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ZPL2001 — Field data not terminated with ^FS

A ^FD/^FV field is open when the next field, ^XA/^XZ or the end of the document arrives. The preview still draws the text, but real printers read field data up to ^FS and may swallow the following commands as data.

SeverityWarning

CategoryFields

Quick-fixavailable in the editor and VS Code

Label that triggers it

^XA^FO50,50^A0N,40^FDHELLO^XZ

Finding: ZPL2001 · line 1:19 — ^FD field data is not terminated with ^FS; real printers may misread the commands that follow

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How to fix it

Close every field with ^FS. The quick-fix inserts it right after the open field's data.

Corrected label

^XA^FO50,50^A0N,40^FDHELLO^FS^XZ

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Commands involved

^FD · ^FS

ZPL2002 Field without a position · ZPL2003 Stored format has no ^FN fields

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