Emulate Zebra printer

windows emulation zebra-printers zpl
Pierre Henry picture Pierre Henry · Dec 16, 2011 · Viewed 74.4k times · Source

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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 Zebra printer (or any other printer actually).

I would like to know if there is a way to emulate the Zebra printer so that I can visualize the result of the print jobs generated by my app (to PDF, bitmap image etc.).

As I understand (I am fairly new to this) Zebra printers use ZPL commands.

Is there any software printer emulator for Windows (7) that accepts ZPL commands and outputs PDF/bitmap/... ?

Answer

andyknas picture andyknas · Dec 19, 2011

Take a look at ZPLViewer - it works relatively well for rendering simple ZPL code but seems to fail on anything complex.

Best bet is just to purchase a printer. You can get a ZP-450 for $200. Get one with Ethernet ($100 more) and you can use the printer admin page to upload ZPL and render on-screen so you don't have to spew labels.

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