ZPL0003 — Nested ^XA

A second ^XA starts while the previous format is still open. Printers treat this as one garbled format; fields from both labels end up on one label or are dropped.

Label that triggers it

^XA^FO50,50^A0N,40^FDONE^FS^XA^FO50,120^A0N,40^FDTWO^FS^XZ

Finding: ZPL0003 · line 1:28 — Nested ^XA — a new format starts before the previous one is closed

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How to fix it

Close the first format with ^XZ before opening the next one. One ^XA…^XZ pair per label.

Corrected label

^XA^FO50,50^A0N,40^FDONE^FS^XZ^XA^FO50,120^A0N,40^FDTWO^FS^XZ

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Commands involved

^XA · ^XZ

Related rules

ZPL0001 Missing ^XA · ZPL0002 Missing ^XZ · ZPL0004 ^XZ without ^XA

In CI

npx labelixa validate "labels/**/*.zpl" lints your files and prints this page's address next to each finding. /docs/cli

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