On the software side, BarTender will do all you have stated and much more.
You can pull information from all types of data sources including ODBC. The
software is published by Seagull Scientific. They have written custom
drivers for all the major barcode printers including Zebra, Datamax and many
more that unlock the "hidden" features of the printer. You get their driver
sets with the BarTender software. We use Bartender with several Datamax
models and they performed great for us. I bet you would see a great
improvement in speed of your current Datamax printers with BarTender. Most
Windows programs have to send a print image for each copy you print. Over
serial connections, that can be very slow indeed. If the feature is
avaiable on the printer, BarTender sends the print image once with a command
to print number of copies.
Feel free to contact me off-list: jstetter@...
<mailto:jstetter@...> . I would be happy to discuss BarTender in
more depth.
Jim Stetter
-----Original Message-----
From: Marty Kuphall [mailto:marty.kuphall@...]
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 2:35 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups. com (E-mail)
Subject: [Vantage] Bar Code Label Emergency
I have just been instructed to drop whatever I'm doing and change the entire
way we print bar code labels. Not entirely jokingly, I was told to have this
done by the end of the day!! Very seriously I was told that it cannot get
done soon enough.
Currently we use a third part software package called LabelRight that prints
4x6 labels to a locally attached Datamax printer via serial connection. Too
slow and we need to have a printer and the software loaded on each pc that
needs to print labels. In addition, some customers need 8.5 x 11 bar coded
labels. So for that we use another software package that prints to our
network HP printers. We print anywhere from 300-500 labels (4 x 6) per day.
Most of them are for one customer. Their label format is the same for all
parts but obviously the data on the label changes. Currently each part is
it's own file on the label pc and we have to call up each one individually
to print it. If the label spec changes we have to change all of the label
files. Major hassle.
I need a fast printer with a fast connection. Up to 500 labels per day.
I need to print to thermal labels.
I need software that will print to both a label printer (4x6) and HP Printer
(8.5x11)
I don't want to have to create a file for each part number we will print a
label for.
I want to create a customer template and just have a customer master
database to pull from.
I need to have the software create and print serial numbers.
I need it to do whatever I haven't had time to think about!!
For now, I want to go with a third party software package. I don't want to
use Crystal/Vantage to print labels.
Someone, please, tell me what to buy!! Zebra and Bar Tender are 2 names I
know. Will they do what I want? What do you folks use?
Any help would really be appreciated!! The sooner the better!!
"Serenity Now!! Serenity Now!!" - Frank Costanza
Marty Kuphall
Chief Financial Officer
Ultra Tool & Manufacturing, Inc.
W169 N5954 Ridgewood Drive
Menomonee Falls, WI 53051
Phone: 262-703-0455
Fax: 262-703-0468
Toll Free: 800-779-3566
marty.kuphall@...
www.ultratoolmfg.com
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You can pull information from all types of data sources including ODBC. The
software is published by Seagull Scientific. They have written custom
drivers for all the major barcode printers including Zebra, Datamax and many
more that unlock the "hidden" features of the printer. You get their driver
sets with the BarTender software. We use Bartender with several Datamax
models and they performed great for us. I bet you would see a great
improvement in speed of your current Datamax printers with BarTender. Most
Windows programs have to send a print image for each copy you print. Over
serial connections, that can be very slow indeed. If the feature is
avaiable on the printer, BarTender sends the print image once with a command
to print number of copies.
Feel free to contact me off-list: jstetter@...
<mailto:jstetter@...> . I would be happy to discuss BarTender in
more depth.
Jim Stetter
-----Original Message-----
From: Marty Kuphall [mailto:marty.kuphall@...]
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 2:35 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups. com (E-mail)
Subject: [Vantage] Bar Code Label Emergency
I have just been instructed to drop whatever I'm doing and change the entire
way we print bar code labels. Not entirely jokingly, I was told to have this
done by the end of the day!! Very seriously I was told that it cannot get
done soon enough.
Currently we use a third part software package called LabelRight that prints
4x6 labels to a locally attached Datamax printer via serial connection. Too
slow and we need to have a printer and the software loaded on each pc that
needs to print labels. In addition, some customers need 8.5 x 11 bar coded
labels. So for that we use another software package that prints to our
network HP printers. We print anywhere from 300-500 labels (4 x 6) per day.
Most of them are for one customer. Their label format is the same for all
parts but obviously the data on the label changes. Currently each part is
it's own file on the label pc and we have to call up each one individually
to print it. If the label spec changes we have to change all of the label
files. Major hassle.
I need a fast printer with a fast connection. Up to 500 labels per day.
I need to print to thermal labels.
I need software that will print to both a label printer (4x6) and HP Printer
(8.5x11)
I don't want to have to create a file for each part number we will print a
label for.
I want to create a customer template and just have a customer master
database to pull from.
I need to have the software create and print serial numbers.
I need it to do whatever I haven't had time to think about!!
For now, I want to go with a third party software package. I don't want to
use Crystal/Vantage to print labels.
Someone, please, tell me what to buy!! Zebra and Bar Tender are 2 names I
know. Will they do what I want? What do you folks use?
Any help would really be appreciated!! The sooner the better!!
"Serenity Now!! Serenity Now!!" - Frank Costanza
Marty Kuphall
Chief Financial Officer
Ultra Tool & Manufacturing, Inc.
W169 N5954 Ridgewood Drive
Menomonee Falls, WI 53051
Phone: 262-703-0455
Fax: 262-703-0468
Toll Free: 800-779-3566
marty.kuphall@...
www.ultratoolmfg.com
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