{"id":72,"date":"2020-01-28T21:33:57","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T21:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iani.co\/blog\/?p=72"},"modified":"2021-07-15T12:40:00","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T12:40:00","slug":"badge-printing-with-power-apps-checking-the-printing-requirements-of-the-chosen-printer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iani.co\/blog\/badge-printing-with-power-apps-checking-the-printing-requirements-of-the-chosen-printer\/","title":{"rendered":"Badge printing with Power Apps – 1. Checking the printing requirements of the chosen printer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This is part of the series Badge printing and more with Power Apps<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Introduction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I have been developing a visitor registration app for the company I work. Since we already have Office365 licenses and we are heavily using SharePoint, Teams and other Microsoft products, I thought, why not using Power Apps to build a kiosk <\/strong>mobile app which will run on a tablet in the office. Kiosk as in always on, just sitting in the office lobby. Secured with a lock of course, what did you think? \ud83d\ude42
The big advantage of Power Apps is that the same app will be available for all the coworkers on web or on their mobile phones. Build once, run it everywhere…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Badge printing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Everything went well, the app was running and visitors were successfully checked in and out. But the killer feature was missing – badge printing<\/strong>. All the other important visitor management solutions offered this feature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The chosen printer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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After some research, I went with the Brother QL-820NWB<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n