Printing with Barcode printer

[cazellnu]

I am currently using CR8.5 and the challange is to extract fields from the database and print it in the lable printer (one of the industrial use TEC printer). I can create the report easily but the challenge is to get it to printer. My question is do crystal support those barcode printer driver? If not, what would be my best approach to get it to print? I heard that one approach would be import all the fields into to a software name label view and print it. Do anyone know how to do that? Any suggestion would be very helpful. Thanks

 

[vidru]

I worked with a Zebra printer (big industrial thing) last year. First thing I learned about label printers is to ditch the drivers that come with them, and look for drivers from Seagull Scientific.

Just set the report's printer to the label printer, and choose the appropriate paper/label size. You might have to play around with Detail height, and column width (if using multiple column detail sections). There was quite a bit of trial and error with the Zebra. Once you try to print to it from Crystal, you'll get a better idea of what you'll have to tweak.

-dave

 

[cazellnu]

I was downloaded the driver from Seagull Scientific. I work fine with my report when I attempt to setup the print driver to print on file. However, when I attempt to connect driver to the actually printer (w/ LPT port). It gave me whole bunch of error (ie. printer not found if i tried to switch to another printer). I also tried to print a test page with the print driver and it won't work. Is it some trick that I need to do with the setup since the driver is belongs to another software? Any suggestion would greatly help. Thank you