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Zebra Industrial USB printer with Labview

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Hello,

I am new to LabView, I want to print the ZPL code which I modified using some function inside Labview. I use Windows 10 and Zebra Printer Zt411, connected using a USB cable. 

However, I only saw the COM port option when using the VISA function. Please guide how can I manage this using a USB port. 

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I use this .net dll to write ZPL code to a printer directly. 
https://github.com/rkone/sharpzebra

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Have you tried a Web search for "labview zebra printer usb"?  When I did, I found this NI Knowledge Article .

 

Bob Schor

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I would say that, that knowledge Article is plain wrong. 
I have never ever seen a zebra printer that pr default is installed as a COM port. 

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There are other links on the Web (and on the Knowledge Article i referenced) that point out other references to running Zebra printers in LabVIEW.  It appears (to me) that the main difference is that once you establish the Serial Connection, you just need to know the ZPL commands and how they work (Format into String might be your Friend, here) to get the Printer to do what you'd like it to do ...  But the answers do appear to be available on the Web, in the Forums, etc.

 

Bob Schor

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This is the method I use and it works great.

https://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/A-working-label-printer-in-labview-on-Windows10/m-p/3699049#M104021...

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Thank you. It worked fine. I need to make sure that the user has basic cmd permissions. 

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how to connect the zebra model printer with labview

 

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@bharathiraj87 wrote:

how to connect the zebra model printer with labview


This thread is marked as solved with a post giving a link how to go about this and a user then posting that this was the way to do it for him.

 

Unless you provide a lot more information about the make and model of your printer, how you connected it and what you already tried and what doesn’t work, we can not give you any more advice!

Rolf Kalbermatter
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