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Jason

My current client is on MAS 8.10 but hosted by IBM and IBM refuses to install the Zebra library on our MAS instance. So we are working on automation scripts to send ZPL code directly to an IP address just to test whether it works. After that we will work on selecting printers etc.

Your script seems to do exactly what we are attempting to do, but does your script rely on the zebra library to have to be installed on the server?

Tim,

Here are the core scripts for performing the printing actions.  The project has all the documentation and examples of printing from the Automation Script directly without an additional libraries.

https://github.com/sharptree/zebra-printing-scripts

Regards,

Jason

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Jason VenHuizen
Sharptree
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Original Message:
Sent: 09-21-2023 06:53
From: Tim Bartmann
Subject: Zebra Label Printing from Maximo

Jason

My current client is on MAS 8.10 but hosted by IBM and IBM refuses to install the Zebra library on our MAS instance. So we are working on automation scripts to send ZPL code directly to an IP address just to test whether it works. After that we will work on selecting printers etc.

Your script seems to do exactly what we are attempting to do, but does your script rely on the zebra library to have to be installed on the server?

Jason,

I was looking at what you had developed, and while it appears to mainly be geared to various inventory processes, I was wondering if you thought it could be expanded to also generate asset ID and location labels. We are looking for something like your software that would do that, and before digging into it any further, I thought I would see what you thought.

Thanks for any input.

Hi Jim,

We actually separated out the printing from the label definition etc into just automation scripts so you can use the functionality of the extension without having to install the management parts.  Those scripts can be found here:

https://github.com/sharptree/zebra-printing-scripts

I don't think I specifically mention it in the documentation, but the solution part of our Opqo mobile product (https://opqo.io), so we designed it to be used independently.

Note that all those scripts support being deployed with our VS Code extension so you don't have to manually create the scripts in your Maximo instance.

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=sharptree.maximo-script-deploy

If you want to chat about how to use these or just have questions feel free to reach out at jason@sharptree.io.

Jason

Jason,

I was looking at what you had developed, and while it appears to mainly be geared to various inventory processes, I was wondering if you thought it could be expanded to also generate asset ID and location labels. We are looking for something like your software that would do that, and before digging into it any further, I thought I would see what you thought.

Thanks for any input.

Hi Jason,

Thanks so much for the library. 

I tried to apply the solution to MAS 9 but it failed with error:

[err] javax.crypto.BadPaddingException: Given final block not properly padded. Such issues can arise if a bad key is used during decryption.

I tried:

• download zip file (zebra-label-1.1.2.zip) to my local server and point the customization to it
• Point directly to zebra-label-1.1.2.zip at the github
• Used version 1.1.0

No issues with the build but it fails on the ui start :( Nothing helped.

Would much appreciate your help!

Hello, Alexey and Jason, 

Were you ever able to get this up and running in a MAS 9+ environment? looking for a possible solution for our item label printing business requirements, 

Thanks

Hi Jason,

Thanks so much for the library. 

I tried to apply the solution to MAS 9 but it failed with error:

[err] javax.crypto.BadPaddingException: Given final block not properly padded. Such issues can arise if a bad key is used during decryption.

I tried:

• download zip file (zebra-label-1.1.2.zip) to my local server and point the customization to it
• Point directly to zebra-label-1.1.2.zip at the github
• Used version 1.1.0

No issues with the build but it fails on the ui start :( Nothing helped.

Would much appreciate your help!

Hello, Alexey and Jason, 

Were you ever able to get this up and running in a MAS 9+ environment? looking for a possible solution for our item label printing business requirements, 

Thanks

Hi Jason,

Thanks so much for the library. 

I tried to apply the solution to MAS 9 but it failed with error:

[err] javax.crypto.BadPaddingException: Given final block not properly padded. Such issues can arise if a bad key is used during decryption.

I tried:

• download zip file (zebra-label-1.1.2.zip) to my local server and point the customization to it
• Point directly to zebra-label-1.1.2.zip at the github
• Used version 1.1.0

No issues with the build but it fails on the ui start :( Nothing helped.

Would much appreciate your help!

Hi Jason - Great solutions as always. Does this sharptree/zebra-printing-scripts have a floor and ceiling for the versions it supports? Will this work in Maximo 7.6 and carry forward with upgrades?