ZEBRA Printer sometimes prints an empty page
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I have a ZEBRA ZT230 ZPL Labelprinter configured under Linux Debian and under Linux Ubuntu. Since there are no official drivers (for anything but Windows) I am using the CUPS Driver for Linux. Most of the time the printer works fine but statistically speaking 1/5 Jobs prints an empty page instead of the page to print. I am printing the same page and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't (seems to be totally random).
I am quite sure that the problem lies in the driver, because with the official driver on a Windows system I get 100% success rate printing anyhthing.
I probably tried all possible settings under "Modify Printer" and "Set Default Options" and played with different label sizes. I tried to print different media types like a webpage from Firefox, PDF or Textfile. But everytime I get the same random behaviour.
Anyone had the same experience using the CUPS Driver or a ZEBRA label printer? Any ideas on how to fix the problem?
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I have a ZEBRA ZT230 ZPL Labelprinter configured under Linux Debian and under Linux Ubuntu. Since there are no official drivers (for anything but Windows) I am using the CUPS Driver for Linux. Most of the time the printer works fine but statistically speaking 1/5 Jobs prints an empty page instead of the page to print. I am printing the same page and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't (seems to be totally random).
I am quite sure that the problem lies in the driver, because with the official driver on a Windows system I get 100% success rate printing anyhthing.
I probably tried all possible settings under "Modify Printer" and "Set Default Options" and played with different label sizes. I tried to print different media types like a webpage from Firefox, PDF or Textfile. But everytime I get the same random behaviour.
Anyone had the same experience using the CUPS Driver or a ZEBRA label printer? Any ideas on how to fix the problem?
printing cups zebra
asked Nov 22 at 14:58
Paul Erlenmeyer
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up vote
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I have a ZEBRA ZT230 ZPL Labelprinter configured under Linux Debian and under Linux Ubuntu. Since there are no official drivers (for anything but Windows) I am using the CUPS Driver for Linux. Most of the time the printer works fine but statistically speaking 1/5 Jobs prints an empty page instead of the page to print. I am printing the same page and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't (seems to be totally random).
I am quite sure that the problem lies in the driver, because with the official driver on a Windows system I get 100% success rate printing anyhthing.
I probably tried all possible settings under "Modify Printer" and "Set Default Options" and played with different label sizes. I tried to print different media types like a webpage from Firefox, PDF or Textfile. But everytime I get the same random behaviour.
Anyone had the same experience using the CUPS Driver or a ZEBRA label printer? Any ideas on how to fix the problem?
printing cups zebra
asked Nov 22 at 14:58
Paul Erlenmeyer
857
I have a ZEBRA ZT230 ZPL Labelprinter configured under Linux Debian and under Linux Ubuntu. Since there are no official drivers (for anything but Windows) I am using the CUPS Driver for Linux. Most of the time the printer works fine but statistically speaking 1/5 Jobs prints an empty page instead of the page to print. I am printing the same page and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't (seems to be totally random).
I am quite sure that the problem lies in the driver, because with the official driver on a Windows system I get 100% success rate printing anyhthing.
I probably tried all possible settings under "Modify Printer" and "Set Default Options" and played with different label sizes. I tried to print different media types like a webpage from Firefox, PDF or Textfile. But everytime I get the same random behaviour.
Anyone had the same experience using the CUPS Driver or a ZEBRA label printer? Any ideas on how to fix the problem?
printing cups zebra
printing cups zebra
asked Nov 22 at 14:58
Paul Erlenmeyer
857
asked Nov 22 at 14:58
Paul Erlenmeyer
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asked Nov 22 at 14:58
Paul Erlenmeyer
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asked Nov 22 at 14:58
Paul Erlenmeyer
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asked Nov 22 at 14:58
Paul Erlenmeyer
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Zebra printer can print PDF, Word and lot of document.s But it's not the way it must work. From windows I always use a driver called "Generic Driver / Text Only" with my Zebra and send pure ZPL code.
Learn how to code with ZPL by downloading the official ZPL guide: https://www.zebra.com/content/dam/zebra/manuals/printers/common/programming/zpl-zbi2-pm-en.pdf
Practice with a ZPL software like https://www.zpldesigner.com
It will work at 100%
answered Nov 23 at 21:57
AkA
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Thanks for your answer! I will check it out. In my case I want a non programmer to be able to design a html page. My program will convert the html page to a pdf, which shall be printed. Before reading into your links I have the feeling, that I might not get this kind of freedom. My problem in general is that the official windows driver prints anything 100% of a time. So my idea was to achieve this behaviour in Linux.
– Paul Erlenmeyer
Nov 26 at 7:36
Thanks again for ur solution. I ended up converting my html to bitmap and putting that into ZPL. Works perfectly now!
– Paul Erlenmeyer
Dec 2 at 10:04
Perfect, glad I could help!
– AkA
Dec 3 at 20:05
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1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
up vote
1
down vote
accepted
Zebra printer can print PDF, Word and lot of document.s But it's not the way it must work. From windows I always use a driver called "Generic Driver / Text Only" with my Zebra and send pure ZPL code.
Learn how to code with ZPL by downloading the official ZPL guide: https://www.zebra.com/content/dam/zebra/manuals/printers/common/programming/zpl-zbi2-pm-en.pdf
Practice with a ZPL software like https://www.zpldesigner.com
It will work at 100%
answered Nov 23 at 21:57
AkA
863
Thanks for your answer! I will check it out. In my case I want a non programmer to be able to design a html page. My program will convert the html page to a pdf, which shall be printed. Before reading into your links I have the feeling, that I might not get this kind of freedom. My problem in general is that the official windows driver prints anything 100% of a time. So my idea was to achieve this behaviour in Linux.
