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I am in the process of creating a system that can print labels. The designs have been created in Label Matrix, but I need the ZPL (Zebra Programming Language). Does anyone know if I can go from Label Matrix to ZPL?

Thank you very much

abronk
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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.

Also, how to add a local port for a driver:

  1. Go to Printer Properties
  2. Click on the Ports tab
  3. Click Add Port
  4. Select Local Port and click New port
  5. Enter a filename e.g. C:\output.zpl
  6. Make sure it is checked in the ports list
  7. Now all printing output should go to C:\output.zpl

Alternatively, can just click Print, tick "Print to file" checkbox, output to a *.prn file, open that file with Notepad and the code is there.

Ank
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    Thank you very much! Very helpful! I was able to print directly from Label Matrix to a .txt file. Under the print menu, there is a small box that says "print to file" and that did exactly what I needed. It was helpful to add the printer (detailed above) as well. Thanks again for the timely and useful support. – abronk Sep 18 '17 at 11:22
  • Glad to hear that you were able to print it to a txt file! Please consider upvoting my answer also. It helps! Peace! – Ank Sep 18 '17 at 12:32