Page 2 - Driving Zebra Printers from Smart Forms; Table of Contents
Driving Zebra Printers from Smart Forms 13760L Page 2 Table of Contents UPGRADING SMART FORMS FOR BAR CODING ............................................................................. 2 S UPPORT P ACKS ..................................................................................................
Page 3 - Upgrading Smart Forms for Bar Coding; Support Packs; Smart Forms Bar Code Rendering Library (BRL); for more information on bar; SAPscript Users; SAPscript users may also continue to use Zebra’s; SAP GUI Print Preview
Driving Zebra Printers from Smart Forms 13760L Page 2 Upgrading Smart Forms for Bar Coding Support Packs SAP’s Smart Forms design tool now supports native bar code design and industrial bar code printing. These features can be enjoyed by users of mySAP™ Business Suite 4.6c onwards. Support Packs are...
Page 4 - Smart Forms and Zebra Device Types
Driving Zebra Printers from Smart Forms 13760L Page 3 Smart Forms and Zebra Device Types One of the following device types must be uploaded to mySAP Business Suite before you can drive Zebra printers from Smart Forms. These device types will also ship with SAP NetWeaver 05. Smart Forms only supports...
Page 5 - Installation of mySAP Business Suite Zebra; RSTXSCRP; Device type
Driving Zebra Printers from Smart Forms 13760L Page 4 Installation of mySAP Business Suite Zebra Device Types The next series of steps outline the import procedure of the device type definition file, i.e., ZLBZEB2.PRI to the mySAP Business Suite printing system. First, execute the Program Execution ...
Page 7 - Allocate a Development Class; and press the save; Development class; and press the local object
Driving Zebra Printers from Smart Forms 13760L Page 6 Allocate a Development Class The user must either allocate a development class to the device type or make it a local object. The development class is only required if the customer wishes to transport this device type to other mySAP Business Suite...
Page 8 - Select the local driver.; The pop-up dialog text box labeled “
Driving Zebra Printers from Smart Forms 13760L Page 7 Select the local driver. The pop-up dialog text box labeled “ Import from a Local File ” prompts for the device type definition file and its location. Use the browse button to locate the file, e.g., ZLB_ZEB.PRI and then click the OK button to sta...
Page 9 - Using the Smart Forms Zebra Device Types with; Spool Administration Initial Screen
Driving Zebra Printers from Smart Forms 13760L Page 8 Using the Smart Forms Zebra Device Types with Output devices / Print Queues Before we can use a printer (device type) in SAP mySAP Business Suite we must create and configure a print queue (output device). Initiate the Spool Administration progra...
Page 10 - Output Device; name. You may also allocate a shortname; Device Type; Enter Location and Message if required
Driving Zebra Printers from Smart Forms 13760L Page 9 © SAP AG 2004. All rights reserved. You should now see the screen below, exactly the same as the previous screen but with a new line of icons. Press the Create icon. © SAP AG 2004. All rights reserved. At the “ Spool Administration: Create Output...
Page 12 - PC
Driving Zebra Printers from Smart Forms 13760L Page 11 For testing and demonstration purposes only, we recommend that you use “Front End Printing.” We do not recommend this access method for volume or mission-critical industrial printing. This means that you should complete the configuration of the ...
Page 15 - Test Printing from Smart Forms to an Output
Driving Zebra Printers from Smart Forms 13760L Page 14 Test Printing from Smart Forms to an Output Device / Print Queue Please ensure that the form you test print with has been designed for your device. Do not try and print a form that has been designed with “HELVE” on an ANDALE Unicode Device type ...
Page 17 - Output device; Enter the name of the print queue.; Print immediately; Select job and select Go To->Output Requests from the main menu.
Driving Zebra Printers from Smart Forms 13760L Page 16 © SAP AG 2004. All rights reserved. You must enter/edit the following fields: Output device Enter the name of the print queue. Print immediately Ensure this is checked/ticked. Delete after print Ensure this is checked/ticked. New Spool request E...