– Paul Erlenmeyer
Nov 26 at 7:36
Thanks again for ur solution. I ended up converting my html to bitmap and putting that into ZPL. Works perfectly now!
– Paul Erlenmeyer
Dec 2 at 10:04
Perfect, glad I could help!
– AkA
Dec 3 at 20:05
add a comment |
up vote
1
down vote
accepted
Zebra printer can print PDF, Word and lot of document.s But it's not the way it must work. From windows I always use a driver called "Generic Driver / Text Only" with my Zebra and send pure ZPL code.
Learn how to code with ZPL by downloading the official ZPL guide: https://www.zebra.com/content/dam/zebra/manuals/printers/common/programming/zpl-zbi2-pm-en.pdf
Practice with a ZPL software like https://www.zpldesigner.com
It will work at 100%
answered Nov 23 at 21:57
AkA
863
Thanks for your answer! I will check it out. In my case I want a non programmer to be able to design a html page. My program will convert the html page to a pdf, which shall be printed. Before reading into your links I have the feeling, that I might not get this kind of freedom. My problem in general is that the official windows driver prints anything 100% of a time. So my idea was to achieve this behaviour in Linux.
– Paul Erlenmeyer
Nov 26 at 7:36
Thanks again for ur solution. I ended up converting my html to bitmap and putting that into ZPL. Works perfectly now!
– Paul Erlenmeyer
Dec 2 at 10:04
Perfect, glad I could help!
– AkA
Dec 3 at 20:05
add a comment |
up vote
1
down vote
accepted
up vote
1
down vote
accepted
Zebra printer can print PDF, Word and lot of document.s But it's not the way it must work. From windows I always use a driver called "Generic Driver / Text Only" with my Zebra and send pure ZPL code.
Learn how to code with ZPL by downloading the official ZPL guide: https://www.zebra.com/content/dam/zebra/manuals/printers/common/programming/zpl-zbi2-pm-en.pdf
Practice with a ZPL software like https://www.zpldesigner.com
It will work at 100%
answered Nov 23 at 21:57
AkA
863
Zebra printer can print PDF, Word and lot of document.s But it's not the way it must work. From windows I always use a driver called "Generic Driver / Text Only" with my Zebra and send pure ZPL code.
Learn how to code with ZPL by downloading the official ZPL guide: https://www.zebra.com/content/dam/zebra/manuals/printers/common/programming/zpl-zbi2-pm-en.pdf
Practice with a ZPL software like https://www.zpldesigner.com
It will work at 100%
answered Nov 23 at 21:57
AkA
863
answered Nov 23 at 21:57
AkA
863
answered Nov 23 at 21:57
AkA
863
answered Nov 23 at 21:57
AkA
863
863
Thanks for your answer! I will check it out. In my case I want a non programmer to be able to design a html page. My program will convert the html page to a pdf, which shall be printed. Before reading into your links I have the feeling, that I might not get this kind of freedom. My problem in general is that the official windows driver prints anything 100% of a time. So my idea was to achieve this behaviour in Linux.
– Paul Erlenmeyer
Nov 26 at 7:36
Thanks again for ur solution. I ended up converting my html to bitmap and putting that into ZPL. Works perfectly now!
– Paul Erlenmeyer
Dec 2 at 10:04
Perfect, glad I could help!
– AkA
Dec 3 at 20:05
add a comment |
Thanks for your answer! I will check it out. In my case I want a non programmer to be able to design a html page. My program will convert the html page to a pdf, which shall be printed. Before reading into your links I have the feeling, that I might not get this kind of freedom. My problem in general is that the official windows driver prints anything 100% of a time. So my idea was to achieve this behaviour in Linux.
– Paul Erlenmeyer
Nov 26 at 7:36
Thanks again for ur solution. I ended up converting my html to bitmap and putting that into ZPL. Works perfectly now!
– Paul Erlenmeyer
Dec 2 at 10:04
Perfect, glad I could help!
– AkA
Dec 3 at 20:05
Thanks for your answer! I will check it out. In my case I want a non programmer to be able to design a html page. My program will convert the html page to a pdf, which shall be printed. Before reading into your links I have the feeling, that I might not get this kind of freedom. My problem in general is that the official windows driver prints anything 100% of a time. So my idea was to achieve this behaviour in Linux.
– Paul Erlenmeyer
Nov 26 at 7:36
Thanks for your answer! I will check it out. In my case I want a non programmer to be able to design a html page. My program will convert the html page to a pdf, which shall be printed. Before reading into your links I have the feeling, that I might not get this kind of freedom. My problem in general is that the official windows driver prints anything 100% of a time. So my idea was to achieve this behaviour in Linux.
– Paul Erlenmeyer
Nov 26 at 7:36
Thanks again for ur solution. I ended up converting my html to bitmap and putting that into ZPL. Works perfectly now!
– Paul Erlenmeyer
Dec 2 at 10:04
Thanks again for ur solution. I ended up converting my html to bitmap and putting that into ZPL. Works perfectly now!
– Paul Erlenmeyer
Dec 2 at 10:04
Perfect, glad I could help!
– AkA
Dec 3 at 20:05
Perfect, glad I could help!
– AkA
Dec 3 at 20:05
add a comment |
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