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ZPL5001 — ^CI code page other than 28

^CI selects a printer character set. The renderer only applies UTF-8 (^CI28); with another value non-ASCII text in the preview may differ from the printer's output.

SeverityWarning

CategoryFonts and encoding

Label that triggers it

^XA^CI0^FO50,50^A0N,40^FDHELLO^FS^XZ

Finding: ZPL5001 · line 1:4 — ^CI0: character set conversion is not applied; the renderer assumes UTF-8 (^CI28)

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How to fix it

Use ^CI28 and UTF-8 text when the preview must match. Keep another code page only if the target printer really needs it.

Corrected label

^XA^CI28^FO50,50^A0N,40^FDHELLO^FS^XZ

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Commands involved

^CI

ZPL5002 ^A@ font not downloaded · ZPL5003 Invalid orientation letter · ZPL5004 Non-ASCII text without ^CI28

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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