Wraptor A6500 - Labelmark 6 - Print to File Feature

Print to File with the A6500 (Labelmark Only - Not yet available in Brady Workstation)

This functionality is now available in Brady Workstation as of shell 4.10: How to Use Print to File with the A6500 in Brady Workstation

Changing the driver port to "File" sends the print jobs to a local folder location. This allows saving a .prn file of the job to portable media, such as a USB flash drive. End users can then take this flash drive to A6500 printers that are isolated from any PC or network connection. This feature is not available for the original Wraptor (discontinued), or when printing from Brady Workstation. 

• Note: You must have A6500 firmware version 91188 or higher and printer driver 3.20 or higher. 

Print to File Instructions

• Note: This process requires driver version 3.20 - How to View the A6500 Driver Version

Driver Configuration

1. If necessary, remove the old driver

• See: Printer Drivers - Full Driver Removal

2. Install the July 2018 driver version 3.20 available on BradyID

• See: How to Install the A6500 Driver

3. Go to Control Panel > Devices and Printers



4. Select the A6500 right-click > Printer Properties



5. Select the Ports tab > Select “Print to File” port and click Apply



Create the .PRN Label File

1.  Launch LabelMark 6 as administrator



2. Create a label for the A6500



3. Select Print, choose the A6500 driver

• Note: DO NOT select the Print to File check box

4 Click Print

5. Name your label file when prompted



6. Use the same file name in the "Save As" window




Transfer the File to the A6500

1, Navigate to the location you selected in the "Save As" window

• Note: If you are using Windows 7, you will need to append the name the ".prn" extension before transferring to external media

2. Move file onto a thumb drive



3. Plug USB/thumb drive into the USB port on the front of the Wraptor A6500, under the LCD screen.



4. An “Import” app will appear on the touch screen once a .prn file is detected



5. Select the file and import




See Also

• LabelMark 5/6 & Wraptor - How to convert multiple Labelmark label files to the .prn format at one time