There should be any extra interface other than what's there. You do need to
go into CR and define THAT printer for THAT form. Yes.... Zebra's can do
some pretty strange things in not configured correctly. Our Zebras are set
up with cutters so we can run a variety of label lengths from .75 long to
7.50 long. Its all in setting up the printer defaults and in the report
configuration. There is a lot of playing to dial them in. Once dialed in
and your reports are correct they run very solid. If you get one plan on a
week of learning its traits. For general employee interface I prefer an
Eltron also by Zebra but very very simple and easy to use. You don't have
the Zebra flexibility and speed but setting up is a piece of cake.
Shirley Graver
Rubber Associates
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From: Norm Watkins [mailto:nwatkins@...]
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 2:53 PM
To: Vantage@Yahoogroups. Com
Subject: [Vantage] Zebra Printers
I'm contemplating setting up our data collection workstations with Zebra
thermal printers to print out identification tags when employees clock out
of job activities. I had a demo printer in the other day, installed the
drivers, sucessfully printed a "test page", but when trying to print the
"tag" with data collection, there was no communication with the printer.
The "tag" is a Crystal Report form and I tried to print directly from
Crystal Reports, with the Zebra printer as a default, and it's hard to
describe what CR tried to do - other than to say it wasn't pretty. CR
bogged down in just opening the report - looked like it was trying to load
the same data numerous times (just in design view) so I had to shut down CR.
Any ideas whats happening. I know from previous threads that many of you
are using Zebra printers, so any help would be appreciated. Do I need to
load something else as an interface/aid for Vantage to communicate with
Zebra printers?
thanks
Norm Watkins
Engineering Manager
ELECPAC
Phone: 847-639-2307
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go into CR and define THAT printer for THAT form. Yes.... Zebra's can do
some pretty strange things in not configured correctly. Our Zebras are set
up with cutters so we can run a variety of label lengths from .75 long to
7.50 long. Its all in setting up the printer defaults and in the report
configuration. There is a lot of playing to dial them in. Once dialed in
and your reports are correct they run very solid. If you get one plan on a
week of learning its traits. For general employee interface I prefer an
Eltron also by Zebra but very very simple and easy to use. You don't have
the Zebra flexibility and speed but setting up is a piece of cake.
Shirley Graver
Rubber Associates
_____
From: Norm Watkins [mailto:nwatkins@...]
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 2:53 PM
To: Vantage@Yahoogroups. Com
Subject: [Vantage] Zebra Printers
I'm contemplating setting up our data collection workstations with Zebra
thermal printers to print out identification tags when employees clock out
of job activities. I had a demo printer in the other day, installed the
drivers, sucessfully printed a "test page", but when trying to print the
"tag" with data collection, there was no communication with the printer.
The "tag" is a Crystal Report form and I tried to print directly from
Crystal Reports, with the Zebra printer as a default, and it's hard to
describe what CR tried to do - other than to say it wasn't pretty. CR
bogged down in just opening the report - looked like it was trying to load
the same data numerous times (just in design view) so I had to shut down CR.
Any ideas whats happening. I know from previous threads that many of you
are using Zebra printers, so any help would be appreciated. Do I need to
load something else as an interface/aid for Vantage to communicate with
Zebra printers?
thanks
Norm Watkins
Engineering Manager
ELECPAC
Phone: 847-639-2307
Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must have
already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and
Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/>
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links
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