Zebra Printer C# code to print barcode label
This is my *.prn file:
I8,A,001 Q0001,0 q831 rN S5 D10 ZT JF O R20,0 f100 N B775,188,2,1,2,6,160,B,"SM00020000" X0,199,1,0,200 P1
SM00020000 being the barcode.
string s = "I8,A,001\n\n\nQ0001,0\nq831\nrN\nS5\nD10\nZT\nJF\nO\nR20,0\nf100\nN\nB775,188,2,1,2,6,160,B,\"SM00020000\",199,1,0,200\nP1\n";
PrintDialog pd = new new PrintDialog();
pd.PrinterSettings = new System.Drawing.Printing.
pd.PrinterSettings.PrinterName = "ZDesigner GT800 (EPL)";
RawPrinterHelper.SendStringToPrinter(pd.PrinterSettings.PrinterName, s);
public static bool SendStringToPrinter(string szPrinterName, string szString)
{
IntPtr pBytes;
Int32 dwCount;
// How many characters are in the string?
dwCount = szString.Length;
// Assume that the printer is expecting ANSI text, and then convert
// the string to ANSI text.
pBytes = Marshal.StringToCoTaskMemAnsi(szString);
// Send the converted ANSI string to the printer.
SendBytesToPrinter(szPrinterName, pBytes, dwCount);
Marshal.FreeCoTaskMem(pBytes);
return true;
}
public static bool SendBytesToPrinter(string szPrinterName, IntPtr pBytes, Int32 dwCount)
{
Int32 dwError = 0, dwWritten = 0;
IntPtr hPrinter = new IntPtr(0);
DOCINFOA di = new DOCINFOA();
bool bSuccess = false; // Assume failure unless you specifically succeed.
di.pDocName = "My C#.NET RAW Document";
di.pDataType = "RAW";
// Open the printer.
if (OpenPrinter(szPrinterName.Normalize(), out hPrinter, IntPtr.Zero))
{
// Start a document.
if (StartDocPrinter(hPrinter, 1, di))
{
// Start a page.
if (StartPagePrinter(hPrinter))
{
// Write your bytes.
bSuccess = WritePrinter(hPrinter, pBytes, dwCount, out dwWritten);
EndPagePrinter(hPrinter);
}
EndDocPrinter(hPrinter);
}
ClosePrinter(hPrinter);
}
// If you did not succeed, GetLastError may give more information
// about why not.
if (bSuccess == false)
{
dwError = Marshal.GetLastWin32Error();
}
return bSuccess;
}
This code is not helping me print my label. The document goes to the print queue but nothing happens after that. Although the printer is correctly configured and I have successfully printed with Zebra Designer.
Also I'd like the above code such that it prints 3 labels in one row, since I have the media which has 3 stickers in one row. How can that be achieved?
My printer model is ZDesigner GT800 (EPL).
Answer
Here's a Microsoft class for sending bytes to printer. It's ready to use out of the box:
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
public class RawPrinterHelper
{
// Structure and API declarions:
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet = CharSet.Ansi)]
public class DOCINFOA
{
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStr)]
public string pDocName;
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStr)]
public string pOutputFile;
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStr)]
public string pDataType;
}
[DllImport("winspool.Drv", EntryPoint = "OpenPrinterA", SetLastError = true, CharSet = CharSet.Ansi, ExactSpelling = true, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.StdCall)]
public static extern bool OpenPrinter([MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStr)] string szPrinter, out IntPtr hPrinter, IntPtr pd);
[DllImport("winspool.Drv", EntryPoint = "ClosePrinter", SetLastError = true, ExactSpelling = true, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.StdCall)]
public static extern bool ClosePrinter(IntPtr hPrinter);
[DllImport("winspool.Drv", EntryPoint = "StartDocPrinterA", SetLastError = true, CharSet = CharSet.Ansi, ExactSpelling = true, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.StdCall)]
public static extern bool StartDocPrinter(IntPtr hPrinter, int level, [In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStruct)] DOCINFOA di);
[DllImport("winspool.Drv", EntryPoint = "EndDocPrinter", SetLastError = true, ExactSpelling = true, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.StdCall)]
public static extern bool EndDocPrinter(IntPtr hPrinter);
[DllImport("winspool.Drv", EntryPoint = "StartPagePrinter", SetLastError = true, ExactSpelling = true, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.StdCall)]
public static extern bool StartPagePrinter(IntPtr hPrinter);
[DllImport("winspool.Drv", EntryPoint = "EndPagePrinter", SetLastError = true, ExactSpelling = true, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.StdCall)]
public static extern bool EndPagePrinter(IntPtr hPrinter);
[DllImport("winspool.Drv", EntryPoint = "WritePrinter", SetLastError = true, ExactSpelling = true, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.StdCall)]
public static extern bool WritePrinter(IntPtr hPrinter, IntPtr pBytes, int dwCount, out int dwWritten);
// SendBytesToPrinter()
// When the function is given a printer name and an unmanaged array
// of bytes, the function sends those bytes to the print queue.
