[MT-L] datamax emulation in 6.0
Covacevich, Mary
Currently we print our wristbands to a Thermal Citizen printer-we use
an NPR report out of ADM.PAT and the code for the datamax emulation is
called in a MACRO
Below is a sample of that code
LABEL
D(2)_"L"_D(13)^!,
"D11"^!,
"491100301450033"_/NM_D(13)^!,
"491100301450050"_/UN_D(13)^!,
"1e1103300950023"_/AC_D(13)^!,
"1e1103300350023"_/AC_D(13)^!,
"491100304550067"_/TX_D(13)^!,
"491100301450067"_/BD_" "_/SX_D(13)^!,
"491100301450085"_/AC2_D(13)^!,
"1e1103303650023"_/AC_D(13)^!,
"1e1103304140023"_/UNN_D(13)^!,
"Q0001"_D(13)^!,
"E"_D(13)^!
We are now in the midst of preparing/building to go to Meditech
6.0---the above code is not working
Does any CS or 6.0 site print to a Citizen using datamax
emulation---does the above need a modification
Any help is appreciated
The macro is called from a footnote
AL D label
THERMAL YES
Thanks
Mary
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Joe Cocuzzo
In C/S (your ADM forms are going to print from ADM.PAT and not REG.ACCT) you will need to either use the picture with the THERMAL YES footnote or make the printer GENERIC in the UNV and send all the DPL commands that the label printer requires "yourself". The problem is that the C/S PRINT MANAGER will wrap any command lines with another command line and your strings will print as data on the label instead of controlling the printer behavior. Changing the printer to GENERIC in the UNV (and changing any print driver on the print server to GENERIC/TEXT) will allow you to send command strings, but then you need to send all of them, not just the ones for each data line.
A more elaborate solution which I am waiting for a Meditech hospital to try is to purchase BarTender or NiceLabel and use that product as a print server, sending just the data from the NPR report and building a template with one of those products to merge the data in a pleasing format and route it to a printer. This would allow graphics, all fonts, etc on your labels, but it does introduce more complexity into the thermal printing puzzle in Meditech.
Report Designer and 6.0 offer NO support for thermal printing at all, so if 6.1 requires wristbands from REG.ACCT and a RD report buy Laserband and HP shares and sell your Datamax, Zebra, and Citizen stock.
I did a MUSE Workshop called "Nothing but Labels" in 2007 that you might find helpful.
http://www.iatric.com/MUSE2007
Joe Cocuzzo
Vice President
NPR Services
Iatric Systems, Inc.
Phone/Fax: (978) 805-4115
Email: mailto:Joe.C...@iatric.com
Web: http://www.iatric.com/
Iatric Systems is a leading provider of integrated software applications, interfaces and reporting solutions for hospitals and healthcare systems.
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