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Home›ZPL Command Matrix›^SZ

^SZ — Set ZPL Mode

Selects whether the printer interprets ZPL or ZPL II. A printer setting; it does not affect the preview.

Syntax^SZa
CategoryPrinter settings

In the preview

This command is a printer setting: the preview recognises it and skips it, because it does not change how the label looks. Its effect shows on the real printer.

Example

^SZ2

Parameters

ParameterDescriptionType
aZPL version (1 = ZPL, 2 = ZPL II)enumDefault: 2 · Options: 1, 2 · ignored in preview

The marked parameters are part of the ZPL specification and work on a real printer; the preview engine ignores them today.

~TA · ^ML · ^MC · ~PS · ~JO · ^SP · ^ZZ · ~EF

Try this command in the preview