2 - Label Design

Designing Label Templates

LabelCast does not support designing label templates. Any label designer program can be used – however, it must be capable to save label formats in the native Zebra format, i.e. a text file containing ZPL-II commands.
We recommend the program Zebra Designer 3 for Developers which you can download free of charge from the www.zebra.com website.

Select the following from the menu:
Support and Downloads > Software Support > Printer Application Software > Zebra Designer 3 for Developers

You can also use the regular (non-developer) edition. It is easier to use the developer version, though, because it is specifically designed for creating and saving label template files and it does not require you to install an actual Zebra printer.
You begin by creating a new label, define size and label properties. You can then add fixed and variable text and barcodes as you require. Many tutorials exist on the internet, Zebra website etc.

To save the label as template file, select
File > Store
from the menu.

In the options shown, first select ZPL as “Recall stream format”, then under “Operation”, choose “Generate print files with variables”. Choose a file name and browse to a location on disk.

You have now a text template file containing any variable names you defined in the label design process, which you can with the LabelCast software.

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