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ZPL how-to

ZPL how-to guides

Answers to the ZPL questions developers ask most. Each one solves the problem in plain ZPL first, then shows the same label made with one zeepler request.

  • QR code size in ZPL

    How ^BQ magnification sets the size of a QR code, and how to work out the size in dots.

  • Printing ^, ~ and _ in ZPL

    Why a caret or tilde in your data cuts the field short, and how ^FH prints them.

  • Font size in ZPL

    Setting text height with ^A and ^CF, converting points to dots, and why ^CF carries over.

  • Send ZPL to a Zebra printer from C#

    Send ZPL from .NET to a network printer on port 9100, or to a USB printer through the Windows spooler, without the driver redrawing it.