Dave,
Posted my reply back out to the list - hope you don't mind.
I just called the Lockheed-Martin Metrology Lab where I installed three
Zebra printers in about 1990.
They are model 140's. Those printers have been in continuous operation
since then. One label for every piece of T&ME that goes through the lab,
which as you might imagine is a lot considering the plant is a
rocket/satellite/space probe factory.
The 140 is of the Xi family with a metal case and little if any plastic
parts.
http://zebra.com/PA/Printers/series_Xi.htm
I am positive you can connect them to a DTC Port as long as you configure
the DTC correctly; the printers at LMCO are on a PVC implemented with, I
think, Sysco hardware, but I am not sure.
Three-pins is fine: pins 2, 3, and 7 speaking DB-25-centrically. Configure
the DTC port and the Zebra at 9600 baud, X-ON/X-OFF, no enq-ack please.
If you are sending a lot of data (label after label) to the Zebra and get
buffer overruns, it is because the X-OFF character isn't getting recognized
by the DTC quickly enough (datacomm's fault, not the printer's.) This was
also a problem with older, cheaper HP dot-matrix tractor-feed printers with
very small buffers, and the cheapest solution is to knock the baud rate
down to 2400 or 1200. You can also add memory to the Zebra, which you
should do anyway if you plan on ever printing raster graphics on it.
It does appear that Zebra is a lot more friendly these days to the
networked printer environment, so I suggest you check out their site before
you decide to use your DTC. (I have a rotary-dial phone somewhere, but I
don't use it.)
Also, there is a newer, cheaper Zebra "Desktop" family, which is for office
use. They have plastic cases. I have no information on their reliability or
longevity.
-Dave Darnell
"David Otte" <[log in to unmask]> on 02/06/2002 07:30:42 AM
To: David T Darnell/CO/KAIPERM@KAIPERM
cc:
Subject: RE: [HP3000-L] barcode printing on 2x3 labels
David, do you have a model number that you've used and also, if these
printers do interface with the DTC connection on the 3000, does zebra or HP
have the cable pinouts to connect into the DTC ports. I have a number of
available configured 3-pin printer ports currently set as printer type 18
on
our DTC's.
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My favorites are the little Zebra printers - they have flexibility in
ribbon types (ie. waterproof, oil-resistant, Infra-red optimized) and label
stock, plus a reasonably usable language to control what goes on the label
(font, direction, size, lines and boxes), and, you can add raster graphics.
Also suitable for die-cut label stock. Very reliable.
-dtd
[log in to unmask]@RAVEN.UTC.EDU> on 02/05/2002 02:43:48 PM
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Subject: [HP3000-L] barcode printing on 2x3 labels
will someone recommend a printer that will print code 39 barcodes using
2x3 label stock. I would like it to connect to my 2345 dtc and sit on
someones desk. I don't want to use something like a 2934 and a 2563/4
wouldn't be functional either. I need one like yesterday and various
contacts haven't come through. I've written a "quiz" to generate the
barcodes now all i need is a small label printer.
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