintext.
Yeah, I was able to solve the issue. The problem was that the printer was not set to accept the raw zpl and print it. I had to set the printer to raw and it worked. Thanks.
If anyone still facing this issue here are the steps we followed to setup the ZPL printer.
Start the cups server and access the web interface via http://localhost:631/
Add printer
Choose your local printer (your printer should be listed)
press continue
Provide name, description and enable the share checkbox
continue
Choose the Make as 'RAW' please refer to the attached snapshot.
Add the printer.
It should print the label instead of raw ZPL.
Make sure you are using a generic text based print driver to print the ZPL.
I'm using the Easy Print VI to print my application front panel. But I'm unable to predefine the filename and auto save it.
The "Save report to File.vi" let's you specify the name of the VI. Note that this VI does NOT work with a standard report, but with HTML. I do not have the report generation toolbox so cannot test for the rest.
Another way is to print the report with a PDF printer. I get a pop-up dialog with the standard Microsoft PDF printer but that is probably avoidable with better PDF printers.
Is there any "print" or "printto" equivalent command under macos ? Simply i wanna send a file to printer but its own content have to be interpreted by default program. So "lpr" or "lp" doesn't help because it's directly sending a file itself to printer. Assume that i have a office document or keynote file that i wanna print it. If i print that file in office or keynote there is no problem but if i use "lpr" or "lp" document's binary content will be written that i don't want.
PS! Sorry for my English...
you should search for "print apple event" when looking up the internet about your problem.
As far as I understand you have to open the document in default application and send this application this event. This can be done with apple script or osascript in bash.
regards,
Robert
Is it possible to create a printer driver; to copy the file selected for print to a predefined folder?
or alternatively is there a anything out there that already does this?
I realise that I will need to use the Windows Driver Development Kit, but it would be nice to know if this is possible/necessary.
Thanks in advance.
No you can't. You receive the filename in the driver but you don't get the full path. So you cannot know which file is printing. But you can save a bitmap output of what the applications is printing. Look at print examples in WinDDK.