为什么打印错误的条形码?

时间:2015-02-03 22:28:43

标签: c# printing barcode-scanner zebra-printers barcode-printing

如何读取一个条形码,又打印另一个条形码?

我的代码读取扫描的值并将其放入文本框中;例如,诸如" 76145513"

之类的值

然而,当我为该条形码打印标签时,它会打印" 57056548"

这是最后一个有效的条形码,但为什么打印(" 57056548")而不是扫描的值(" 76145513")?

我正在阅读一些纸张上的条形码,这些纸条上有许多超大的纸条#34;条形码就可以了。我使用的纸张包含正在扫描的值和正在打印的值,但我甚至在扫描时掩盖了流氓条形码以确定激光束没有被淹没并且"看到"打印的价值,虽然它的"独眼巨人光束"确实只点亮了正确的条形码。

我放了一些调试/健全检查代码,以确保发送到打印的内容是正确的,它是;我看到了" PrintUtils.ZebraQLn220Printer.PrintLabel中的条形码是76145513 "在第一个MessageBox.Show()和" 条形码与校验和是761455132 "第二个。

那么怎样才能扫描正确的值,发送到Print方法,然后打印一个不同的(但是有效的!)代码呢?

以下是核心打印代码:

private void PrepareAndPrintLabel()
{
    . . .
    string barcode = textBoxUPC.Text.Trim();
    if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(barcode))
    {
        MessageBox.Show("Cannot print with no barcode provided");
        return;
    }
    PrintUtils.IBeltPrinterFactory factory = new 
PrintUtils.BeltPrinterFactory();
    PrintUtils.IBeltPrinter printer = factory.NewBeltPrinter();
    printer.PrintLabel(listPrice, description, barcode);
}

    public void PrintLabel(string price, string description, string
barcode)
    {
        MessageBox.Show(String.Format("Barcode in
PrintUtils.ZebraQLn220Printer.PrintLabel is {0}", barcode));
        try
        {
            ArrayList elementsToPrint = new ArrayList();

            // Create one etp for each line to be printed on the label
            . . .
            ElementToPrint etp3 = new ElementToPrint
                                      {
                                          DisplayVal = barcode,
                                          elementAlignment =
ElementToPrintAlignment.Center, elementType =
elementToPrintType.BarcodeText, RelativeFontSize =
FontSizeType.BarcodeTextMedium, XPos = 0
                                      };
            elementsToPrint.Add(etp3);
            ElementToPrint etp4 = new ElementToPrint
                                      {
                                          DisplayVal = barcode,
                                          elementAlignment =
ElementToPrintAlignment.Center, elementType = ElementToPrintType.Barcode,
RelativeFontSize = FontSizeType.Large, XPos = 0
                                      };
            elementsToPrint.Add(etp4);
            ArrayList linesToSend =
ConvertElementsForZebraQLn220(elementsToPrint, 1.25);

            using (SerialPort serialPort = new SerialPort())
            {
                serialPort.BaudRate = 19200;
                serialPort.Handshake = Handshake.XOnXOff;
                if (!(serialPort.IsOpen))
                {
                    serialPort.Open();
                }

                Thread.Sleep(500);
                foreach (string line in linesToSend)
                {
                    serialPort.Write(line);
                }
            }
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            String msgInnerExAndStackTrace = String.Format("{0}; Inner
Ex: {1}; Stack Trace: {2}", ex.Message, ex.InnerException, ex.StackTrace)
ExceptionLoggingService.Instance.WriteLog(String.Format("From
ZebraQLn220Printer,PrintUtils.PrintLabel: {0}", msgInnerExAndStackTrace));
        }
    } // PrintLabel

    public static ArrayList ConvertElementsForZebraQLn220(ArrayList
elementsToPrint, double labelHeight)
    {
        const int BARCODE_TEXT_DELTA = 5;
        const int BARCODE_HEIGHT = 50;
        ArrayList linesToSend = new ArrayList();
        int _labelHeight = ConvertInchesToZebraQLn220DPI(labelHeight);
        int YPos = 0;
        ElementToPrintAlignment lastAlignmentSet =
ElementToPrintAlignment.Left;

