lgastmans Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 just joined PHP Freaks - and have a question... I need to print barcode labels on a Birch BP-744 label printer So far I have managed to 1. create the barcode image as a jpg file 2. install MagickWand to create a bmp version of this image 3. successfully printed this on a laser printer, via parallel port, using the PHP printer_open, printer_draw_bmp, printer_close functions 4. successfully printed on a laser printer connected via USB port (found out I had to set Apache permissions) But when I print to this barcode printer it just spits out a few rows of labels, ALL BLANK! I am testing this on Windows XP SP2, and Xampp 1.6.2 I am freaking out, because all of the above 4 points involved a lot of hard earned knowledge, and now I just get blank labels Anybody have any ideas, suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fadion Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 Probably the bardoce printer accepts specifically formatted data which differ from standart printers. I really dont know. From the comments at the php manual, there are 2 or 3 guys who say they printed normaly with printer_open and a barcode printer. Dont know why ure using php for this, as for application languages like VB there are activeX controls for printing in different barcode printers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadTechie Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 No real idea but.. some shots in the dark.. try sharing the printer and connecting to the share point maybe use the Parallel port to "printer_get_option" and then set them when connected via USB, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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