Hi all,
I've been asked to quote a system involving a zebra printer on a compact logix. Nothing too complicated, just need to set it up to print date, time, and weight on a small label for each batch. Here's the criteria I've been given:
- Black & white labels, 150mm wide (or larger)
- Heavy duty unit (IP56 rated if available) due to environment being used in
- Label printer to communicate direct with PLC via ethernet if possible
The second one confuses me. How are you going to have an IP65 device spit out a paper label?
I've not had to source a label printer before, and it's a bit hard to tell from the Zebra website what each model is best suited to. Is anyone able to recommend a particular model for this application? Any success (or failure) stories to share for this type of application? Any tricks or gotchas with setting one up to get the data via Ethernet?
Thanks guys!
I've been asked to quote a system involving a zebra printer on a compact logix. Nothing too complicated, just need to set it up to print date, time, and weight on a small label for each batch. Here's the criteria I've been given:
- Black & white labels, 150mm wide (or larger)
- Heavy duty unit (IP56 rated if available) due to environment being used in
- Label printer to communicate direct with PLC via ethernet if possible
The second one confuses me. How are you going to have an IP65 device spit out a paper label?
I've not had to source a label printer before, and it's a bit hard to tell from the Zebra website what each model is best suited to. Is anyone able to recommend a particular model for this application? Any success (or failure) stories to share for this type of application? Any tricks or gotchas with setting one up to get the data via Ethernet?
Thanks guys!