Print labels from any web enabled device

Various data integration

With this website users can easily grab data from various places including

.TXT files
.CSV Files
SQL Data (Requires SQLCMD or other modules)
EXCEL Data (Requires module)
SharePoint Data (Probably requires modules too) a csv file, sql, excel file (requires module) and other kind of data to enable easy label printing

To create a .csv file on a server that triggers a label print job

Easy to customize

PWSH-LabelWebInterface is an example that shows how easy it is using powershell and DOT NET to create a frontend for users to print labels

Use any web enabled device

Print labels on any device with a web interface, e.g iPads, Chromebooks, Windows, other benefits include centralised management and quick PC setup

Why use this?

Benefits include

Centralised label print management
Use print servers, no need to install print drivers on every line operater PC
Extra redundancy, in case a PC goes down, employee's can print from any web enabled device
Easy customizeable, the company may have add ons or tracking, integrating should probably be easier from a centralised server rather than installing on every PC
A langauge IT workers understand, No need to use software from the early 2000's that takes hours to setup
Uses dot net, powershell, html

Requirements

Windows

Windows 10 or later
Label software that support file triggers

Linux

PWSH Link
.DOT NET Link
Label software that support file triggers

Before you try

I would recommend you use Universal Dashboard as setting something like this project up in UD is way faster, and probably a way more secure and centralised way

If the label software used is paid, please read the license agreements, for some software the license may be based on number of computers and not number of printers or users

How to use

cd 'PathTo\MainFolder'
Start 'Start-LabelWebServer.ps1

# In Start-LabelWebserver.ps1 change the line below to the ip that should be listened on, and remember to open the port on the firewall
# $WebServerIP = 'http://localhost:8080'

Make sure to read up on security, this method might need to be protected by things like sign in, firewall rules, IP rules or a reverse proxy server

Showcase

CSV Example shown here, it loads data from a folder, the user inputs basically the name of the csv file SQL Example here, using sqlcmd it graps the id of the table that has the correct data, pwsh then creates a csv file from that data Be noticed, that the gif is outdated, it shows ordernumber instead of print amount. it has been fixed.

Credits

Jacob Ochoa for giving a great example on how to start a webserver using pwsh, some of the code has been modified in this project https://gist.github.com/jakobii/429dcef1bacacfa1da254a5353bbeac7

Adam Driscoll for inspiration

W3Schools for all the amazing HTML examples