Buy a label printer

[rolfk]

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@govindsankar wrote:

Hello Rolf,

Can you let me know where I can find the drivers created by Mark. Thank you. 

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https://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/Zebra-printer-Printing-from-LabVIEW-using-ZPL-commands/td-p/1761996

It's a long thread and contains lots of good and not so good comments.

[govindsankar]

Thank you Rolf,  but it says the dll is for 32 bit only and my pc is 64 bit. So the problem is still not solved unless I can find a label printer where I can communicate with some other kind of communication protocol like serial, ethernet etc. 

[rolfk]

It really depends. Do you really need to use 64-bit LabVIEW? The 32-bit DLL should work fine even on a 64-bit system as long as you use a 32-bit application to call it.

[govindsankar]

Yeah I use a 64 bit LabVIEW software. 

[rolfk]

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@govindsankar wrote:

Yeah I use a 64 bit LabVIEW software. 

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Then you'll have to use the command line option. Until Mark gets a change to rebuild everything for 64-bit. But that is most likely not a trivial exercise.

And I'm not in the business of label printers really. But there seem to be devices with RS-232 interface, although the GX420d seems to be discontinued since end of last year. The ZD621 seems to have serial port connectivity. And most of the ZT industrial printer models seem to have an explicit RS-232 option.

[Bob_Schor]

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@govindsankar wrote:

Yeah I use a 64 bit LabVIEW software. 

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But does your application require that you use LabVIEW 20xx (64-bit)?  Unless you are dealing with humongous sets of data, 32-bit LabVIEW (which, I understand, can "coexist" with 64-bit LabVIEW) for this (one?) application might be a workable solution for you, certainly quicker, easier, and more likely to "work the first time with a minimal effort", than the struggle you are currently having.

Bob Schor

[govindsankar]

My company has to buy another licence for a 32bit software?

[santo_13]

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@govindsankar wrote:

My company has to buy another licence for a 32bit software?

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No, license applies for both 32-bit and 64-bit LabVIEW

[govindsankar]

I just found out the one we were thinking about buying is the Zebra ZD621. It has a serial as well as an ethernet port. So I can use one of those two to program. For eg : I can configure as a serial port and then send the ZPL commands using Visa Write. Has anyone any experience in this. Kindly let me know. Thank you.

[Yamaeda]

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@govindsankar wrote:

Hello everyone, Isnt there any label printers that doesnt use USB. Isnt there a label printer that uses RS 232 or some other kind of communication protocol. Thank you. 

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We use Zebra GX430t at a customer, it has Serial, USB, TCP/IP.