com.zebra.sdk.printer.discovery

Class UsbDiscoverer

Object

com.zebra.sdk.printer.discovery.UsbDiscoverer

public class UsbDiscoverer
extends Object

A class used to discover USB connected Zebra printers. Printers can be accessed directly or through a Zebra Designer printer driver if your printer supports the driver.

package test.zebra.sdk.discovery.examples;
 
 import com.zebra.sdk.comm.ConnectionException;
 import com.zebra.sdk.common.card.printer.discovery.ZebraCardPrinterFilter;
 import com.zebra.sdk.printer.discovery.*;
 
 public class UsbDiscovererExample {
 
 	public static void main(String[] args) {
 
 		try {
 			for (DiscoveredUsbPrinter printer : UsbDiscoverer.getZebraUsbPrinters(new ZebraCardPrinterFilter())) {
 				System.out.println(printer);
 			}
 		} catch (ConnectionException e) {
 			System.out.println("Error discovering local printers: " + e.getMessage());
 		}
 
 		System.out.println("Done discovering local printers.");
 	}
 }
 

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
UsbDiscoverer() A class used to discover USB connected Zebra printers.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static DiscoveredPrinterDriver[]	getZebraDriverPrinters() Enumerate locally installed Zebra Designer Drivers.
static DiscoveredUsbPrinter[]	getZebraUsbPrinters() Enumerate all currently connected Zebra USB printers.
static DiscoveredUsbPrinter[]	getZebraUsbPrinters(DiscoveredPrinterFilter discoveredPrinterFilter) Enumerate currently connected Zebra USB printers that meet the specified DiscoveredPrinterFilter criteria.

Methods inherited from class Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

UsbDiscoverer

public UsbDiscoverer()

A class used to discover USB connected Zebra printers. Printers can be accessed either directly or through a USB printer driver

Method Detail

getZebraDriverPrinters

public static DiscoveredPrinterDriver[] getZebraDriverPrinters()
                                                        throws ConnectionException

Enumerate locally installed Zebra Designer Drivers.

Returns:

list of ZebraDesigner drivers installed.

Throws:

ConnectionException - if the system is not running the Windows operating system.

getZebraUsbPrinters

public static DiscoveredUsbPrinter[] getZebraUsbPrinters()
                                                  throws ConnectionException

Enumerate all currently connected Zebra USB printers.

Returns:

list of locally connected Zebra USB printers.

Throws:

ConnectionException - if the system is not running the Windows operating system.

getZebraUsbPrinters

public static DiscoveredUsbPrinter[] getZebraUsbPrinters(DiscoveredPrinterFilter discoveredPrinterFilter)
                                                  throws ConnectionException

Enumerate currently connected Zebra USB printers that meet the specified DiscoveredPrinterFilter criteria.

Parameters:

discoveredPrinterFilter - A custom DiscoveredPrinterFilter instance used to determine whether or not a discovered device should be ignored.

Returns:

list of locally connected Zebra USB printers.

Throws:

ConnectionException - if the system is not running the Windows operating system or an error occurs during discovery.