How Do I Print Barcode Programmaticaly Using Vb.Net ?

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Hi everybody
i have a zebra LP 2824 Plus printer
i have developed a business application in VB.Net in which what i need to do is :
programmaticaly send item name and a barcode of its id to be printed directly to the printer

it has been a week now i am searching the web
all i got was manuels of ZBI and ZPL stuff that i have no idea how to incorporate into my application
and some free components that i couldn't really use such as spire.barcode because there is not enough documentation on how to use it

all i want from you guys is some guidance and pointing me to the right direction
where should i look ?
what are the general lines of doing waht i want ?

thanks very much

Posted 13-Sep-14 11:23am

Ahmad_kelany

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Nelek 13-Sep-14 19:44pm

Step 1) Do a little research. Google is a good start point
Step 2) Start coding
Step 3) Compile and use the debug to solve little issues
Step 4) When you get a problem you don't know how to solve but at least you tried it, then come back and ask for something concrete with a snippet of the code giving problems

Sorry if this is not the answer you were looking for. But your question is a bit too wide to be answered at the "Quick" Answers. It is better and you get faster help if you make 10 concrete questions about concrete problems, than a big question about a "how-to guide"

Ahmad_kelany 14-Sep-14 0:09am

thanks for reply
i did research as i mentioned in the question , the problem was i couldn't find a way to bridge between vb and the printer directly i even downloaded a third party component but it was not a great help either , it only could hypothetically draw the barcode but with no apparent means to print it multiple times programmatically ,

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 13-Sep-14 19:46pm

First of all, I'm not sure that using a specific printer capable of bar code printing is the best approach. Why not using a general-purpose printer for printing whatever you want in graphics. However, what you do could be a POS application.
But then, it's unclear what kind of "guidance" you may need. There is a ZBI manual. If you cannot understand it, how can one be sure that you can understand the "guidance"? Any particular concerns?
—SA

Ahmad_kelany 14-Sep-14 0:12am

thanks for reply
having a specific printer is the business owner's decision , my job is to make it work.
as for the ZBI manuel the problem is not it is not understandable , but it does not provide any clues on how to use it in VB application.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 14-Sep-14 9:05am

It should not provide you this clue, as it is totally irrelevant to "VB application". It just describes what you send to the printer.
—SA

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Solution 1

Have a look:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/3a7d5f8b-b2d3-45dd-b2e7-959c3d55445c/barcode-generation-and-printing[^]

it might help, or point you some directions out

Posted 13-Sep-14 13:47pm

Nelek

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Ahmad_kelany 14-Sep-14 0:14am

thanks again,
i will try this out and keep you posted

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Marc Gabrie · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-14T04:01:00

ZPL is very straightforward and simple to create as it's a plain text printer command language. You can send those commands to the printer by using this code http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322090
If you do not want to learn ZPL or do not have time to spent on it, then try this open source project http://sharpzebra.codeplex.com/ or this one which is a paid solution