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[_] label printing from a web app

Neil Smith [MVP, Digital media] underscore at comatose.freeserve.co.uk
Wed Apr 29 21:50:10 BST 2009 

At 17:10 29/04/2009, Andrew McGregor wrote:
>Message: 5
>Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:26:24 +0100
>From: Andrew McGregor <andy at txm.net>
>Message-ID:
>         <29174fda0904290626w5805716eh2717727ad2d46ad at mail.gmail.com>
>
> > User in a warehouse using my web app (remotely hosted, but I can
> > send/retrieve data + files to local w2k3 or ubuntu server ...
>...snip...
> >... network connected
> > label printer (don't know much about this yet), ideally without having
> > to mess around with print settings.
>
>If it is a label printer you might find it's something like a
>Zebra/TEC in which case you can squirt (ZPL) text to a port tp
>generate and configure the printer.


Oh God ZPL* ! I still have bad dreams about that ;-L
Stick with PDF or even xsl:fo to keep your sanity intact !

Cheers - Neil


* For the uninitiated - seemingly random strings of 2-3 character 
escape style codes and template fillers invented by some demented 
ex-SAP or COBOL engineer I imagine.