Mobile Thermal Printing Applications
Pendragon Forms provides the ability to create custom mobile solutions using the Zebra MZ 220 thermal printer.
Even in our current digital world, printing receipts, tags and barcodes via mobile applications is sometimes a necessity. Using Pendragon Forms, you can print to the Zebra MZ 220 mobile printer. Printing commands include the ability to print records based on subform records such as order or receiving line items.
On the Main Pendragon Forms screen on your Android device, tap the Menu icon in the upper left corner. Tap Settings. On the Settings screen, in the Zebra Printer section, click Scan to find your device in the Bluetooth device list.
Locate your printer in the device list and select it.
You can test your printer by clicking on the "Test" button. (See Step 4 if prompted to enter a PIN number.) Once you confirm the printer is paired, click "Save" to save it. Then click Done to exit the Settings screen.
If needed, you may need to input a pair code to your printer. Most devices use 0000 or 1234 as the default code, but you may need to look at your documentation.
Look below in the Downloads section to download the example forms, print_zebra.pff and print_line_items.pff, described here.
The parent form, Print Zebra Test, contains the following fields:
Field 1: Button
Field 2: Datetime “PDate”
Field 3: Text “salesperson”
Field 4: Text “order”
The record form, Print Line Items, contains the following fields:
Field 1: Textfield “order”
Field 2: Textfield “product”
Field 3: Numeric “quantity”
The scripting used on the button in field 1 of Print Zebra Test (see the Parent and Subform tab) is as follows:
initialize:
$[PDate] = now
click:
SETPARAM font 0
SETPARAM size 3
PRINTLEFT 1 "--------------------"
PRINTLEFT 1 "Order Report"
PRINTLEFT 1 "--------------------"
select all "Print Line Items"
select "Print Line Items" where field 1 is $[order]
if result > 0 then
RESULT = "Product: [2][newLine] Qty: [3][newLine]"
PRINTLEFT 0 "[ROWS]"
endif
PRINTLEFT 1 " "
PRINTLEFT 1 "------------------"
format $[PDate] datetime
PRINTLEFT 1 result
PRINTLEFT 1 "Salesperson: "
PRINTLEFT 8 $[salesperson]
PRINTLEFT 1 " "
PRINTLEFT 1 "Order: "
PRINTLEFT 8 $[order]
PRINTLEFT 1 " "
PRINTLEFT 1 "Signature"
PRINTLEFT 1 " "
PRINTLEFT 1 "X"
PRINTLEFT 1 "* * * * * * * * * *"
PRINTNEWPAGE
By using the example forms, the pages and printouts should look as follows:
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