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printer setup question

Former Member
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Hi all,

we want to use loftware label printing and setup all in ME and in loftware so far.

When use a windows printer there is now alias for the printer available, so the printer in Loftware is :

"
servername\printer01" but unfortunatly this name is not allowed to use with me because of the backslashes.

Any idea how het the right name in *.pas file or to setup #Printernumber in ME?

regards,

Karsten

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Former Member
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Do you sure?

I have a sdk workspace here and the loftware formatter is part of that.

I tought Sundar Chakravarthy told me, its not guaranteed to be updated in future versions.

But beside of that do you see another easy way to solve the matter?

thanks,

Karsten

sergiy_katerinich
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As I know, couple of our customers requested changes to the formatter - it was enhancement, however, it was prior to SDK.

Sorry, but I can't suggest anything more. Maybe, someone else more familiar with SDK will advise on this matter.

Regards,

Sergiy

Former Member
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Hello,

As per the setup we had used our printer name were never like "
server name\printer name"

The simple reason behind it was we need to have network printer with ethernet port available, these printer have to installed directly on network. (Zebra) so we always have the printer name directly available in network.

I guess this is the only solution to this problem.

-Pushkar

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Former Member
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Hi Pushkar,

thanks, thats the best way I think.

regards,

Karsten

Former Member
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Hi Sergiy,

when the printer is not a local one, the physical printer name in loftware begins with a network path.

The ugly solution is to change the *.pas file from ME with a batch job, substitute the name and drop the files to loftware input folder, but I think of a formatter in ME? that means SDK, right?

regdars,Karsten

sergiy_katerinich
Active Contributor
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Karsten,

Theoretically, customizing Formatter class specified in Document Maintenance can be a solution. But I doubt you can do this in SDK - development say it is not API.

Regards,

Sergiy

sergiy_katerinich
Active Contributor
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Karsten,

If I understand to logic of configuration, you should assign a name to the physical printer in Loftware and then use this name to create a printer in ME. Can you create a name without backslashes in Loftware?

Backslash is illegal character for key fields in ME, as I remember.

Regards,

Sergiy