Network Connect - Updates

In this blog, we'll explain how to configure the printer and how to build a listener and an error viewer pages in PHP with a MySQL database on the back to store the alerts.  

All the Link-OS printers support the HTTP-POST protocol to send messages from the printer to a webserver. These messages contain information about the printer status and possible error status, so, if correctly used, this feature can be used to monitor a fleet of printers. 

Recently, we have discovered a Bluetooth connection issue between some newer iOS devices and some latest Zebra printer models. The symptom of the issue is that the Bluetooth connection gets disconnected periodically approximately every 60 seconds. The symptom is visible on the Bluetooth Settings of the iOS devices, where you can see the Bluetooth Settings screen automatically refreshes itself, drops the Bluetooth connection and reconnects a few seconds later.

PrintConnect has been widely utilized on Android devices to simplify the printer discovery and pairing process for apps that need to print labels or receipts on Zebra Link-OS printers. With PrintConnect, apps simply pass the variable data for the label and receipt to PrintConnect using the Android Intents.

Use the SendFileToPrinter API for Your Cloud-Based Printing Needs

Through the interactions with our Zebra developer community, we continue to see Link-OS Multiplatform SDK play a big role in developing printing apps to meet the label and receipt printing needs with Zebra Link-OS printers.

A tutorial on how to set up the Link-OS SDK for webservice with Apache Tomcat in Eclipse.

Join Steven's DEVTALK November 20 at 10:00 AM CDT US to learn more. Register here 

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There has been several enhancements to the Network Connect products.