2015-02-16T09:07:47

Labels 2.0 recipe

Here are my notes from setting-up labels with barcodes for our warehousing.

Ingrediences

Hardware:
- Leitz Icon Label printer
- Inateck 2 in 1 Wireless Bluetooth Barcode Scanner
- New Asus Fonepad Note 6 ME560CG
- any computer with Debian Linux
- network with WiFi
Software:
Skills / Knowledge of:
- Linux as user
- basic HTML+JavaScript to tweak jQuery Mobile examples
- any server-side programming that can do system() calls
- any automated way to generate custom PDFs or pictures

Directions

have your Debian Linux ready
install pbm2lwxl
- cd /tmp
- git clone https://github.com/jfuchs/receipt-printy.git
- cd receipt-printy
- gcc -o pbm2lwxl pbm2lwxl.c
- sudo cp pbm2lwxl /usr/bin
configure printer to connect to your WiFi network
assign printer some static IP (ex. here: 192.168.0.150)
via localhost:631 add new printer
as connection select "ipp://192.168.0.150/" and upload this PPD
now you can do "Print Test Page" and Linux print test page should come out of the printer on the sticker
with your favorite program create some pdf that has 76x36mm dimensions
from command line by `lp -d PRINTER_NAME label-location-X-5-01-2.pdf` you are now able to print your own labels
with jQuery Mobile create a form that would be handled by your favourite server side programming language generating PDFs and feeding those to `lp` command.
- here a sample LaTex template with barcode on top
do BlueTooth pairing of barcode scanner with your phone
launch any browser on your phone and scan barcodes right into your jQuery Mobile forms

in case you would like to have barcode-scanning-printing mobile app look and feel:

build you jQuery Mobile page with just one location → index

set all the required <head>ers:

<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"/>
<meta name="description" content=""/>
<meta name="author" content="meon"/>
<meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes"/>
<meta name="mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes"/>
<meta name="application-name" content="Eusahub" />
<meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-title" content="Eusahub"/>
<link rel="icon" sizes="192x192" href="/static/img/htouch-icon-192x192.png"/>
<link rel="apple-touch-startup-image" href="/static/img/htouch-startup-320x460.png"/>
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/static/img/htouch-icon-60x60.png"/>
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="76x76" href="/static/img/htouch-icon-76x76.png"/>
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="120x120" href="/static/img/htouch-icon-120x120.png"/>
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="152x152" href="/static/img/htouch-icon-152x152.png"/>

afterwards just add that location to home screen

enjoy your own custom labels!

Update: Leitz released Linux drivers for Icon