        // Always start with this line for label mode (as opposed to
line mode) CPCL:
        linesToSend.Add(string.Format("! 0 200 200 {0} 1\r\n",
_labelHeight)); //at 1.25, labelHeight is 254; more accurately, it would b
241, as the labels are really 1.1875" in height, not 1.25

        foreach (ElementToPrint etp in elementsToPrint)
        {
            // POSITION THE TEXT
            . . .
            // SIZE THE TEXT - These are based on the device-specific
parameters 
            if (etp.elementType.Equals(ElementToPrintType.BarcodeText))
            {
                linesToSend.Add(string.Format("BARCODE-TEXT {0} {1}
{2}\r\n", fontNum, fontSizeId, BARCODE_TEXT_DELTA));
                YPos = YPos + GetHeightForFontNumAndSizeID(fontNum,
fontSizeId) + BARCODE_TEXT_DELTA;
            }
            else if (etp.elementType.Equals(ElementToPrintType.Barcode))
            {
                string displayValTrimmed = etp.DisplayVal.Trim();
                string barcodeType = GetBarcodeType(displayValTrimmed);
                string checkSum = GetBarcodeChecksum(displayValTrimmed);
                string barcodeWithCheckSum = string.Format("{0}{1}",
displayValTrimmed, checkSum);
                MessageBox.Show(string.Format("barcodeWithCheckSum is
{0}", barcodeWithCheckSum));
                linesToSend.Add(string.Format("BARCODE {0} 1 1 {1} 0 {2}
{3}\r\n", barcodeType, BARCODE_HEIGHT, YPos, barcodeWithCheckSum));
                YPos = YPos + BARCODE_HEIGHT;
            }
            else if (etp.elementType.Equals(ElementToPrintType.Text))
            {
                linesToSend.Add(string.Format("TEXT {0} {1} 0 {2}
{3}\r\n", fontNum, fontSizeId, YPos, etp.DisplayVal));
                YPos = YPos + GetHeightForFontNumAndSizeID(fontNum,
fontSizeId);
            }
        }

这是日志文件显示的内容(无效条目省略):

。 。

Date: 2/3/2015 2:31:26 PM
Message: Reached frmVerify.InitReader

Date: 2/3/2015 2:31:26 PM
Message: Reached frmVerify.StartRead

Date: 2/3/2015 2:31:29 PM
Message: Reached frmVerify.BarcodeReader_ReadNotify

Date: 2/3/2015 2:31:29 PM
Message: Reached frmVerify.HandleData

Date: 2/3/2015 2:31:29 PM
Message: Reached frmVerify.textBoxUPC_LostFocus

. . .

Date: 2/3/2015 2:31:43 PM
Message: Reached frmVerify.buttonPrintLabel_Click

Date: 2/3/2015 2:31:43 PM
Message: Reached frmVerify.PrepareAndPrintLabel

Date: 2/3/2015 2:31:43 PM
Message: Reached PrintUtils.PrintLabel

Date: 2/3/2015 2:31:43 PM
Message: Reached PrintUtils.ConvertElementsForZebraQLn220

. . .

Date: 2/3/2015 2:31:43 PM
Message: Reached PrintUtils.GetBarcodeType

Date: 2/3/2015 2:31:43 PM
Message: Reached PrintUtils.GetBarcodeChecksum

BTW," 57056548 "在代码中的任何地方都不存在(我想也许我曾将它用作临时测试值而忘记删除它)。这似乎几乎不可能发生,但它确实如此。

更新

根据user3025177的建议,我在我的打印代码中添加了一个调试消息:

foreach (string line in linesToSend)
{
    MessageBox.Show(String.Format("About to be sent to th
serial port: {0}", line));
    serialPort.Write(line);
}

以下是我看到的内容:

! 0 200 200 241 1
RIGHT
TEXT 4 3 0 0 24.77
LEFT
TEXT 5 0 0 90 No description found
CENTER
BARCODE-TEXT 0 2 5
BARCODE 128 1 1 50 0 137 761455132
FORM
PRINT

标签上印有的是:

0.00 [right-aligned]
ITEM NOT FOUND [left-aligned]
[the barcode zebra stripes, centered]
57056548 [centered]

所以正在发送正确的条形码(" 761455132"),但" 57056548"正在印在标签上。

比扎罗!

更新2

Sour Mash Archie的评论很吸引人 - 这是有道理的,因为: (a)我用于测试的打印机是生锈的,蜘蛛网出没了 (b)"伪造/流氓"正在打印的条形码已经过去打印在该设备上 - 因此它必须“卡在内存中”#34;左右......

1 个答案:

答案 0 :(得分:1)

这是一个很长的镜头,但我记得多年前使用Zebra打印机的一个问题,它们会卡在条形码上,并且无论何时打印都会打印相同的条形码。只有在使用EPL / ZPL代码进行打印时才会出现这种情况,而不是使用Windows图形命令,但如果再次打开打印机或在另一台机器上试用它,它会一直存在。

我们通过在打印机上进行硬件重置来修复它;在模型上我们必须打开机箱并按下电路板上的按钮。

在Zebra网站上查看您的打印机型号的固件更新。