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    Brady printer experience

    Technical Questions
    #1

    Does anyone have experience printing to Brady printer without using any intermediate software like Bartender/NiceLabel?

    In OS v2.0, we are looking at printing from OpenSpecimen directly to printers.

    Zebra printers support ZPL and have open APIs. Does not seem to be case with Brady.

    Thanks,
    ~Sri

    #2

    Brady printers are made by CAB and there is a language like ZPL available. Here is a technical manual https://www.cab.de/media/pushfile.cfm?file=153 and a forum post about it http://forums.nicelabel.com/viewtopic.php?t=852

    Hope that helps
    Dave

    P.S.
    For the record, WashU uses the Teklynx Sentinel application to consume CMD files generated by the OpenSpecimen print web service.

    #3

    @Dave_Mulvihill I had seen these links but didnt find anything concrete on the brady website itself. Also since ZPL seemed like something Zebra defined, I was not sure how much Brady would support.

    We will do some prototypes to see how well it works on different printers.

    ~Sri

    #4

    Hello Sri, Dave,

    Thanks for posting those messages.

    Sri that will be great if the new version will print directly.

    Teklynx have a software called CODESOFT and they are selling it for $790. It is good for up to 3 printers. I was told that this software works with all printers. One good thing is that you can download CODESOFT from their website and try it free for one month.

    A quick question, I have downloaded the Printer zipped file and followed the directions and installed it. When I try to print the labels for a specimen I get this message: No printer configuration is available.

    Another thing no .cmd files are generated, I followed what was in the documentation and created print folder with the print rules excel file under Jboss.

    I checked the catissue log file and I see this among this error messages:

    Server returned HTTP response code: 500 for URL: http://ourIPaddres:8080/caTissuePrintWebService/Print?wsdl.

    javax.xml.ws.WebServiceException: Failed to access the WSDL at: http://ourIPaddres:8080/caTissuePrintWebService/Print?wsdl. It failed with:
    Server returned HTTP response code: 500 for URL: http://ourIPaddress:8080/caTissuePrintWebService/Print?wsdl.

    I changed it to printWebServiceEndPoint=http://localhost:8080/caTissuePrintWebService/Print?wsdl
    in the PrintServiceImplementor file but still the same error message.

    Any tips/clues?

    Thanks

    Nadia

    #5

    Hi Nadia,

    Are you running the print service and OS in the same JBoss container?

    #6

    Hey Dave.

    Thanks for your response back.

    Not sure what you mean by running the print service and OS in the same JBoss container?

    I installed the print service in a separate folder and then run the ant command and moved the PrintServiceImplementor File to JBoss. I changed the print rule excel file and did what was mentioned in the document. Then restarted the Jobss server. Not sure if I am missing anything or if you are asking for this?

    Thanks for your help

    Nadia

    #7

    Hi Nadia,

    There is a presentation here https://wiki.nci.nih.gov/display/TBPTKC/Video+Archive on the label printer setup at WashU. What I meant about deploying the print web service in the same JBoss is that the web service is designed to be deployed on a different server than the OpenSpecimen server. If you deploy it on the same machine in a different JBoss container then you will need to change the port to something other than 8080 or you will have port conflicts with the OS JBoss. I hope that makes sense. Check out the video presentation for more information.

    Dave

    #8

    Hi Dave,

    Thanks for response.I did watch your video on the label printer which you presented few years ago…

    No they are on the same server. Thanks for the tip, I will check this

    Regards

    Nadia

    #9

    Dave

    One more question, do I need to change the port in the PrintServiceImplementor file?

    Thanks

    Nadia