I'm just looking for thoughts about this situation: We have some products that get a "pretty" label. This label is designed by marketing and saved as a .ps file. In our programming, we look for the correct file in the IFS and send that huge .ps file to the printer. Naturally, the users are complaining that it takes too long to print. I'm working on designing a proof of concept where we would save the files on a server local to the printer. Our program would then send a remote command to print the label.
Today, we can issue a message to the user if we can't find the file. If we switch to using a remote command, we lose that and have to add a programmer who can write the code for the server side to print the label (JAVA, SQL, whatever).
Has anyone ever run into something like this? Do you know of a cleaner solution? Our network is pretty fast, but the .ps files are so large, and we print so many labels, that it's just too much to be fast enough for the plant.
Thank you in advance for any thoughts.
Have a great day!
Today, we can issue a message to the user if we can't find the file. If we switch to using a remote command, we lose that and have to add a programmer who can write the code for the server side to print the label (JAVA, SQL, whatever).
Has anyone ever run into something like this? Do you know of a cleaner solution? Our network is pretty fast, but the .ps files are so large, and we print so many labels, that it's just too much to be fast enough for the plant.
Thank you in advance for any thoughts.
Have a great day!
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