I don't know if this is possible or not but if you could print to the
Zebra from Java, then the Mepapi project may come in handy...

http://www.merapiproject.net/



--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "nathanpdaniel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Why can't you send plain text?  The user is still prompted with the 
> printer selection dialog (you can't control that anyway) - if the 
> Label printer is selcted, it'll print whatever you send it (I've done 
> it before...).
>   You gotta know the Zebra printer language to have a shot at doing 
> anything else.  There's a manual out there (couldn't tell you where 
> other than the Zebra site - good luck with that one :D).  Then, it'd 
> only be possible to do it in AIR, and, you'd basically send the 
> string (which the printer breaks down and is able to print).  I was 
> never able to successfully do it.
>   The way it works, you generate a "string" (we'll call it PTR for 
> now since it's not really just a string).  PTR has to be in the Zebra 
> Language (or whatever it's called).  You have to send the PTR to the 
> port (printer, comm, etc) the printer is connected to.  Technically, 
> the printer should accept the string and know what to do from there.  
> Theoretically, that's how it should work - if it actually does - you 
> deserve a prize! :D  I tried (in vain) for weeks to get it to work - 
> before I settled on creating an Object that would print (in plain 
> text) on my Zebra printer (and gave up on it).
> 
> -Nathan
> 
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Jackson" <abduljaleelch@> 
> wrote:
> >
> > 
> >   Hi All,
> >      I am trying to print text using a label printer (ZEBRA
> > STRIPE).But i cannot send plain text or characters to the 
> printer.How
> > is it possible in flex/adobe Air application?.
> > 
> >   Thanks in Advance..
> >      Abdul Jaleel C.
> >
>


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