Emulate ZPL printer

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ZuzEL picture ZuzEL · Oct 11, 2015 · Viewed 18.9k times · Source

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 that this question duplicates another one, which in my opinion totally false. So the only option for me is to create another question and answer to it.

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ZuzEL picture ZuzEL · Oct 11, 2015

So, to emulate ZPL printer on your mac (possibly windows too):

  1. Install this chrome app Zpl Printer
  2. Go to printer settings, add new one. enter image description here

Port can vary. Double-check it.

  1. Make sure everything turned on.

To test it, try in your terminal:

lp -o "raw" -q1 -d zpl <<< "CT~~CD,~CC^~CT~^XA~TA000~JSN^LT0^MNW^MTT^PON^PMN^LH0,0^JMA^PR6,6~SD15^JUS^LRN^CI0^XZ^XA^MMT^PW508^LL0203^LS0^BY4,3,138^FT48,155^BCN,,Y,N^FD>;12^FS^PQ1,0,1,Y^XZ"

If everything tuned properly, in ZPL printer you will see:

enter image description here

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