ACL Digital Helps Leading Product Identification and Traceability Equipment Manufacturer Transform and Optimize their Industrial Printers
Overview
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Challenges
One of the client’s printer series was not ZPL compatible and supported only LabelPoint print format natively
They had a dependency on a hardware module to perform the ZPL to LabelPoint Converter.
Solution
ACL Digital developed the following modules for ZPL to LabelPoint converter to help client optimize usability and performance of the printer
- ZPL/LabelPoint Filter Module to process the ZPL and LabelPoint data received from various communication channels (e.g. serial, Ethernet or any other channels) and send the LabelPoint data directly to the LabelPoint processor. The ZPL data will be converted by ZPL parser to LabelPoint data and sent to the LabelPoint processor
- ZPL Parser Module to parse an individual ZPL command to obtain the command parameters. In case of a missing command parameters, it uses the default values as defined in the ZPL specification
- ZPL Command Handler to process the individual ZPL commands and generate the LabelPoint commands. In case of no LabelPoint commands to be generated or there are dependencies between the commands, it just updates the label/field state so that the later commands can complete the desired action
- Command Line Argument to set desired font info scale factor variable. By passing additional value as command line argument in ZPL to LP Converter File, it helps to get desired Font Metrics Scale Factor Value (Other than 0 and 100) to set Font Size in Label through ZPL Filter. If no value is passed, it considers the default scale value
Outcomes
Cost reduction
Software module developed by ACL Digital for ZPL conversion involved a one-time cost. It eliminated the dependency on licenced hardware which was costly and time-consuming
Improved outreach
Improvising the product with ZPL compatibility increased the usability and outreach of the product among customers in the packaging industry
Product enhancement
By enabling both ZPL and LabelPoint processing and filtering ACL Digital’s solution helped the client to enhance the product further
Greater scalability & ease of use
The software module developed by ACL Digital can also be used as a plugin in any type of LabelPoint printer leading to simplified optimized performance
Enhanced customer experience
Enhancing the core components and providing a solution that seamlessly integrates and works with all types of printers, our solution helped the client improve customer experience and achieve customer delight
Reusable libraries
ACL Digital’s library based conversion modules can be reused partially for conversion from ZPL to any other formats
