^MD — Media Darkness

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^MD — Media Darkness

Goal

Shift darkness relatively with ^MD.

Description

^MD shifts print darkness relative to the printer default, from -30 to +30. Higher values darken at the cost of ribbon life and edge sharpness. (There is no ^PT2 in ZPL.)

Example

^XA
^MD10
^FX Darkness +10 relative to the printer default.
^FO20,20^A0N,28,28^FDDarker print^FS
^XZ

Rendered ^MD label

Result

The same text with extra heat — compare against a default-darkness print.

Article author: Arthur Isaev