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Tiago

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Nov 4, 2009, 2:27:46 PM11/4/09
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Hello,

I have created an outq OZEB001 on my iseries to print some ZPL codes
on my Zebra TLP 2844-Z
When I send to outq the printer file with ^XA^A0N,89,74^FDTESTE^FS
^PQ1,1,1,Y^XZ, document
is send and delete but nothing prints.

On the printer web page I know that the document was send to the
printer but nothing is printed.
Anybody can help? THX

ZebraNet PrintServer
-----------------------------------------------------------
Print Job Log
Total Jobs Printed: 1
Job Information: TCP/IP * IP Address 192.168.80.31 * LPR * Queue
PORTLF1 * 57 Bytes
Time Elapsed: 0 hours 9 minutes 24 seconds

My queue:
---------------

Cola de salida . . . . . . . . . OUTQ > OZEB001
Biblioteca . . . . . . . . . . *LIBL
Tama¦o máximo archivo en spool: MAXPAGES
Número de páginas . . . . . . *NONE
Hora de inicio . . . . . . . .
Hora de finalización . . . . .
+ para más valores
Orden de archivos en cola . . . SEQ *FIFO
Sistema remoto . . . . . . . . . RMTSYS
*INTNETADR

Cola de impresora remota . . . . RMTPRTQ 'portLF1'
Transcriptores arranq automát . AUTOSTRWTR 1
Cola para mensajes transcrip . . MSGQ QSYSOPR
Biblioteca . . . . . . . . . . *LIBL
Tipo de conexión . . . . . . . . CNNTYPE *IP
Tipo de destino . . . . . . . . DESTTYPE *OTHER
Transf impresión sist princ . . TRANSFORM *YES
Transformación datos usuario . . USRDTATFM *SAME
Biblioteca . . . . . . . . . .
Fabricante, tipo y modelo . . . MFRTYPMDL *WSCSTCONT132
Objeto personaliz est trabajo . WSCST QWPDEFAULT
Biblioteca . . . . . . . . . . QSYS
Configuración de imagen . . . . IMGCFG *NONE
Dirección internet . . . . . . . INTNETADR '192.168.60.48 '
Clase VM/MVS . . . . . . . . . . CLASS *SAME
Alm Interm Control Formularios FCB *SAME
Opciones de destino . . . . . . DESTOPT 'XAIX'


Imprimir página separadora . . . SEPPAGE *NO
Opción definida por el usuario USRDFNOPT *NONE
+ para más valores
Objeto definido por el usuario: USRDFNOBJ
Objeto . . . . . . . . . . . . *NONE
Biblioteca . . . . . . . . .
Tipo de objeto . . . . . . . .
Programa controlador usuario . . USRDRVPGM *NONE
Biblioteca . . . . . . . . . .
ASP de archivo en spool . . . . SPLFASP *SYSTEM
Texto descriptivo . . . . . . . TEXT 'Cola Remota'
Visualizar cualquier archivo . . DSPDTA *NO
Separadores de trabajos . . . . JOBSEP 0
Controlado por operador . . . . OPRCTL *YES
Cola de datos . . . . . . . . . DTAQ *NONE
Biblioteca . . . . . . . . . .
Autorización a comprobar . . . . AUTCHK *DTAAUT

iseriesflorida

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Nov 4, 2009, 2:53:02 PM11/4/09
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For the zebra's that I am using we use *IBM42011 for the HPT, and raw
for remote printer queue

xyzzy

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Nov 4, 2009, 3:25:14 PM11/4/09
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If it's of any help, here's how I created the outq for zebra printers
at my former job:

CRTOUTQ OUTQ(QUSRSYS/GB_BIZEB2Q) RMTSYS(*INTNETADR)
RMTPRTQ('RAW1') AUTOSTRWTR(1)
MSGQ(QUSRSYS/GB_BIZEB2Q) CNNTYPE(*IP)
DESTTYPE(*OTHER) MFRTYPMDL(*HP4)
INTNETADR('10.90.67.178') DESTOPT('XAIX')
TEXT('<GB> WES:Zebra printer queue')

jonathan bailey

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Nov 5, 2009, 5:12:59 AM11/5/09
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"Tiago" <teafm...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:f2557981-a065-4041...@j24g2000yqa.googlegroups.com...
Hello,

I have created an outq OZEB001 on my iseries to print some ZPL codes
on my Zebra TLP 2844-Z
When I send to outq the printer file with ^XA^A0N,89,74^FDTESTE^FS
^PQ1,1,1,Y^XZ, document
is send and delete but nothing prints.