// Returns true on success, false on failure.
public static bool SendBytesToPrinter(string szPrinterName, IntPtr pBytes, int dwCount)
{
int dwError = 0, dwWritten = 0;
IntPtr hPrinter = new IntPtr(0);
DOCINFOA di = new DOCINFOA();
bool bSuccess = false; // Assume failure unless you specifically succeed.
di.pDocName = "My C#.NET RAW Document";
di.pDataType = "RAW";
// Open the printer.
if (OpenPrinter(szPrinterName.Normalize(), out hPrinter, IntPtr.Zero))
{
// Start a document.
if (StartDocPrinter(hPrinter, 1, di))
{
// Start a page.
if (StartPagePrinter(hPrinter))
{
// Write your bytes.
bSuccess = WritePrinter(hPrinter, pBytes, dwCount, out dwWritten);
EndPagePrinter(hPrinter);
}
EndDocPrinter(hPrinter);
}
ClosePrinter(hPrinter);
}
// If you did not succeed, GetLastError may give more information
// about why not.
if (bSuccess == false)
{
dwError = Marshal.GetLastWin32Error();
}
return bSuccess;
}
public static bool SendFileToPrinter(string szPrinterName, string szFileName)
{
// Open the file.
FileStream fs = new FileStream(szFileName, FileMode.Open);
// Create a BinaryReader on the file.
BinaryReader br = new BinaryReader(fs);
// Dim an array of bytes big enough to hold the file's contents.
byte[] bytes = new Byte[fs.Length];
bool bSuccess = false;
// Your unmanaged pointer.
IntPtr pUnmanagedBytes = new IntPtr(0);
int nLength;
nLength = Convert.ToInt32(fs.Length);
// Read the contents of the file into the array.
bytes = br.ReadBytes(nLength);
// Allocate some unmanaged memory for those bytes.
pUnmanagedBytes = Marshal.AllocCoTaskMem(nLength);
// Copy the managed byte array into the unmanaged array.
Marshal.Copy(bytes, 0, pUnmanagedBytes, nLength);
// Send the unmanaged bytes to the printer.
bSuccess = SendBytesToPrinter(szPrinterName, pUnmanagedBytes, nLength);
// Free the unmanaged memory that you allocated earlier.
Marshal.FreeCoTaskMem(pUnmanagedBytes);
return bSuccess;
}
public static bool SendStringToPrinter(string szPrinterName, string szString)
{
IntPtr pBytes;
int dwCount;
// How many characters are in the string?
// Fix from Nicholas Piasecki:
// dwCount = szString.Length;
dwCount = (szString.Length + 1) * Marshal.SystemMaxDBCSCharSize;
// Assume that the printer is expecting ANSI text, and then convert
// the string to ANSI text.
pBytes = Marshal.StringToCoTaskMemAnsi(szString);
// Send the converted ANSI string to the printer.
SendBytesToPrinter(szPrinterName, pBytes, dwCount);
Marshal.FreeCoTaskMem(pBytes);
return true;
}
}
After that Format your ZPL request and send it to the Print Class:
StringBuilder ZplBuilder = new StringBuilder();
// Exemple ZPL String
ZplBuilder.Append("^XA"); //Start ZPL
ZplBuilder.Append("^FO320,42^APN,48,48^FD").Append(DateTime.Now.Date.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy")).Append("^FS");
ZplBuilder.Append("^FO0,304^GB720,168,1^FS");
ZplBuilder.Append("^FO0,306^GD720,166,1,B,L^FS");
ZplBuilder.Append("^FO0,306^GD720,166,1,B,R^FS");
ZplBuilder.Append("^XZ");
// End ZPL
string ZplString = ZplBuilder.ToString();
MemoryStream lmemStream = new MemoryStream();
StreamWriter lstreamWriter = new StreamWriter(lmemStream);
lstreamWriter.Write(ZplString);
lstreamWriter.Flush();
lmemStream.Position = 0;
byte[] byteArray = lmemStream.ToArray();
IntPtr cpUnmanagedBytes = new IntPtr(0);
int cnLength = byteArray.Length;
cpUnmanagedBytes = Marshal.AllocCoTaskMem(cnLength);
Marshal.Copy(byteArray, 0, cpUnmanagedBytes, cnLength);
RawPrinterHelper.SendBytesToPrinter("Intermec PC43d (203 dpi)", cpUnmanagedBytes, cnLength);
Marshal.FreeCoTaskMem(cpUnmanagedBytes);
It works fine on an intermec Printec with ZPL Protocel.
I hope this will help.