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Home›Compatibility›ZPL on cab printers

ZPL on cab printers

Short answer: cab documents a ZPL emulation mode on 15 model(s) in our database, published under the name X4 generation ZPL II emulation, firmware >= 5.35; ZBI and SGD are not supported (manual 'Restrictions'); the vendor brochure also adds the note 'ZPL II (Datastream be tested in advance)' — notable command deviations are in the manual's command table. That name is what you will find in the manual and what support will ask you about — not "ZPL support".
This is emulation, not native support. cab decides how much of ZPL its mode covers, and Labelixa has not physically tested it. What that means in practice

cab models documenting ZPL

ModelDocumented modeVendor source
SQUIX 4.3
203/300 dpi · 104 mm · USB, USB Host, RS232, Ethernet
X4 generation ZPL II emulation, firmware >= 5.35; ZBI and SGD are not supported (manual 'Restrictions'); the vendor brochure also adds the note 'ZPL II (Datastream be tested in advance)' — notable command deviations are in the manual's command tableSource
2026-09-01
EOS 2
203/300 dpi · 105 mm · USB, USB Host, RS232, Ethernet
X4 generation ZPL II emulation, firmware >= 5.35; ZBI and SGD are not supported (manual 'Restrictions'); the vendor brochure also adds the note 'ZPL II (Datastream be tested in advance)' — notable command deviations are in the manual's command tableSource
2026-09-01
MACH 4S
300/600 dpi · 105 mm · USB, USB Host, RS232, Ethernet
X4 generation ZPL II emulation, firmware >= 5.35; ZBI and SGD are not supported (manual 'Restrictions'); the vendor brochure also adds the note 'ZPL II (Datastream be tested in advance)' — notable command deviations are in the manual's command tableSource
2026-09-01
EOS 5
203/300 dpi · 105 mm · USB, USB Host, RS232, Ethernet
X4 generation ZPL II emulation, firmware >= 5.35; ZBI and SGD are not supported (manual 'Restrictions'); the vendor brochure also adds the note 'ZPL II (Datastream be tested in advance)' — notable command deviations are in the manual's command tableSource
2026-09-01
XC Q4
300 dpi · 105 mm · USB, USB Host, RS232, Ethernet
X4 generation ZPL II emulation, firmware >= 5.35; ZBI and SGD are not supported (manual 'Restrictions'); the vendor brochure also adds the note 'ZPL II (Datastream be tested in advance)' — notable command deviations are in the manual's command tableSource
2026-09-01
XD Q4
300 dpi · 105 mm · USB, USB Host, RS232, Ethernet
X4 generation ZPL II emulation, firmware >= 5.35; ZBI and SGD are not supported (manual 'Restrictions'); the vendor brochure also adds the note 'ZPL II (Datastream be tested in advance)' — notable command deviations are in the manual's command tableSource
2026-09-01
XD Q4.2
600 dpi · 54 mm · USB, USB Host, RS232, Ethernet
X4 generation ZPL II emulation, firmware >= 5.35; ZBI and SGD are not supported (manual 'Restrictions'); the vendor brochure also adds the note 'ZPL II (Datastream be tested in advance)' — notable command deviations are in the manual's command tableSource
2026-09-01
SQUIX 2
300/600 dpi · 54 mm · USB, USB Host, RS232, Ethernet
X4 generation ZPL II emulation, firmware >= 5.35; ZBI and SGD are not supported (manual 'Restrictions'); the vendor brochure also adds the note 'ZPL II (Datastream be tested in advance)' — notable command deviations are in the manual's command tableSource
2026-09-02
SQUIX 4
300/600 dpi · 105 mm · USB, USB Host, RS232, Ethernet
X4 generation ZPL II emulation, firmware >= 5.35; ZBI and SGD are not supported (manual 'Restrictions'); the vendor brochure also adds the note 'ZPL II (Datastream be tested in advance)' — notable command deviations are in the manual's command tableSource
2026-09-02
MACH 4.3S
203/300 dpi · 104 mm · USB, USB Host, RS232, Ethernet
X4 generation ZPL II emulation, firmware >= 5.35; ZBI and SGD are not supported (manual 'Restrictions'); the vendor brochure also adds the note 'ZPL II (Datastream be tested in advance)' — notable command deviations are in the manual's command tableSource
2026-09-02
PX Q4
300/600 dpi · 105 mm · USB, USB Host, RS232, Ethernet
X4 generation ZPL II emulation, firmware >= 5.35; ZBI and SGD are not supported (manual 'Restrictions'); the vendor brochure also adds the note 'ZPL II (Datastream be tested in advance)' — notable command deviations are in the manual's command tableSource
2026-09-02
PX Q4.3
203/300 dpi · 104 mm · USB, USB Host, RS232, Ethernet
X4 generation ZPL II emulation, firmware >= 5.35; ZBI and SGD are not supported (manual 'Restrictions'); the vendor brochure also adds the note 'ZPL II (Datastream be tested in advance)' — notable command deviations are in the manual's command tableSource
2026-09-02
HERMES Q2
300/600 dpi · 54 mm · USB, USB Host, RS232, Ethernet
X4 generation ZPL II emulation, firmware >= 5.35; ZBI and SGD are not supported (manual 'Restrictions'); the vendor brochure also adds the note 'ZPL II (Datastream be tested in advance)' — notable command deviations are in the manual's command tableSource
2026-09-02
HERMES Q4
300/600 dpi · 105 mm · USB, USB Host, RS232, Ethernet
X4 generation ZPL II emulation, firmware >= 5.35; ZBI and SGD are not supported (manual 'Restrictions'); the vendor brochure also adds the note 'ZPL II (Datastream be tested in advance)' — notable command deviations are in the manual's command tableSource
2026-09-02
AXON 1
300/600 dpi · 25 mm · USB, USB Host, RS232, Ethernet
X4 generation ZPL II emulation, firmware >= 5.35; ZBI and SGD are not supported (manual 'Restrictions'); the vendor brochure also adds the note 'ZPL II (Datastream be tested in advance)' — notable command deviations are in the manual's command tableSource
2026-09-02

These are Industrial, Desktop units from the AXON, EOS, HERMES Q, MACH 4S, PX Q, SQUIX, XC Q, XD Q family, printing at 203/300/600 dpi with a 25/54/104/105 mm print width, reachable over Ethernet, RS232, USB, USB Host. The interface is part of the answer: an emulation mode is selected on the device or by a prefix in the stream, so how you reach the printer decides how you switch it.

cab ships these at 203/300/600 dpi, so the same ZPL coordinates land at different physical sizes depending on which unit you got — check that before you blame the emulation for a layout that came out wrong.

The cab claims here rest on the vendor's user manual. Source type is part of the evidence: a manual ships and is versioned with the product, while a support article can change without notice.

Or use a printer that runs it natively

ZPL is documented as a native language on printers from Zebra. If the hardware is still your choice, that removes the emulation question entirely.

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Questions

Will my existing ZPL labels print unchanged on a cab printer?
Not necessarily. cab's mode covers the subset of ZPL that cab chose, so fonts, barcode types and graphics are the usual places where output differs. Send one real label to the device and compare before you migrate a fleet.

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