Page 18 - Designing a Simple Smart Form; Disable PC Editor; the command line
Driving Zebra Printers from Smart Forms 13760L Page 17 Designing a Simple Smart Form Disable PC Editor Before starting to design your form, we advise that you use the old editor for full screen editor operations within Smart Forms. This can be achieved as follows: Start the “Standard Text: Request” ...
Page 19 - Smart Styles—Planning for Smart Forms; Create the Bar Codes You Need; Execute Transaction /nSE73
Driving Zebra Printers from Smart Forms 13760L Page 18 Smart Styles—Planning for Smart Forms Before starting to lay out your form, you must determine what text and bar code objects you will require. You actually need to build a collection of all of the derivatives of text and bar codes you will use ...
Page 23 - Creating Smart Styles to Select Text and Barcodes; Please follow the following procedure:; We are now going to add a bar code to our Smart Style:; Enter C3 as the Character Format and press OK
Driving Zebra Printers from Smart Forms 13760L Page 22 Creating Smart Styles to Select Text and Barcodes Please follow the following procedure: • Execute Transaction /nSmartStyles • Enter a the Style Name “ZZEBRA_SHIPPING” and press the “Create” button We are now going to add a bar code to our Smart...
Page 24 - We now need to add our Text Styles to the Smart Style:; Enter “TS” (Text Small) as the Character format and press OK
Driving Zebra Printers from Smart Forms 13760L Page 23 We now need to add our Text Styles to the Smart Style: • Select “Character Formats”, from the tree, and press the right mouse button and then select “Create Node”. © SAP AG 2004. All rights reserved. • Enter “TS” (Text Small) as the Character fo...
Page 26 - We now need to make a default Paragraph for our Header Data:; Enter “LJ” (Left Justification) as the Paragraph format and press OK
Driving Zebra Printers from Smart Forms 13760L Page 25 We now need to make a default Paragraph for our Header Data: © SAP AG 2004. All rights reserved. • Select “Paragraph Formats”, from the tree, and press the right mouse button and then select “Create Node” © SAP AG 2004. All rights reserved. • En...
Page 28 - We now need to save our Smart Style:; Press the “Save” Icon
Driving Zebra Printers from Smart Forms 13760L Page 27 We now need to save our Smart Style: • Press the “Save” Icon © SAP AG 2004. All rights reserved. • Press “Local object” • You now need to Select “Style | Activate” from the main menu. You have now successfully created and activated your Smart St...
Page 29 - Laying out the Smart Form; SMART FORMS
Driving Zebra Printers from Smart Forms 13760L Page 28 Laying out the Smart Form Start the “Smart Forms” transaction by entering /n SMART FORMS in the command line text box located just below the menu bar of the current active window of mySAP Business Suite system. Press the <Ente r> key or cl...
Page 30 - Map to Smart Style; Press the “Output Options” TAB
Driving Zebra Printers from Smart Forms 13760L Page 29 Map to Smart Style You should now see a screen similar to that below: © SAP AG 2004. All rights reserved. • We now need to map our Smart Style to this Form. Double click on Form attributes. © SAP AG 2004. All rights reserved. • Press the “Output...
Page 32 - Add Text and Bar Code Fields; Press the right mouse button on “MAIN Main Window” tree
Driving Zebra Printers from Smart Forms 13760L Page 31 Add Text and Bar Code Fields © SAP AG 2004. All rights reserved. • Press the right mouse button on “MAIN Main Window” tree • Select “Create | Window”. We are basically going to create a separate Window for each field, in the Main Window (think o...
Page 35 - Add Lines and Boxes
Driving Zebra Printers from Smart Forms 13760L Page 34 Add Lines and Boxes You should now see a screen similar to that below: © SAP AG 2004. All rights reserved. • Press the right mouse button on “MAIN Main Window” tree • Select “Create | Window • Press the “Output options” TAB
Page 40 - Saving and Activating the Smart Form; Press the Save Icon
Driving Zebra Printers from Smart Forms 13760L Page 39 Saving and Activating the Smart Form • Press the Save Icon © SAP AG 2004. All rights reserved. • Press “local object” (if prompted) • Select “Form |Activate” from the Main Menu
Page 41 - Label Size / Page Size; Important Note; : in Smart Forms, only use the PORTRAIT page orientation. It is not; Workaround for rotating the label output; : There is a command in the ZPL-II printer
Driving Zebra Printers from Smart Forms 13760L Page 40 Tips and Tricks for Smart Forms and Zebra Printers Smart Forms was originally developed for “Form” and “Report” design, not labels. Smart Forms can now be successfully used to design labels on high performance bar code label printers, but you ne...
