Re: Mailing Label Solutions
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 7:21 PM, Daniel Baughman wrote: Anyone came across anything really handy there? I typically create a PDF template in LiveCycle Designer with a repeating subform and push data into it with cfpdfformdata. Jochem -- Jochem van Dieten http://jochem.vandieten.net/ ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:319732 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
Re: Mailing Label Solutions
Any clever suggestions? Look for CF_Avery. Pretty good piece of soft, and it is free. ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:319742 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: Mailing Label Solutions
I've had pretty good success with creating the necessary formatting in Word, saving as HTML, then using that HTML in CF to generate Word docs with appropriate labels on the fly. User selects contacts to mail to, a Word doc is generated, they open and print on their labels. Simple and accurate. Anyone came across anything really handy there? Last time I did that I blundered through just having them print the HTML which was a bit inconsistent at times. This time I'm considering a small 3rd party app or creating a pdf or something. Any clever suggestions? Dan ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:319771 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
Mailing Label Solutions
Anyone came across anything really handy there? Last time I did that I blundered through just having them print the HTML which was a bit inconsistent at times. This time I'm considering a small 3rd party app or creating a pdf or something. Any clever suggestions? Dan ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:319688 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: Mailing Label Solutions
Highly recommend the Dymo LabelWriter printers. (No, there is no commercial relationship here, I just use their printers.) I've got a CF app pushing labels through from the browser to the local machine using the ActiveX that comes installed with the printer driver for the LabelWriter 400 Turbo (http://global.dymo.com/enUS/Products/LabelWriter_400_Turbo.html). The installation includes the label designer, and the code to make the call to the ActiveX, setting dynamic variables in the label as it goes. Slick and pretty easy to implement. ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:319700 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
Re: Mailing Label Solutions
Unfortunately in this case the client specifies the label sheets and I just build the reports and they are full sheet stuff.. probably from an ink printer. I've the Dymo's before though. I used CSS and print features to get them to come out alright.. but not great. I happened across this REALLY old tool for label printing that looks fantastic and uber-simple so far: http://www.ghidinelli.com/2003/07/03/cf_averyrtf-12-available It seems to build avery labels based on the model # of the page and in so abstracts the futzing with margins etc by exporting the prepared doc via RTF to word. I haven't implemented yet but the example looked stellar and even includes bar codes for mass mailing compliance with the USPS. I'll let ya know later today if it works as good as it sounds. Dan On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 12:14 PM, Jason Fisher ja...@wanax.com wrote: Highly recommend the Dymo LabelWriter printers. (No, there is no commercial relationship here, I just use their printers.) I've got a CF app pushing labels through from the browser to the local machine using the ActiveX that comes installed with the printer driver for the LabelWriter 400 Turbo (http://global.dymo.com/enUS/Products/LabelWriter_400_Turbo.html). The installation includes the label designer, and the code to make the call to the ActiveX, setting dynamic variables in the label as it goes. Slick and pretty easy to implement. ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:319705 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: Mailing Label Solutions
Definitely more difficult if you're limited on the printer side. What I like about the Dymo's isn't just the printer, but the label software, which reads the label type and didn't require any use of HTML or CSS ... I literally set the label template up in Dymo's own software and then just fed in dynamic values, so I can see on screen exactly what it will look like when printed. Good luck with the Avery connector, though, hope that works for you! ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:319711 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
