How to get ZPL code from a ZebraDesigner label?
Not sure if I'm missing something here but from the one that I'm using ZebraDesigner 2.2.3 (Build 4271), I can just click Print, tick "Print to file" checkbox, output to a *.prn file, open that file with Notepad and the code is there.
You can add a new ZebraDesigner ZPL driver to the system and use a file as the port. Then when you "Print" the document, it will write the ZPL code to the file.
Note that it might have some header information before the first ^XA
which you might not need.
UPDATE : (How to add local port on a driver)
- Go to
Printer Properties
- Click on the
Ports
tab - Click
Add Port
- Select
Local Port
and clickNew port
- Enter a filename e.g.
C:\output.zpl
- Make sure it is checked in the ports list
- Now all printing output should go to
C:\output.zpl
If you want to see native ZPL codes, you must use zebra fonts. If you do not use you will see .GRF codes like below:
^FT320,64^XG007.GRF,1,1^FS
and do not understand them. After that hit print than select "Print to file". So you can see clear ZPL codes.
I use the "Print to file" checkbox in the Print pop-up dialog. It produces a text file with the ZPL inside.