O$ : how to control a brother label printer .(USB, Windows)

[Rainer R. Greim]

Hi Paul,
thanks for the excellent tip.
I have tried my luck with the vfp reportwriter today and went crazy,...
..Bartender software : so you never run out of excellent drinks..

Rainer


Zitat von Paul Jonson <PaulJ at intheus.com>:

>
> To solve my Label Printing problems (little labels 1 CM Tall) I moved to
> BarTender software from www.seagullscientific.com .
>
> The solution wasn't cheap ($1,000). I post an XML file from Omnis to a
> shared directory.  The Bartender software picks up the file and prints
> it.  No missed labels or alignment issues to date after about 10,000
> individual labels.
>
> For larger labels (Shipping) to Dymo and Brother printers I just use the
> Omnis Reports with no problems.
>
> I would recommend that you look at the FREE Seagull Scientific printer
> drivers.  They exist for most printers and will provide a consistent set
> of commands and interface.
>
> Paul
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:omnisdev-en-bounces at lists.omnis-dev.com] On Behalf Of Rainer
> Greim
> Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 7:06 AM
> To: OmnisDev List - English
> Subject: Re: O$ : how to control a brother label printer .(USB, Windows)
>
> Hi Kelly,
> when I map a USB to a com, I go backwards and loose compatibility.
> So I will try my luck with a report on this printer.. and maybe using
> the comctrl.
>
> Thanks
> Rainer
> Am 24.04.2009 um 15:07 schrieb Kelly Burgess:
>
>> Hi Rainer,
>>
>>> what is the best way to control a brother label printer (dl-500,..)
>>> and print labels.
>>
>> On WIndows, if you can map a USB printer to a COM_ port, you can use
>> the built-in Omnis Transmit text to port commands.
>>
>> I sell a USBTalk external with commands for getting a list of USB
>> printers, opening a driver, reading and writing to it, and closing the
>
>> driver.  It works well when you need to send configuration sequences
>> ahead of the data.  I only have one USB printer, so the external
>> hasn't been well-tested with a wide range of devicees, the Windows
>> version less so than the Mac version.  So when someone's interested, I
>
>> first send a demo to be sure it would work in their environment.
>>
>> Kelly
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