Generic Label printer

[davelister]

Hi -

I have a web page that is accessed via a mobile phone that allows users to update stock (qty in stock - for stock taking etc.) I would also like to generate and print lables on the fly (from the mobile.) My web page can generate the bar code and I need to find a label printer (wireless/bluetooth) that can be accessed from by the mobile to print the label.

Most label printers insist on using their "app" to generate and send the barcode to the printer. I simply want a barcode printer that is wireless that can print from a mobile WITHOUT having to use the manufacters app to generate and send the label to the printer.

So my web page that generates the barcode in a browser on the users phone, they then select "print" and they can print to a wireless barcode printer. Any advice / help would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

 

[fisicx]

I’m a bit confused. Who will have the printer? You or the user?

If you want to print from a phone you usually just find one on the local network and install. I’ve never needed an app. Or am I missing something

 

[davelister]

I’m a bit confused. Who will have the printer? You or the user?

If you want to print from a phone you usually just find one on the local network and install. I’ve never needed an app. Or am I missing something

Sorry, just to clarify - I am a software developer and have written a small Php app that allows my customers to do stock checks from their phone. I also wanted to offer them the ability to be able to print off bar codes as they went round the warehouse or whatever (as bar codes change sometimes or it may be new stock.)

The printer will be theirs not mine. I just want to find a wireless label/barcode printer I can recommend that will do what we need it to. I just need a label printer that I can print to wirelessly a barcode that my software generates. So basically a bar code printer that can be accessed via bluetooth (though preferabley via WiFi) and can be accessed from the phone like any networkable printer.

I have a laserjet pro that will work as required- but its not a label printer. So simply a barcode printer that can be accesed and printed to wirelesssly and generically (without the need to use a custom App.)

Thanks.

 

[Ethan39]

Hiya, welcome to the community.

I'm not sure if this fits your needs or not, but a piece of software we work with internally allows us to produce labels for any standard layout A4 label sheet that you can run through an inkjet printer.
This works by queueing up X number of labels and positioning them programmatically on a print job in small batches. The client can then decide if they want to run off a partially full label sheet or wait until they've filled all the available labels on the page before printing.

Not necessarily an ideal solution for all use cases, but embracing a standard A4 label sheet that can run through any old printer is probably a better business proposition for most than having to buy one of a select number of label printers that meet the requirements of your application.