Thanks very much for the reply. I got in touch with the author of jZebra, an API that might help: http://code.google.com/p/jzebra/
He asks "Does Satchmo Cart Software allow you to customize the printing functions to perhaps use an applet? It looks to be open- source, so that will likely help." Any ideas on this? My web developer has set up the current setup where it formats the order info to a html page like the one attached previously which I then print from a browser. I'm sure he'd be able to edit this so the info can be put onto the label sized area, it's just a case of being able to turn this into something printable with a thermal printer. Cannot seem to find any vector oriented direct thermal label printers, they seem to be all character oriented? Thanks again, Robert On Jan 4, 4:04 pm, C <[email protected]> wrote: > Keep in mind that this is based on experience with "Zebra" printers at > a large pharma company. > > 1) This isn't a Satchmo issue. Support for a given printer is > generally outside the scope of your invoicing software or ERP > software. It's generally within the realm of the drivers for your > printing system (Be it cups with its backends, or Windows, or > something like UniQ) > 2) You're going to have a pile of fun if your choice in printer isn't > supported by whatever printing system you choose. > > So, you might want to have a chat with your printer vendor(s) to > determine useful things like "Is this printer supported by the drivers > for my printing system?" > And you probably want to have a chat with the vendor to find out > whether the printer is character oriented, vector oriented, or raster > oriented. Because if it's character oriented you may have to create a > driver to convert from some flavor of document markup language to > properly formatted ascii text. If it's vector or raster oriented, > feeding the driver may be perfectly fine. > > On Jan 4, 9:54 am, Robert Feely <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Anyone have any suggestions on this? > > > It's a feature I really need to be able to introduce but I don't want > > to go buying the printer etc only to discover its not going to be an > > option. > > > Thanks > > > On Dec 31 2010, 8:27 pm, Robert Feely <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi Guys, > > > > At the moment my Satchmo store is set up so I can select all the > > > orders for a set period, create a4 printable invoices/packing slips > > > with integrated labels. > > > > I think print the invoice stick the label on the envelope and dispatch > > > it. > > > > This system works fine but it's going to be quite costly as my orders > > > increase, also the laser toner labels can smudge, > > > > I'm looking at a thermal printing option instead, it seems to be what > > > the big boys such as Amazon use and is the most coft effective option. > > > I want to be able to have Satchmo create invoice/labels that can be > > > printed on 101 x 151 mm direct thermal labels using a Zebra desktop > > > direct thermal printer or equivalent. > > > > Has anyone any experience in using direct thermal printers or know if > > > it will be possible to do this? > > > > One of the problems seems to be direct thermal printers use strange > > > languages EPL and ZPL which might make things messy. > > > > Any advice on this would be much appreciated. > > > > Thanks in advance and Happy New Year! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Satchmo users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/satchmo-users?hl=en.