On the printer web page I know that the document was send to the
printer but nothing is printed.
Anybody can help? THX

ZebraNet PrintServer
-----------------------------------------------------------
Print Job Log
Total Jobs Printed: 1
Job Information: TCP/IP * IP Address 192.168.80.31 * LPR * Queue
PORTLF1 * 57 Bytes
Time Elapsed: 0 hours 9 minutes 24 seconds

My queue:
---------------

Cola de salida . . . . . . . . . OUTQ > OZEB001
Biblioteca . . . . . . . . . . *LIBL

Tama�o m�ximo archivo en spool: MAXPAGES
N�mero de p�ginas . . . . . . *NONE


Hora de inicio . . . . . . . .

Hora de finalizaci�n . . . . .
+ para m�s valores


Orden de archivos en cola . . . SEQ *FIFO
Sistema remoto . . . . . . . . . RMTSYS
*INTNETADR

Cola de impresora remota . . . . RMTPRTQ 'portLF1'

Transcriptores arranq autom�t . AUTOSTRWTR 1


Cola para mensajes transcrip . . MSGQ QSYSOPR
Biblioteca . . . . . . . . . . *LIBL

Tipo de conexi�n . . . . . . . . CNNTYPE *IP


Tipo de destino . . . . . . . . DESTTYPE *OTHER

Transf impresi�n sist princ . . TRANSFORM *YES
Transformaci�n datos usuario . . USRDTATFM *SAME


Biblioteca . . . . . . . . . .
Fabricante, tipo y modelo . . . MFRTYPMDL *WSCSTCONT132
Objeto personaliz est trabajo . WSCST QWPDEFAULT
Biblioteca . . . . . . . . . . QSYS

Configuraci�n de imagen . . . . IMGCFG *NONE
Direcci�n internet . . . . . . . INTNETADR '192.168.60.48 '


Clase VM/MVS . . . . . . . . . . CLASS *SAME
Alm Interm Control Formularios FCB *SAME
Opciones de destino . . . . . . DESTOPT 'XAIX'


Imprimir p�gina separadora . . . SEPPAGE *NO
Opci�n definida por el usuario USRDFNOPT *NONE
+ para m�s valores


Objeto definido por el usuario: USRDFNOBJ
Objeto . . . . . . . . . . . . *NONE
Biblioteca . . . . . . . . .
Tipo de objeto . . . . . . . .
Programa controlador usuario . . USRDRVPGM *NONE
Biblioteca . . . . . . . . . .
ASP de archivo en spool . . . . SPLFASP *SYSTEM
Texto descriptivo . . . . . . . TEXT 'Cola Remota'
Visualizar cualquier archivo . . DSPDTA *NO
Separadores de trabajos . . . . JOBSEP 0
Controlado por operador . . . . OPRCTL *YES
Cola de datos . . . . . . . . . DTAQ *NONE
Biblioteca . . . . . . . . . .

Autorizaci�n a comprobar . . . . AUTCHK *DTAAUT

Our company uses Zebra printers but being i England they decided on a US
codepage. This meant that we cant use ^ to indicate the zebra control chars
but something else - I think its a cent sign. You could try getting the hex
values sent to the printer some way, maybe the zebra has a hex dump option
from the front panel, or by plugging another printer ip address & using that
in hex mode. Compare that with what comes out of your current working
solution.

HTH
--
Jonathan


trans am kid

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Nov 5, 2009, 12:58:36 PM11/5/09
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put the printer in dump mode and see what it is getting. The
circumflex ^ is probably being translated. You have the required ^XA
and ^XZ and typically a 2844-Z will just suck in data and do nothing
(like what you are saying) if it is missing the xa and xz. So my
thought is that while they are there, due to the various code pages,
etc. you may be running it is being translated to another character.
By having the 2844-z in dump mode which you can usually get into by
holding down power button while turning on, you can see what is being
sent, and that will solve it.

Zebra has a great little tool over at their site that will also help
you check out the printer, and test it.

As far as the emulation for the printer, I have used 4214, 3812, etc.
but a plain jane simple one is what you want, as the commands you want
to pass thru and the printer will ignore the carriage returns, etc.

