Stack Overflow
Stack Overflow

Questions tagged [zpl]

ZPL stands for the "Zebra Programming Language" and is a proprietary programming language used to communicate to Zebra branded printers.

Wiki:

ZPL stands for the "Zebra Programming Language" and is a proprietary programming language used to communicate to Zebra branded printers. Zebra Programming Language (ZPL and ZPL II) is a Printer Control Language.

Read more:

631 questions
54
votes
10 answers

.NET code to send ZPL to Zebra printers

Is there a way to send ZPL (Zebra Programming Language) to a printer in .NET? I have the code to do this in Delphi, but it is not pretty and I would rather not try to recreate it in .NET as it is.
Vaccano
  • 78,325
  • 149
  • 468
  • 850
40
votes
4 answers

How to get ZPL code from a ZebraDesigner label?

I'm using ZebraDesigner 2.2.2 (Build 2728). Is there a way to extract the ZPL code from ZebraDesigner? I can't even export it to ZPL file, the only option I have is saving it as .lbl.
Mina Gabriel
  • 23,150
  • 26
  • 96
  • 124
25
votes
9 answers

Send raw ZPL to Zebra printer via USB

Typically, when I plug in my Zebra LP 2844-Z to the USB port, the computer sees it as a printer and I can print to it from notepad like any other generic printer. However, my application has some bar code features. My application parses some input…
Jason 'Bug' Fenter
  • 1,616
  • 1
  • 16
  • 27
24
votes
4 answers

Emulate ZPL printer

To emulate ZPL printer on my mac I searched through internet for a few days. Finally I've got a solution to post here, so other users could find it helpful. I wanted to post my solution here Emulate Zebra printer But "thanks" for those who decided…
ZuzEL
  • 12,768
  • 8
  • 47
  • 68
23
votes
12 answers

Unicode characters on ZPL printer

I have the task of re-designing a system to print shipping labels, using a networked Zebra GK420T. I have been able to send ZPL print jobs to it perfectly fine, but I cannot seem to get it to print unicode characters, such as cyrillic letters. I…
Tom Brunoli
  • 3,436
  • 9
  • 36
  • 54
22
votes
6 answers

Zebra Printing with CUPS no print ZPL or EPL

I have a Zebra GK420d connect to OS X via CUPS. However, when I send files to it that are written in ZPL or EPL they are only printed in plain text. Am I required to change to mode on the printer?
Andrew Lynch
  • 1,297
  • 3
  • 14
  • 25
21
votes
3 answers

Emulate Zebra printer

Possible Duplicate: Print preview ZPL II commands using .NET WinForm before sending it to Zebra printer I am working on a Java app that prints tickets to a Zebra printer. The problem is that I am working remotely and don't have access to the…
Pierre Henry
  • 16,658
  • 22
  • 85
  • 105
21
votes
2 answers

ZPL - how can we increase width of ^BC (Code 128) bar code

Am doing a formatting of barcode label. We are using Zebra Programming Language , ^BC (Code 128) bar code As i increase the size of ^FD Field Data , the barcode width is increasing. But how can i print a broader bar code for a fixed small length…
zod
  • 12,092
  • 24
  • 70
  • 106
20
votes
5 answers

Print preview ZPL II commands using .NET WinForm before sending it to Zebra printer

I have an .NET Windows application that prints commands to Zebra printer using ZPL II or EPL2. Is there any way to print preview the data in a form before printing it directly from Zebra printer?
hasan lamaa
  • 241
  • 2
  • 3
  • 5
18
votes
2 answers

Make text in ZPL label bold or underlined?

Due to a new EU law every food packaging label has to outline possible allergy-causing ingredients by either styling them bold or underlined in the ingredients list. Currently I'm printing my labels via ZPL to zebra printers. I checked the ZPL…
Stee
  • 213
  • 1
  • 2
  • 8
18
votes
8 answers

New line in Zebra ZPL

How do I put new line characters for my "Text"? Say for example: Hello World will become Hello World Is there anyway that I can put a new line character for my code like this? ^FT78,76^A0N,28,28^FH\^FDHello\nWorld^FS If the "text" in my label…
SleepNot
  • 2,982
  • 10
  • 43
  • 72
16
votes
5 answers

ZPL How to Center Barcode (Code 128)

i'd like to know how to center barcode code 128. on the picture you should see that it is right now left justified. my zpl: ^XA ^LH10,10 ^FO0,0^XGE:SWESE001.GRF^FS ^FO440,0^XGE:SWESE000.GRF^FS ^FO0,70^FB550,50,0,C,0^AQN,25,30^FDSpraynozzle…
darkdog
  • 3,805
  • 7
  • 37
  • 47
15
votes
5 answers

JavaScript: Send raw text to printer - no server requests/method calls, able to work offline, purely clientside

My thorough research on the web provided me with a couple of ideas, but none of them seem to work correctly in my particular use case. Here is what I have: 1) Zebra printer, which uses ZPL as its printing language; 2) A string in javascript which…
user2177283
  • 281
  • 1
  • 4
  • 19
13
votes
6 answers

Printing PNG images to a zebra network printer

I am trying to find a way of printing images to a zebra and having a lot of trouble. According to the docs: The first encoding, known as B64, encodes the data using the MIME Base64 scheme. Base64 is used to encode e-mail atachedments ... …
jb.
  • 1,848
  • 9
  • 27
  • 43
13
votes
4 answers

Print characters with an acute in ZPL

If I send the ZPL commands below to a Zebra printer, it prints AmitiÙ: ^XA ^FO50,20 ^CI7 ^A0N,25,15 ^FD Amitié ^FS ^XZ Note that the file encoding is ANSI. Note the use of the ZPL command ^CI7 (7 => Single Byte Encoding - France 1 Character…
Léa Massiot
  • 1,928
  • 6
  • 25
  • 43
1
2 3
…
42 43