Print shipping label on Zebra Label printer from ZOHO Creator deluge

Hi All,

Allow me to guide you through the process of printing a shipping label from ZOHO Creator to a Zebra label printer (ZD421D).

Step 1:

To start, configure the SendFileToPrinter API, which enables the transmission of a file to a Zebra Link-OS printer. Access this API within the Data Service Section of the Zebra Developer Portal. If you haven't already, create a free account on the portal to proceed with the configuration of the API.

Step 2:

Next, set up the invokeurl API within ZOHO Creator's deluge environment.

For label creation, I utilized basic ZPL code to generate the label, which is then converted into a text file and sent to the printer. Use https://labelary.com/ for easy label reation.

//Minor example of ZPL Code

varZPLData="^XA^FO50,50^A0N,50,50^FDHello,World!^FS^XZ";^XA^FO50,50^A0N,50,50^FDHello, World!^FS^XZ

zplFile = varZPLData.tofile("Label.zpl");

// Construct the URL and headers for the Zebra SendFileToPrinter API

url_value = "https://api.zebra.com/v2/devices/printers/send";

headers_value = Map();

headers_value.put("apikey","9...FF"); //From Zebra Developer Portal

headers_value.put("tenant","6...99"); //From Zebra Developer Portal

// Create the multipart form data body

// Set the printer serial number

// Use the downloaded file as zpl_file

parameters = Map();

parameters.put("sn","D...5");//From Zebra Developer Portal

parameters.put("zpl_file",zplFile);

// Send the request to Zebra SendFileToPrinter API

response = invokeurl

[

url :url_value

type :POST

parameters:parameters

headers:headers_value

detailed:true

content-type:"multipart/form-data"

];

Hope it helps you!