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Problem

You are trying to print out one label from the Mobile WMS app, but instead, the printer spits out a multitude of labels with strange characters.


It could look something like this:

Two modes

The label printer has two print modes:

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If the printer is in "Line Print" mode, the printer will just print the commands as text, instead of interpreting them and printing a beautiful label.

Solution

The Short Version

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  1. Use the Zebra Setup Utilities
  2. "Open Communication With Printer"
  3. Send command

    1. ! U1 setvar "device.languages" "zpl"

    2. Press "Send command" twice

  4. Restart printer

Step 1

The simplest way to change the print mode of the printer is to use the "Zebra Setup Utilities" program on your computer and connecting the printer with a USB cable.

Step 2

Type the following command in the command window and send it to the printer:

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! U1 setvar "device.languages" "zpl"


Step 3

Restart printer

See also


Filter by label (Content by label)
showLabelsfalse
max5
spacesTFSK
showSpacefalse
sortmodified
reversetrue
typepage
cqllabel in ("label","printer","zebra","labelprint") and space = "TFSK"
labelsprinter zebra label labelprint

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