AFAIK, There is nothing like that in OFBiz yet. Seems not related to
EPL/2 (did not find any Zebra or EPL/2 in the site) but you may also
have a look to : http://barcode4j.krysalis.org/

Jacques

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Walter Vaughan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 8:07 PM
Subject: Re: I need to print bar codes


> David Shere wrote:
>
> > I need to print bar codes with ofbiz.  Can someone point me in the
right
> > direction?  Is there an ofbiz consulting company that might be able
to
> > help me?  I need to know objects to use, services to call, etc.  It
> > seems likely that someone has done this already with ofbiz.
>
> What I had asked David about was a means to print barcodes on barcode
> printers using native Zebra EPL/2 control codes to a named print
spool,
> not printing a barcode on a pdf.
>
> ||||||||
> Simple samples of what gets transmitted.
> https://support.zebra.com/cpws/docs/eltron/common/epl2_samp.htm
>
> ||||||||
> Here is a working code to print to Zebra printer that I found on a
website.
> <quote>
> Printer name should contain keyword "zebra", printer could be local or
on network.
>
> public void testZebra() {
> try {
> PrintService psZebra = null;
> String sPrinterName = null;
> PrintService[] services = PrintServiceLookup.lookupPrintServices(null,
null);
> for (int i = 0; i < services.length; i++) {
> PrintServiceAttribute attr = services.getAttribute(PrinterName.class);
> sPrinterName = ((PrinterName)attr).getValue();
> if (sPrinterName.toLowerCase().indexOf("zebra") >= 0) {
> psZebra = services;
> break;
> }
> }
> if (psZebra == null) {
> System.out.println("Zebra printer is not found.");
> return;
> }
> System.out.println("Found printer: " + sPrinterName);
> DocPrintJob job = psZebra.createPrintJob();
>
> //String s = "^XA^FO5,40^BY3^B3,,30^FD123ABC^XZ"; // good
> String s = "^XA\n^FO5,40^BY3^B3,,\n30^FD123ABC\n^XZ"; // '\n' does not
hurt
> byte[] by = s.getBytes();
> DocFlavor flavor = DocFlavor.BYTE_ARRAY.AUTOSENSE;
> // MIME type = "application/octet-stream",
> // print data representation class name = "[B" (byte array).
> Doc doc = new SimpleDoc(by, flavor, null);
> job.print(doc, null);
> } catch (PrintException e) {
> e.printStackTrace();
> }
> } // testZebra()
>
> </quote>
> ||||||||
>
> Does any of this ring a bell to anyone?
> Done anything like this in the past?
> Could any of this be used with ofBiz?
>
> --
> Walter
>

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