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I need to write some code that prints labels using Toshiba TEC TPCL language. I have language documentation and I found a few SO topics, but everything I found is focused on the language itself, not on how I should communicate with the printer.

I mean, the printer can be connected through serial, usb or network. If the printer is connected through serial, I think I simply need to open the serial port and start sending commands - but with what parameters? For lan maybe I could open a tcp connection to port 9100 and send commands, although I'm not so sure about this. For usb (the connection method I'm actually interested in) I have no clues.

I have some experience with Godex printers, where a dll is provided by Godex that takes care of actual communication, you simply have to call an "open connection" function with the desired connection method (serial, lan, usb) as a parameter.

With Toshiba I can't find anything like that, and I also can't find a usage example that shows the basic communication setup process.

I know that Toshiba provides BarTender (label designing software) that comes with an SDK, but I prefer not to use it, and go with pure TPCL.

Does anyone have experience on this?

Thank you!

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You need to use TTEC's "BCP Print for .NET". Tt includes BCPControl.dll

I think that the best idea is to contact your local TTEC office to get their help.

Rafal

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Can you please elaborate a bit more? I searched for "BCP Print for .NET" or "BCPControl.dll" on Google but I didn't find anything...
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Once label script is saved in the file, run from cmd box: copy filename.tcpl LPT1 /b where LPT1 is mapped to windows TEC printer.

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Question is not on "how to send to the printer", but on "What to send to the printer"
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I suggest you could generate a text file with the right commands and send it to the printer using a rawprint utility. You can find several rawprint utilities, but you can try this one: https://download.cnet.com/rawprint-64-bit/3000-2088_4-75710381.html

In this case, you could send a file to the printer as follows:

rawprint /f commands_file.txt /pr name_of_the_printer

I have been using this technique for a wide range of printers for years, like POS printers and label printers, with no problem.

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Question is not on "how to send to the printer", but on "What to send to the printer"
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All I do is use a Generic Text Printer Driver on Windows. Mine are all networked, so just create a generic network port and use TCP 9100, then create the file in a standard Text Editor and select file, Print.

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