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I have a Zebra Gk420t printer that allows me to make stickers and I need to print an image on them. I read that the images must be in GRF format (pure hex). Someone knows how can I convert the images to GRF format in Linux? I read about Ztools software on Windows, but nothing interesting on Linux... Zebra provides a Java API that can convert graphics to GRF. You can use the command line interface to convert images to GRF like so : java -jar ZSDK_API.jar graphic myImage.jpeg -s myConvertedImage.GRF Someone knows how can I convert the images to GRP format in Linux? You're over-thinking this.

I am sending commands to a Zebra QLn220 for it to print labels (naturally). I also have code, though, that assigns values to certain printer settings, such as: const string quote = "\""; string keepPrinterOn = string.Format("! U1 setvar {0}power.dtr_power_off{0} {0}off{0}", quote); string advanceToBlackBar = string.Format("! U1 setvar {0}media.sense_mode{0} {0}bar{0}", quote); string advanceToGap = string.Format("! U1 setvar {0}media.sense_mode{0} {0}gap{0}", quote); PrintUtils.SendCommandToPrinter(keepPrinterOn); if (radbtnBar.Checked) { PrintUtils.SendCommandToPrinter(advanceToBlackBar); }

Is anyone know how to convert a image(such as *.bmp files) to HEX string in java,so the HEX string can used in the ^DG command(one of command in zpl).thanks! It's not easy. You have to convert the image to 1-bit per pixel b/w, and then calculate the size including the bytes per row, and then properly form up the parameters of the ~DG command to store it. Or... Zebra provides an API to convert images to GRFs (Zebra internal image type). There are a bunch of developer demos in the package, including a demo on how to print/store an image as a GRF on your printer Zebra Link-OS SDK download Hope

If I send the ZPL commands below to a Zebra printer, it prints AmitiÙ : ^XA ^FO50,20 ^CI7 ^A0N,25,15 ^FD Amitié ^FS ^XZ Note that the file encoding is ANSI . Note the use of the ZPL command ^CI7 (7 => Single Byte Encoding - France 1 Character Set). On the other hand, if I send the ZPL commands below to a Zebra printer, it prints Amitié (which is what I actually need to get): ^XA ^FO50,20 ^CI28 ^A0N,25,15 ^FD Amitié ^FS ^XZ Note that the file encoding is UTF-8 . Note the use of the ZPL command ^CI28 (28 => Unicode (UTF-8 encoding) - Unicode Character Set). Do you know what's wrong in the first

I am maintaining a program that outputs ZPL to a label printer. Today, the character sequence ~Ja came in as part of a string to be printed, which is ZPL's "cancel all" command. Needless to say, the label did not print. Is there an easy way in ZPL to escape a tilde? Esoteric Screen Name You can use ~CT or ^CT to change the tilde control character to any other ASCII character, and then you can print tildes normally. However, the new control character won't be printable. This is probably going to be quite a hassle to maintain. An example changing the control command prefix to + , taken from page