I have been trying to print to a SATO GL408e printer. I am trying to send the data via USB interface but have no example code to do that with. I tried to use the example code from here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322091 but it runs with no errors and no printing. Does anyone out there know how to send the data to the SATO printer?
Thanks!
(Here is the code I am using)
private void PrintLabels_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
string PrintCommand = "";
string EmployeeNo = EmployeeList.SelectedRows[0].Cells[0].Value.ToString();
string YearNumber = EmployeeList.SelectedRows[0].Cells[7].Value.ToString();
string FirstTraceCode = (int.Parse(EmployeeList.SelectedRows[0].Cells[5].Value.ToString()) + 1).ToString();
string SecondTraceCode = (int.Parse(EmployeeList.SelectedRows[0].Cells[5].Value.ToString()) + 2).ToString();
string LabelQuantity = "15";
MessageBox.Show(EmployeeNo.Substring(0, 2) + "-" + EmployeeNo.Substring(2, 4) + "-" + YearNumber + "-" + FirstTraceCode);
PrintCommand = "\x02\x1bA\x1bIG1\x1bZ\x03\x02\x1bA\x1b#E3\x1bZ\x03\x02\x1bA\x1bCS5\x1bZ\x03\x02\x1bA\x1bEX0\x1bZ\x03\x02\x1bA\x1b*&\x1bZ\x03\x02\x1bA\x1bA3H0001V0001\x1bZ\x03\x02\x1bA\x1bV0000\x1bH0259\x1bF001+002\x1bD202099" + EmployeeNo + YearNumber + FirstTraceCode + "\x1bL0203\x1bH0247\x1bV0114\x1bF001+002\x1bU" + EmployeeNo.Substring(0, 2) + "-" + EmployeeNo.Substring(2, 4) + "-" + YearNumber + "-" + FirstTraceCode + "\x1bV0000\x1bH0589\x1bF001+002\x1bD202099" + EmployeeNo + YearNumber + SecondTraceCode + "\x1bL0203\x1bH0577\x1bV0114\x1bF001+002\x1bU" + EmployeeNo.Substring(0, 2) + "-" + EmployeeNo.Substring(2, 4) + "-" + YearNumber + "-" + SecondTraceCode + "\x1bQ" + LabelQuantity + "\x1b 00\x1bZ\x03 ";
// Allow the user to select a printer.
PrintDialog pd = new PrintDialog();
pd.PrinterSettings = new PrinterSettings();
if (DialogResult.OK == pd.ShowDialog(this))
{
// Print the file to the printer.
RawPrinterHelper.SendStringToPrinter(pd.PrinterSettings.PrinterName, PrintCommand);
}
}
public class RawPrinterHelper
{
// Structure and API declarions:
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet = CharSet.Ansi)]
public class DOCINFOA
{
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStr)]
public string pDocName;
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStr)]
public string pOutputFile;
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStr)]
public string pDataType;
}
[DllImport("winspool.Drv", EntryPoint = "OpenPrinterA", SetLastError = true, CharSet = CharSet.Ansi, ExactSpelling = true, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.StdCall)]
public static extern bool OpenPrinter([MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStr)] string szPrinter, out IntPtr hPrinter, IntPtr pd);
[DllImport("winspool.Drv", EntryPoint = "ClosePrinter", SetLastError = true, ExactSpelling = true, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.StdCall)]
public static extern bool ClosePrinter(IntPtr hPrinter);
[DllImport("winspool.Drv", EntryPoint = "StartDocPrinterA", SetLastError = true, CharSet = CharSet.Ansi, ExactSpelling = true, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.StdCall)]
public static extern bool StartDocPrinter(IntPtr hPrinter, Int32 level, [In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStruct)] DOCINFOA di);
[DllImport("winspool.Drv", EntryPoint = "EndDocPrinter", SetLastError = true, ExactSpelling = true, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.StdCall)]
public static extern bool EndDocPrinter(IntPtr hPrinter);
[DllImport("winspool.Drv", EntryPoint = "StartPagePrinter", SetLastError = true, ExactSpelling = true, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.StdCall)]
public static extern bool StartPagePrinter(IntPtr hPrinter);
[DllImport("winspool.Drv", EntryPoint = "EndPagePrinter", SetLastError = true, ExactSpelling = true, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.StdCall)]
public static extern bool EndPagePrinter(IntPtr hPrinter);
[DllImport("winspool.Drv", EntryPoint = "WritePrinter", SetLastError = true, ExactSpelling = true, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.StdCall)]
public static extern bool WritePrinter(IntPtr hPrinter, IntPtr pBytes, Int32 dwCount, out Int32 dwWritten);
// SendBytesToPrinter()
// When the function is given a printer name and an unmanaged array
// of bytes, the function sends those bytes to the print queue.
// Returns true on success, false on failure.
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 = "My C#.NET RAW Document";
di.pDataType = "RAW";
try
{
// 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 = WritePrinter(hPrinter, pBytes, dwCount, out dwWritten);
EndPagePrinter(hPrinter);
}
EndDocPrinter(hPrinter);
}
ClosePrinter(hPrinter);
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
}
// If you did not succeed, GetLastError may give more information
// about why not.
if (bSuccess == false)
{
dwError = Marshal.GetLastWin32Error();
}
return bSuccess;
}
public static bool SendFileToPrinter(string szPrinterName, string szFileName)
{
// Open the file.
FileStream fs = new FileStream(szFileName, FileMode.Open);
// Create a BinaryReader on the file.
BinaryReader br = new BinaryReader(fs);
// Dim an array of bytes big enough to hold the file's contents.
Byte[] bytes = new Byte[fs.Length];
bool bSuccess = false;
// Your unmanaged pointer.
IntPtr pUnmanagedBytes = new IntPtr(0);
int nLength;
nLength = Convert.ToInt32(fs.Length);
// Read the contents of the file into the array.
bytes = br.ReadBytes(nLength);
// Allocate some unmanaged memory for those bytes.
pUnmanagedBytes = Marshal.AllocCoTaskMem(nLength);
// Copy the managed byte array into the unmanaged array.
Marshal.Copy(bytes, 0, pUnmanagedBytes, nLength);
// Send the unmanaged bytes to the printer.
bSuccess = SendBytesToPrinter(szPrinterName, pUnmanagedBytes, nLength);
// Free the unmanaged memory that you allocated earlier.
Marshal.FreeCoTaskMem(pUnmanagedBytes);
return bSuccess;
}
public static bool SendStringToPrinter(string szPrinterName, string szString)
{
IntPtr pBytes;
Int32 dwCount;
// How many characters are in the string?
dwCount = szString.Length;
// Assume that the printer is expecting ANSI text, and then convert
// the string to ANSI text.
pBytes = Marshal.StringToCoTaskMemAnsi(szString);
// Send the converted ANSI string to the printer.
SendBytesToPrinter(szPrinterName, pBytes, dwCount);
Marshal.FreeCoTaskMem(pBytes);
return true;
}
}
