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Label printing issue

Former Member — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:41:59 GMT

Hi All,

I am having an issue with label printing with zebra printer. Presently I am printing lables using zebra printer. so to print number of lables I am using ^PQ&v_n& command. where v_n is the number of lables required.But my requirement is changed such that there is seriel number to print on each label starting from 1 every day. Suppose if i want to print 20 lables then seriel number should start from 1 and upto 20. Because of this requirement, I am unable to use ^PQ command, and looping write form to print required number of lables. But it is taking much time to print lables.Is there any other way to decrease the time. My requirement is i need to print multiple lables with variable serial number quickly, is there any command to achieve this. Pls help me out.

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Thanks

Giridhar

Re: Label printing issue

Former Member — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:40:35 GMT

From a ZPL instruction .PDF I have:

Serialized Data:

The ^SN (Serialization Data) command allows the printer to index data fields by a selected increment or decrement value (i.e., make the data fields increase or decrease by a specified value) each time a label is printed.

for example:

^F020,180AF^{SNSERIALNUMBER 00000000111,1,Y}FS

[^FO - Set field origin relative to label home.]

[^AFSNSERIAL NUMBER 00000000111,1,Y - Define serialized field, starting value of 111, increment by 1, insert leading zeros]

[^FS - end of field data]

Hope this helps,

Mark Schwendinger

Re: Label printing issue

Former Member — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 22:11:41 GMT

My name is Andy Rogerson and I work for Zebra as an Integration Architect forcusing on SAP solutions.

Mark is correct we support serial numbers in the printer. If you can send me the ZPL you are using currently I can recommend the necessary changes.

Email: arogerson@zebra.com

Regards,

Andy