Reading status from Zebra Printer

Question

I\'m working on a project where we need to use a Zebra Printer for barcode labels. We\'re using C#, and we\'re doing OK on the printing side of things, sending raw ZPL stri

Answer 1

About 15 years ago I wrote software to print throught Zebra printers.

At the time we communicated with the printer over RS-232 (? standard serial comms), which worked well, all information came back from the printer in a timely and accurate fashion.

Recently I'd to work with Epson tally printers, and found the windows printer drivers clumsy and inefficient. I dropped down a level and communicated directly with the printer through GDI, and everything worked to my satisification.

I say take out the middle man, if you drop down a level and communicate with the printer directly, rather than communicating through windows printer drivers, you'll have more success.

Hope this helps,