Zebra printer issue

Hot Topic

?? .NET Libraries as C# Source Code ??
Who is referencing this object?
Need code, please
Using XmlDataSource in a Standalone Program
Getting a COM dll's version from it's COM registry entries
Nice Threads!
How do you REMOVE or DELETE Items from Recent Projects list in VS2005 RC?
is there an HTML Validator plugin?
Distribution and .Net Framework
C# WMI Win32_Process What Firewall ports need to be open?

Visual C#

Which data structure should I use?
Have any function caculate date after current date n days ?
Adding tables programmatically
note on instruction end
DataGrid
adding Favorites Functionality from IE to a Form??
How do i retrive out the SelectedItem value ?
<appSettings> before <configSections> bug?
The Decimal Type
Dynamically creating and displaying forms in a split container

Zebra printer issue

Hi,

A guy who used to work in my position created an application in c# to print a label in zebra printer Ht-146. I am so new to this kind of application and not sure how he did that. I think he used EPL2 programming language to print it. My question is, is there any way that i could preview the label before printing it. Below is the code to print the label:

public int printGreenLabel(string field1, string field2){

StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(2500);

//O-Hardware oprions. O- Disable all the options

sb.Append("O" + Environment.NewLine);

//Q-will cause the printer to recalculate and reformat the image buffer.

sb.Append("Q1014,1" + Environment.NewLine);

//q-set label width.

sb.Append("q608" + Environment.NewLine);

//S-selects the speed of the printer

sb.Append("S3" + Environment.NewLine);

//D-Print density

sb.Append("D5" + Environment.NewLine);

//Z-Print orientation T-Prining from top of image buffer

sb.Append("ZT" + Environment.NewLine);

//JF-Top of the form back up feature

sb.Append("JF" + Environment.NewLine);

sb.Append(Environment.NewLine);

//N-Clears the image buffer prior to building a new label image

sb.Append("N" + Environment.NewLine);

//LE-Line draw exclusive

sb.Append("LE305,2,1,1013" + Environment.NewLine);

//X-Draws a box shape P1-Horizontal start position P2-Vertical start position P3-Line thickness

//P4-Horizontal end position P5-Vertical end position

sb.Append("X305,507,1,458,1016" + Environment.NewLine);

sb.Append(Environment.NewLine);

sb.Append("X305,0,1,458,509" + Environment.NewLine);

sb.Append(Environment.NewLine);

//A -Command(ASCII), P1-Horizontal start position P2-Vertical Start Position P3-Rotation (3-270 degrees)

//P4 - Font Selection P5- Horizontal multiplier P6 - Vertical multiplier N-Normal or R-Reverse image.

sb.Append("A10,1009,3,3,1,1,N,\"PART NO. AND ITEM DESCRIPTION\"" + Environment.NewLine);

//LE-Line Draw Exclusive P1-Horizontal start position P2-Vertical start posiion P3-Horizontal length in dots

//P4-P4-Vertical length in dots

sb.Append("LE83,38,1,508" + Environment.NewLine);

sb.Append("A109,1010,3,3,1,1,N,\"PN: " + field1 + "\"" + Environment.NewLine);

sb.Append("A133,1010,3,3,1,1,N,\"\"" + Environment.NewLine);

sb.Append("A157,1010,3,3,1,1,N,\"\"" + Environment.NewLine);

sb.Append("A181,1010,3,3,1,1,N,\"" + field2 + "\"" + Environment.NewLine);

sb.Append("A205,1010,3,3,1,1,N,\"\"" + Environment.NewLine);

printString = sb.ToString();

sendBytes = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(printString);

strlength = printString.Length;

try

{

TcpClient printer = new TcpClient(ip,portno);

NetworkStream strm = printer.GetStream();

strm.Write(sendBytes, 0, strlength);

strm.Close();

printer.Close();

}

catch (Exception exc)

{

return -1;

}

return 1;

}

Can anyone explain me whether there is any way to preview this label before printing it I would really appreciate your help.

Thanks

Answer this question