Odoo 16 Product Zebra label (Community)

User can create custom label template by frontend and can print the dynamic product label report with Zebra Printer for Odoo which running in same premises or on cloud server.

How to use

• Important step to use this module, Install python library which is required to print label.
• Steps to install barcode font library:
  1) Download fonts : http://www.reportlab.com/ftp/fonts/pfbfer.zip
  2) Now put this fonts into location : /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/reportlab/fonts/(put the files)
  Note : if fonts folder does not exists, create that folder and copy that fonts into it.
  3) To see the preview of label install following packages:
  ==> sudo apt-get install python3-wand
  ==> sudo apt-get install libmagickwand-dev
  ==> sudo apt-get install imagemagick
  
• Steps to install node JS and zebra python package:
  1) Copy node application and put into safe folder. Now open terminal and go to that folder and copy paste first two commands.
  ==> sudo pip install simple_zpl2
  ==> sudo npm install express
  2) This is python package which you can install from any path.
  ==> sudo pip install zebra
  3) This python package which will be used only for LAN zebra printing Purpose.
  ==> sudo apt-get install cups
  or
  ==> sudo pip3 install pycups
  Remember this CUPS you can install any machine but make sure printer and CUPS installed machine should be into same LAN Network.
• After Installing all packages restart odoo server.
  

Label print using zebra printer with Node js application

• First Install Zebra printer into client machine.

• Install Node application into client machine Where zebra printer is attach.

• Once node app running. Open odoo server. Go to menu Sales-->Product Small Label-->Label Configuration. Configure 'Odoo Instance Location' as Cloud, give Node Application URL and enter printer name into list view.

• User need to select product(s) and no. of quantity to print product label(s). Select printer where you want to send label data.

• In "Label" tab, for zebra give only width into DPI.

• In "Barcode" tab, fill appropriate data to print different type of barcode.

• In "fields" tab, select product table fields and give proper style to text for label.

• By clicking on 'Save Design' button, User can save template design. If user select 'Update Existing Template' check box, so selected design template will save current design.

• By Clicking on 'Preview' button, you can preview label into new pop up.
• Select printer and click on 'Print' button, you can print label direct to zebra printer.

• In "Zebra Print Help" tab, user can get help for print barcode.

Label print LAN(Local Network) zebra printer.

• Here we need to create CUPS server. For CUPS make sure cups package is install and running on machine where CUPS is install on port 631.

• First Install Zebra printer into local LAN network.

• After Installing Zebra printer on machine, Add printer into CUPS server.

• Once Printers are added into CUPS server. Go to Sales-->Product Small Label-->LAN Printer Servers menu and click on Add printer button.

• After creating LAN printer server, configure Label Configuration.

Label design using fields selection

• User need to select product attributes to print product attributes in label(s).

• In "Label" tab, take logo and give logo position,height,width to print in label.

• In "Barcode" tab, select barcode type to print barcode in label.

• In "Fields" tab, select field(s) of product to print in label.

• By clicking on "Preview" button get preview.

• Print of product label.

Label Design using "XML Design"

• User need to select product(s) and no. of quantity to print product label(s).

• In "Label" tab, fill appropriate data for report label formatting.

• In "Barcode" tab, fill appropriate data to print different type of barcode.

• In "Design" tab, user can add, remove or change sequance of field(s) of product.

• Here we can see all saved template design.

• In "Barcode Print Help" tab, user can get help for print barcode.