i am trying to send a ZPL (Zebra Programming Language) command to my Zebra GX420t printer to check its status if it available, offline, ready or pause etc. i can send a command to write to printer but please tell me how i can read response from the printer ?
is there any way to send zpl through c# and then read the resposne.
i have alreay tried the link below but my ReadPrinter function is not returning any data in the "out" parameter and the method always return false:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd162895(v=vs.85).aspx
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25669403/how-to-send-a-raw-zpl-to-zebra-printer-using-c-sharp-via-usb?rq=1
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2044676/net-code-to-send-zpl-to-zebra-printers
my code is as follows:
/////////To send data to printer i have used
string s = "^XA~HQES^XZ\n";
var bytes = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(s);
RawPrinterHelper.SendStringToPrinter("ZDesigner GX420t (Copy 1)", s);
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//////This is my method to send request and then get response
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 = "MTOlive label";
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 = RawPrinterHelper.WritePrinter(hPrinter, pBytes, dwCount, out dwWritten);
StringBuilder sbData = new StringBuilder();
bool aSuccess = ReadPrinter(hPrinter, out sbData, dwWritten, 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;
}
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