Introduction to ^XA and ^XZ — start and end of a ZPL label

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Introduction to ^XA and ^XZ — start and end of a ZPL label

Description

Every ZPL label is one format: it must open with ^XA and close with ^XZ. Nothing outside this pair prints.

Example

^XA
^FX One label: a start bracket, fields, an end bracket.
^FO20,20^A0N,32,32^FDHello ZPL^FS
^XZ

Result

The smallest complete label: a single text field between the brackets. The ^FX comment never prints.

Article author: Andrei Olegovich