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Specifications
Zebra Programming Language (ZPL II)
6/30/06 105SL User Guide 11342L-001 Rev. A
Zebra Programming Language (ZPL II)
Bar Codes
• Communicates in printable ASCII
characters
• Controlled via mainframe, mini, or PC
• Downloadable graphics, scalable and
bitmap fonts, label templates and formats
• Object copying between memory areas
(RAM and PC memory card)
• Adjustable print cache
• Data compression
• Automatic memory allocation for “format
while printing”
• Status messages to host upon request
• Format inversion (white on black)
• Mirror image printing
• Four-position field rotation
(normal/0°, 90°, 180°, and 270°)
•Slew command
• Programmable label quantities with print
and pause control
• Automatic serialization of fields
• User-programmable password
Bar code modulus “X” dimensions
• Picket fence (non-rotated) orientation:
• 203 dpi = 0.0049 in. mil to 0.049 in.
• 300 dpi = 0.0033 in. mil to 0.033 in.
• Ladder (rotated) orientation:
• 203 dpi = 0.0049 in. mil to 0.049 in.
• 300 dpi = 0.0039 in. mil to 0.039 in.
Linear bar codes
•Code 11
•Code 39
•Code 93
• Code 128 with subsets A/B C and
UCC Case Codes
•ISBT-128
•UPC-A
•UPC-E
• EAN-8
• EAN-13
• UPC and EAN 2 or 5 digit extensions
• Plessey
•Postnet
• Standard 2 of 5
• Industrial 2 of 5
• Interleaved 2 of 5
• LOGMARS
•MSI
•Codabar
•RSS-14
Two-dimensional bar codes
•Code 49
•Maxi Code
•PDF-417
• QR Code
•Codablock
• DataMatrix
•Micro-PDF417
Bar code ratios
•2:1
•7:3
•5:2
•3:1