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| name = Barcode printer <!-- Name of the item. -->
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|name=Barcode printer <!-- Name of the item. -->
| image = Hackspace_Unknown.png <!-- Image of the item. Leave with placeholder image if none exists. -->
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|image=Hackspace_Unknown.png <!-- Image of the item. Leave with placeholder image if none exists. -->
| model = WASP WPL-305e <!-- Model -->
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|model=WASP WPL-305e <!-- Model -->
| category = Equipment <!-- Main category. Please leave alone to keep item in this category -->
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|category=Equipment <!-- Main category. Please leave alone to keep item in this category -->
| subcat = Office equipment <!-- Sub-category if one exists. Please check main listing to see other categories contained within the main one -->
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|subcat=Office equipment <!-- Sub-category if one exists. Please check main listing to see other categories contained within the main one -->
| status = Under construction <!-- Set to one of; Good working order, Faulty, Out of order, Under construction, Out of consumables, Scrapped, or Unknown -->
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|status=Under construction <!-- Set to one of; Good working order, Faulty, Out of order, Under construction, Out of consumables, Scrapped, or Unknown -->
| consumables = Unknown <!-- Any items used up in normal operation, such as; ink, paper, saw-blades, cutting disks, oil, etc.. -->
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|consumables=labels and ink <!-- Any items used up in normal operation, such as; ink, paper, saw-blades, cutting disks, oil, etc.. -->
| accessories = Unknown <!-- Any items associated with the equipment but not consumable, such as; drill bits, safety gloves, goggles, etc.. -->
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|accessories=Unknown <!-- Any items associated with the equipment but not consumable, such as; drill bits, safety gloves, goggles, etc.. -->
| reqtraining = <!-- Is training required to use this equipment? Yes or no. -->
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|reqtraining=yes
| trainlink = Unknown <!-- If training is required, provide a link to training signup or contact page. Otherwise leave blank. -->
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|trainlink=Unknown <!-- If training is required, provide a link to training signup or contact page. Otherwise leave blank. -->
| acnode = <!-- Is the equipment ACnode locked? -->
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|acnode=no
| owner = LHS <!-- Provide a link to owners members page if other than LHS -->
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|owner=LHS <!-- Provide a link to owners members page if other than LHS -->
| origin = Unknown <!-- If via pledge, please link to the completed pledge page on the wiki -->
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| location = Quiet room <!-- Floor, room/zone and location within that area -->
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Has usb, serial and parallel connections.
 
Has usb, serial and parallel connections.
  

Revision as of 22:21, 11 June 2013

Barcode printer
Hackspace Unknown.png
Model WASP WPL-305e
Sub-category Office equipment
Status Under construction
Consumables labels and ink
Accessories Unknown
Training requirement yes
Training link Unknown
ACnode no
Owner LHS
Origin Unknown
Location Quiet room

Has usb, serial and parallel connections.

Works

Prints onto stickey labels.

http://www.waspbarcode.com/printers/wpl305_barcode_printer.asp

All-in-one firmware, includes: WPL, WPLE (Eltron emulation) and WPLZ (Zebra emulation)

8 alpha-numeric bitmap fonts, one true type font

BARCODES 1D barcode: Code 39, Code 39C, Code 93, Code128UCC, Code128 subsets A.B.C, Codabar, Interleave 2 of 5, EAN-8, EAN-13, EAN-128, UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN and UPC 2(5) digits add-on, MSI, PLESSEY, POSTNET, China Post, ITF 14, EAN 14

2D barcode: PDF-417, Maxicode, DataMatrix, QR code

Afaict has no docs for the printer language or open source drivers :(

WPL programming docs:

http://support.waspbarcode.com/MRcgi/MRTicketPage.pl?USER=&MRP=0&MAJOR_MODE=DETAILS&MAXMININC=&MRNUMBERLIST=21429%2C25365%2C21228%2C21230%2C48264%2C21232%2C23874%2C27641%2C24243%2C23455%2C24822%2C122063%2C52662%2C25054%2C25211%2C24708%2C24730%2C24691%2C24692%2C24693&LASTID=47876&ABN=&GRPDETAIL=&HISTORYKEY=&CUSTM=&MR=21232&PROJECTID=1

cups supports the Zebra protocol (ZPL), but i've not got it to work reliably.


repo

Some code here:

https://github.com/londonhackspace/wasp-label-printer