One other thing you can try, is to take your line like you showed,
paste it into like notepad, and set up a "generic/text" printer on a
pc and hook the zebra up and then "print" the notepad page to the
generic/text and if nothing prints then examine your code. If it
prints, then it basically has to be the ^ being changed to a different
character.

chris


On Nov 5, 5:12 am, "jonathan bailey" <jonathan.bai...@tesco.net>
wrote:
> "Tiago" <teafmart...@gmail.com> wrote in message


>
> news:f2557981-a065-4041...@j24g2000yqa.googlegroups.com...
> Hello,
>
> I have created an outq OZEB001 on my iseries to print some ZPL codes
> on my Zebra TLP 2844-Z
> When I send to outq the printer file with ^XA^A0N,89,74^FDTESTE^FS
> ^PQ1,1,1,Y^XZ, document
> is send and delete but nothing prints.
>
> On the printer web page I know that the document was send to the
> printer but nothing is printed.
> Anybody can help? THX
>
> ZebraNet PrintServer
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> Print Job Log
> Total Jobs Printed: 1
> Job Information: TCP/IP * IP Address 192.168.80.31 * LPR * Queue
> PORTLF1 * 57 Bytes
> Time Elapsed: 0 hours 9 minutes 24 seconds
>
> My queue:
> ---------------
>
> Cola de salida . . . . . . . . . OUTQ         > OZEB001
>   Biblioteca . . . . . . . . . .                  *LIBL

> Tama¦o máximo archivo en spool:  MAXPAGES

>   Número de páginas  . . . . . .                *NONE


>   Hora de inicio . . . . . . . .

>   Hora de finalización . . . . .
>                          + para más valores


> Orden de archivos en cola  . . . SEQ            *FIFO
> Sistema remoto . . . . . . . . . RMTSYS
> *INTNETADR
>
> Cola de impresora remota . . . . RMTPRTQ        'portLF1'

> Transcriptores arranq automát  . AUTOSTRWTR     1


> Cola para mensajes transcrip . . MSGQ           QSYSOPR
>   Biblioteca . . . . . . . . . .                  *LIBL

> Tipo de conexión . . . . . . . . CNNTYPE        *IP


> Tipo de destino  . . . . . . . . DESTTYPE       *OTHER

> Transf impresión sist princ  . . TRANSFORM      *YES
> Transformación datos usuario . . USRDTATFM      *SAME


>   Biblioteca . . . . . . . . . .
> Fabricante, tipo y modelo  . . . MFRTYPMDL      *WSCSTCONT132
> Objeto personaliz est trabajo  . WSCST          QWPDEFAULT
>   Biblioteca . . . . . . . . . .                  QSYS

> Configuración de imagen  . . . . IMGCFG         *NONE
> Dirección internet . . . . . . . INTNETADR      '192.168.60.48  '


> Clase VM/MVS . . . . . . . . . . CLASS          *SAME
> Alm Interm Control Formularios   FCB            *SAME
> Opciones de destino  . . . . . . DESTOPT        'XAIX'
>

> Imprimir página separadora . . . SEPPAGE        *NO
> Opción definida por el usuario   USRDFNOPT      *NONE
>                          + para más valores


> Objeto definido por el usuario:  USRDFNOBJ
>   Objeto . . . . . . . . . . . .                *NONE
>     Biblioteca . . . . . . . . .
>   Tipo de objeto . . . . . . . .
> Programa controlador usuario . . USRDRVPGM      *NONE
>   Biblioteca . . . . . . . . . .
> ASP de archivo en spool  . . . . SPLFASP        *SYSTEM
> Texto descriptivo  . . . . . . . TEXT           'Cola Remota'
> Visualizar cualquier archivo . . DSPDTA         *NO
> Separadores de trabajos  . . . . JOBSEP         0
> Controlado por operador  . . . . OPRCTL         *YES
> Cola de datos  . . . . . . . . . DTAQ           *NONE
>   Biblioteca . . . . . . . . . .

> Autorización a comprobar . . . . AUTCHK         *DTAAUT

iseriesflorida

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Nov 5, 2009, 2:31:56 PM11/5/09
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>
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TA-KID, can you post the URL for the zebra tool, thanks.

Grumman

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Nov 5, 2009, 11:40:10 PM11/5/09
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Tiago wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have created an outq OZEB001 on my iseries to print some ZPL codes
> on my Zebra TLP 2844-Z
> When I send to outq the printer file with ^XA^A0N,89,74^FDTESTE^FS
> ^PQ1,1,1,Y^XZ, document
> is send and delete but nothing prints.
>
> On the printer web page I know that the document was send to the
> printer but nothing is printed.
> Anybody can help? THX

The '^' character has different hex values depending on which EBCDIC
codepage you are using, there is no guaranteed mapping to ASCII. The ZPL
manual has a paragraph somewhere that recommends using '�' instead
since it does exist in ASCII and all (or most?) EBCDIC character sets.

So if you change the above to:
~CC��XA�A0N,89,74�FDTESTE�FS�PQ1,1,1,Y�XZ

you should get the output you were expecting.

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