Hey guys,
I have a questio regarding printing ZPL with cascading fonts. We are using different label printers in our production and logistics.
In some cases it is needed to print many different languages in one location. (for example packaging labels with addresses to china/japan/poland, etc.) but we do not have found a solution to print unicode from this environment. I don´t know how common the way is how we print our labels. They are generated in SAPscript and sent as raw text to the zebra printer directly from SAP. At the moment we´re using the devicetype LB_ZEB (latin-1, ZPL device type). With this devicetype it´s not possible to print asian or eastern europ characters.
What I´m testing at the moment is the method of using cascading fonts with a SapSPrint Server on Windows. Especially for our zebra label printers.
I have a zebra ZM400 in my office for testing.
- I have installed xSPrint730 SP11 on a windows 2003 server x64.
- The zebra printer I use is a zebra ZM400 and is installed on the windows server.
- The printer has following settings:
Devicetype: SWINCF
Access Method: S
So at the moment printing via xSPrint works when I choose LB_ZEB as devicetype (with the common unicode problem). But when I switch
the devicetype to SWINCF it doesn´t interpret the ZPL code anymore. Instead of a label I just get pure ZPL code printed. Does anyone of you have experience with ZPL printers and SWINCF? Is it somehow possible to get this working? Does it work in general?
I did read several snotes and SCN entries but I didn´t find any helpfull information about that specific combination.
best regards
Tobias