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Home›Compatibility›ZPL on Wasp printers

ZPL on Wasp printers

Short answer: Wasp documents a ZPL emulation mode on 1 model(s) in our database, published under the name Wasp's native language is WPL; ZPL EMULATION, and the vendor states it in two separate documents. User manual p.59: 'Note: ZPL is emulating for Zebra language.' The emulation is not hidden: section 6.4 ZPL2 of the manual defines a separate ZPL2 settings menu (Darkness, Print Speed, Tear Off, Print Mode, Print Width, List Fonts/Images). NO COVERAGE LIST, and the difference is notable: while the Printronix ZGL manual lists behaviour differences command by command, Wasp publishes ZEBRA'S OWN ZPL II manual as its ZPL reference — so NO Wasp document says which commands differ. 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. Wasp decides how much of ZPL its mode covers, and Labelixa has not physically tested it. What that means in practice

Wasp models documenting ZPL

ModelDocumented modeVendor source
WPL308
203 dpi · 108 mm · USB, RS232
Wasp's native language is WPL; ZPL EMULATION, and the vendor states it in two separate documents. User manual p.59: 'Note: ZPL is emulating for Zebra language.' The emulation is not hidden: section 6.4 ZPL2 of the manual defines a separate ZPL2 settings menu (Darkness, Print Speed, Tear Off, Print Mode, Print Width, List Fonts/Images). NO COVERAGE LIST, and the difference is notable: while the Printronix ZGL manual lists behaviour differences command by command, Wasp publishes ZEBRA'S OWN ZPL II manual as its ZPL reference — so NO Wasp document says which commands differSource
2026-09-18

These are Desktop units from the WPL308 family, printing at 203 dpi with a 108 mm print width, reachable over RS232, USB. 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.

The Wasp 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 Wasp printer?
Not necessarily. Wasp's mode covers the subset of ZPL that Wasp 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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