LabelCloud

Fri, 17 Mar 2017 10:55:00 +0000

Use case

You need to print labels from your web-based application, whether you are in healthcare, logistics or some other sector. You have two solutions regarding the implementation:

a) Build the label rendering and printing logic inside your application.
b) Call some other software to do the label rendering and printing for you.

LabelCloud is the software that does everything for you from rendering to producing the label printer specific control code and pushing that code to the printer.

LabelCloud is available both as a cloud service or as a on-premises version where you require tighter data privacy controls or want to control availability yourself.

Demo

Supported printer manufacturers

Toshiba TEC
Zebra ZPL/ZPL2 based printers
PCL-based printers (most laser printers print in PCL, some label printers)
Other printer manufacturers via PDF + GDI-based printing
Other control language implementations considered on a case-by-case basis if you’re ordering a license.

Architecture: how does it work?

LabelCloud is a webservice into which you can make a HTTP+JSON call with the text/barcode contents of the data you want to print as a label.

Basically, you do this:

POST /labelcloud HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/json

[
	{ label data to print + into which type of printer }
]

And it responds with the correct printer controlling code that can be pushed into the printer. There’s a client-side JavaScript library for that. All this is done with HTML5 + JavaScript with no browser plugins required - thus it works in every browser.

The solution requires you to install NX Print (provider for low-level access to the printer from web applications) software for the workstation, which listens on a HTTP port (not allowed to be contacted from outside of the computer), to provide access to Windows’ printers.

Licensing

NX Print

Thu, 22 Dec 2016 22:24:34 +0200

Printing infrastructure for browser-based apps.

Use cases

Need to print from the browser automatically? Your use case simply does not allow for your end users to invoke the print dialog, choose a printer and possibly printer settings?
NX Print provides you low-level access to Windows’ printing infrastructure from JavaScript.
Print PDF-based reports/order confirmations/packing slips etc. from browser.

Technical details

NX Print is built on our NX technology (an open source framework for calling native apps from JavaScript in a secure manner).

Do you need low level or higher level?

If you don’t need to access the low level printing primitives from JavaScript, and/or you’d just rather print some labels, we have a product for that as well: LabelCloud. LabelCloud is basically NX Print + extra stuff for printing labels.

Documentation + integration usage example

Integration is easy, with just a few lines of JavaScript. Head over to documentation.

Here’s the rough API in pseudocode:

// list printers
nx.nxprint_1_0.list_printers()

// print PDF
nx.nxprint_1_0.print_pdf_http()

// raw print
nx.nxprint_1_0.print_file_http()

For additional details, contact us!

Licensing

While you can download NX Print freely for evaluation, you have to get a license for production use. Contact us for licensing!

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LabelCloud

Use case

Demo

Supported printer manufacturers

Architecture: how does it work?

Licensing

NX Print

Use cases

Technical details

Do you need low level or higher level?

Documentation + integration usage example

Licensing