Sending PDF output to ZPL printers
Most carriers return labels in ZPL format, which is fairly compact and prints nicely. However, some carriers return labels in PDF, which have to be converted to image format in order to be ...
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June, 2021
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April, 2021
Saving to a Mapped Drive
Although the eFORMz Composer sees the mapped drive a user makes, anything running under a Windows service will not because a Windows service does not have mapped drives. We recommend using UNC ...
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March, 2021
NetSuite error code: WS_REQUEST_BLOCKED
NOTE: For more details on integration with NetSuite, consult the following post: NetSuite Integration This page from NetSuite on concurrency governance explains that the error WS_REQUEST_BLOCKED ...
30
December, 2020
Troubleshooting: SSH Errors and eFORMz
The below error may occur with newer versions of SSH and some older versions of eFORMz. com.minisoft.monitor.remote.SSHConnection::login:-1 Connect exception Algorithm negotiation fail to “server ...
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December, 2020
Troubleshooting: eFORMz Print to Tray
1) Are you configuring the tray selection from within the project or the Director Toolkit? 2) On the physical printer, you must have the trays defined uniquely. Meaning, Tray 1 and 2 can’t ...
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November, 2020
SATO GY412 “Offline” (Troubleshooting)
In general, there are two issues with ‘offline’ for the GY-412. (1) Old firmware can be overwhelmed with large spool files. (2) Sending the incorrect printer language, such as ZPL or PCL instead ...
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October, 2020
Using eFORMz to identify printers that are not working
One way to identify printers that are not working is to monitor the files. One such use case would be using eFORMz to monitor CUPS queue size and spool file age. The open source solutions for ...
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September, 2020
Suppress PDF creation if page is blank
eFORMz can detect a blank page with no data and skip the creation of a PDF by using the “Suppress output when empty” option in the form properties. From the project window, right ...
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September, 2020
Data Preservation (where did my data go?)
When using a non-local directory, the original data (ZPL, PCL, etc.) is not preserved after it is parsed. The unparsed data can be preserved using the following method: Process the file with a ...
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February, 2020
RMI Exception
NOTE: The address in the parameter should match the address you used to connect java.rmi.ConnectException Connection refused to host: 127.0.0.1 The Java Remote Method Invocation (RMI) methods ...