Page 42 - Field Positioning—X, Y Coordinates; See printer setting for more information.
Driving Zebra Printers from Smart Forms 13760L Page 41 Note: The command ^FWR in the command node has no effect on printing barcodes, as these have their own parameters for rotation. Define the barcodes needed for the landscape label in SE73 with the necessary rotation. Field Positioning—X, Y Coordi...
Page 43 - Text Objects; Western European—IBM CodePage 850
Driving Zebra Printers from Smart Forms 13760L Page 42 Text Objects Smart Forms supports Zebra preloaded printer-resident scaleable fonts. It also supports TrueType font downloading and TrueType fonts stored in Zebra printer Flash memory. We strongly recommend that you use printer-resident fonts for...
Page 44 - Download a TTF Font to Zebra Flash Memory
Driving Zebra Printers from Smart Forms 13760L Page 43 © SAP AG 2004. All rights reserved. For detailed information on how to upload a TrueType font, refer to OSS Note 130658 In the case of ZPL II printers, this font is automatically downloaded to the printer at the beginning of the print run as an ...
Page 45 - Modify the Zebra SAP Device Type
Driving Zebra Printers from Smart Forms 13760L Page 44 Modify the Zebra SAP Device Type Select Transaction SE73 (Printer Fonts) and press “Change” Scroll down and Double click on the target device type (This must be one of the IBM Codepage 850 device types Zlzebx (x=2, 3 or 6) Double click on the Tr...
Page 46 - Uploading Graphics into Smart Forms; command node (see printer settings) or alternatively by creating a
Driving Zebra Printers from Smart Forms 13760L Page 45 Logos/Graphics Colored bitmap graphics from Smart Forms are changed to black and white when you print from the Zebra printer driver. If the picture quality deteriorates following this conversion, you should convert the graphic to black and white...
Page 47 - Printer Settings
Driving Zebra Printers from Smart Forms 13760L Page 46 Printer Settings Command Nodes allow you to set printer specific settings from within individual Smart Forms. Each Smart Form may have different settings associated with it. This means that you can have a Smart Form set the printer’s darkness (b...
Page 49 - Bar Codes; Printer Bar Codes
Driving Zebra Printers from Smart Forms 13760L Page 48 Bar Codes Bar Codes are managed via transaction /nSE73. See the screen below: © SAP AG 2004. All rights reserved. Individual bar code “types” need to be created for each flavor of bar code. A Smart Style then needs to be created to include bar c...
Page 50 - System Bar Codes; Does not require knowledge of the printer’s command language.
Driving Zebra Printers from Smart Forms 13760L Page 49 © SAP AG 2004. All rights reserved. System Bar Codes “System bar codes” can either use the “old barcode technology “and use a specific “printer bar code” based on the device type selected, or alternatively use the “new bar code technology.” We r...
Page 51 - Unsupported Bar Codes / New Symbologies; Creating a MaxiCode bar code
Driving Zebra Printers from Smart Forms 13760L Page 50 © SAP AG 2004. All rights reserved. Note: Bar code parameters “Height” and “Module Width” are entered at a resolution of 600 dpi independent of the resolution of the target printer. This means that a bar code height of 120 would print 10 mm on a...
Page 52 - Resources; to keep up-to-date on bar code printing and RFID solutions for
Driving Zebra Printers from Smart Forms 13760L Page 51 Resources Visit www.zebra.com/sap to keep up-to-date on bar code printing and RFID solutions for SAP End Users. Additional Smart Forms information can be found by visiting the SAP Developer Network website at www.sdn.sap.com . Refer to SAPnet no...
