topic zebra wireless printer in Operating System - HP-UX

zebra wireless printer

Desrichard — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 07:58:04 GMT

how to configure a Zebra wireless printer under HPUX 11.11?

I have tried to declare the printer by hppi: Add printer to local spooler.I have tested the followings models: dumbplot, dumbplot_printer.
but no result.

It only works if declared as a remote printer but in this case the printer doesn't recognize any formated text.

It seems there is no specific script model for this printer.

Any idea would be welcomed.

Re: zebra wireless printer

Jaime Bolanos Rojas. — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 08:07:34 GMT

Desrichard,

did you already try these steps that the Zebra Manufacturer recommends:

"Use Label Vista to create a file with CPCL. Test locally (serial) to make
sure it works. Make sure you can ping wireless printer from HP UX box.
Then send file from HP UX box."

Regards,

Jaime.

Re: zebra wireless printer

Steven E. Protter — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 08:12:03 GMT

Shalom,

I would think that Windows Printer sharing (samba) would be compatible with CIFS/9000-Samba on HP-UX.

No, you won't find drivers for it and you may have trouble with the output once you connect.

Samba for HP-UX is available by searching for CIFS/9000 on http://software.hp.com and taking and installing the client version, which will require a boot of the HP-UX box.

swlist -l product | grep CIFS
It might already be installed.

SEP

Re: zebra wireless printer

Jonathan Fife — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 08:41:10 GMT

I configured a few of these several years back. You shouldn't need a driver to format the printouts, that should be done in whatever code is generating the label.

Try configuring the printer as a network printer pointing to the appropriate IP and set the document format to passthrough.

Re: zebra wireless printer

Bill Hassell — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 21:44:11 GMT

You can't use HPPI becuase it is not an HP printer (or more specifically, the NIC in the printer is not an HP JetDirect card). You must configure the printer as a remote printer (just like the vast majority of non-HP printers) and live with the 100% lack of -o option support. The printer will print whatever you send to it -- a remote printer is just sent the characters without any formatting. Formatted text has no meaning in Unix -- it's either plain ASCII text or specially-prepared data designed exclusively for that printer. If you need to change the fonts or orientation, you need to add these codes to the front of the data file.

Re: zebra wireless printer

Desrichard — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 02:41:53 GMT

I have declared the printer as a remote printer.

We will use directly the code ZPLII for formatting.

thank you for your answers.