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Barcode printing with Eltron(Zebra) TLP2844 using EPL
Hello,
I want to print Barcodes(Code39) directly from Access (Report) with an Eltron (Zebra) TLP2844-Labelprinter. Label-size: 11mm x 21mm There are the possibilities to use barcode - font in access report or to use some add-in, but this is not recommended for this small labels. I heard that It would be better to use EPL2-language to use the barcodes inside the printer. (supports "Code39" and other barcodes) Does someone know if it is possible to send a "number" or "string" from an access report direct to the labelprinter by using EPL? Thanks Chris -- Message posted via http://www.accessmonster.com |
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Barcode printing with Eltron(Zebra) TLP2844 using EPL
Unfrotunately you would not be able to do things from an Access report
and instead you would need to write a little code in an Access module that would drive the printer directly. The way that most bar code label printers work is that you send a "template" for a label directly to the printer and then when you want to print a label, you send it data that then gets filled into the template. It's sort of like the way you design a mail merge in Word. You first design the "merge document" containing "merge fields" and then you feed it records of data that get plugged into the merge fields and printed. For a bar code label printer, you typically use a label design program that is either provided or recommended by the manufacturer of the printer. Once you have the "label template" burned into the printer's memory, all you need to do is shoot simple text records out the serial port to the printer containing the data that you want put into the correct places in the template. When you send a data record to the printer, it spits out a label. You would not be able to do any of this from within an Access report because Access will use the Windows printer driver for the printer instead of controlling it directly with commands sent through the serial port. If you have the capability of creating a "label template" either manually or using some label design software and you also understand what data you need to send to the printer to insert into each label, then you could use Access to do the job however it would require that you write the data directly to the COM port. You could use a tool like the WinWedge software from TAL Technologies (www.taltech.com) to send the data out the serial port from an Access VBA subroutine or you could use a serial communications ActiveX control in a form in your database. You have a bit of learning to do first and the best place to start would be whatever programming guide you can get from Eltron for your particular printer. On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 16:05:54 GMT, "Ing Chris via AccessMonster.com" u11672@uwe wrote: Hello, I want to print Barcodes(Code39) directly from Access (Report) with an Eltron (Zebra) TLP2844-Labelprinter. Label-size: 11mm x 21mm There are the possibilities to use barcode - font in access report or to use some add-in, but this is not recommended for this small labels. I heard that It would be better to use EPL2-language to use the barcodes inside the printer. (supports "Code39" and other barcodes) Does someone know if it is possible to send a "number" or "string" from an access report direct to the labelprinter by using EPL? Thanks Chris |
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