This way you will be able to send ZPL to a printer no matter how it is connected (LPT, USB, Network Share...)
Create the RawPrinterHelper class (from the Microsoft article on How to send raw data to a printer by using Visual C# .NET):
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Drawing.Printing;
using System.Windows.Forms;
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, Int32 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, Int32 dwCount, out Int32 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, 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;
}
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;
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;
}
}
Call the print method:
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Drawing.Printing;
private void button2_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
string s = "^XA^LH30,30\n^FO20,10^ADN,90,50^AD^FDHello World^FS\n^XZ";
// Print directly wiht the default printer.
PrinterSettings printerSetting = new PrinterSettings();
RawPrinterHelper.SendStringToPrinter(printerSetting.PrinterName, s);
// Allow the user to select a printer.
PrintDialog pd = new PrintDialog();
pd.PrinterSettings = new PrinterSettings();
if( DialogResult.OK == pd.ShowDialog(this) )
{
// Send a printer-specific to the printer.
RawPrinterHelper.SendStringToPrinter(pd.PrinterSettings.PrinterName, s);
}
}
There are 2 gotchas I've come across that happen when you're sending txt files with ZPL codes to the printer:
1. The file has to end with a new line character.
2. Encoding has to be set to Encoding.Default when reading ANSI txt files with special characters.
public static bool SendTextFileToPrinter(string szFileName, string printerName)
{
var sb = new StringBuilder();
using (var sr = new StreamReader(szFileName, Encoding.Default)) // Set the correct encoding
{
while (!sr.EndOfStream)
{
sb.AppendLine(sr.ReadLine()); // This will automatically fix the last line
}
}
return RawPrinterHelper.SendStringToPrinter(printerName, sb.ToString());
}
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I've managed a project that does this with sockets for years. Zebra's typically use port 6101. I'll look through the code and post what I can.
public void SendData(string zpl)
{
NetworkStream ns = null;
Socket socket = null;
try
{
if (printerIP == null)
{
/* IP is a string property for the printer's IP address. */
/* 6101 is the common port of all our Zebra printers. */
printerIP = new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Parse(IP), 6101);
}
socket = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork,
SocketType.Stream,
ProtocolType.Tcp);
socket.Connect(printerIP);
ns = new NetworkStream(socket);
byte[] toSend = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(zpl);
ns.Write(toSend, 0, toSend.Length);
}
finally
{
if (ns != null)
ns.Close();
if (socket != null && socket.Connected)
socket.Close();
}
}
Note: Zebra Mobile printers use port 6101 (QL, RW, MZ, etc). Larger printers usually use port 9100.
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SharpZebra - A C# library that simplifies printing to Zebra printers in their native EPL2/ZPL languages without needing to know EPL2 or ZPL.
===
Here is how to do it using TCP IP protocol:
// Printer IP Address and communication port
string ipAddress = "10.3.14.42";
int port = 9100;
// ZPL Command(s)
string ZPLString =
"^XA" +
"^FO50,50" +
"^A0N50,50" +
"^FDHello, World!^FS" +
"^XZ";
try
{
// Open connection
System.Net.Sockets.TcpClient client = new System.Net.Sockets.TcpClient();
client.Connect(ipAddress, port);
// Write ZPL String to connection
System.IO.StreamWriter writer =
new System.IO.StreamWriter(client.GetStream());
writer.Write(ZPLString);
writer.Flush();
// Close Connection
writer.Close();
client.Close();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
// Catch Exception
}
Reference:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2044676/net-code-to-send-zpl-to-zebra-printers
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322091
http://sharpzebra.codeplex.com/
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