ZDesigner for Developers v3 – A Label & Receipt Design Tool

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Label design is an important step in a print application, as shown in a typical development flow of print applications below. A what-you-see-is-what-you-get (WYSIWYG) label design tool can help you design a clear, readable and scannable label in no time. Zebra has just released ZebraDesigner for Developers v3 in October, 2019 and it's a FREE tool for developers!

The ZebraDesigner for Developers v3 is a feature-rich template design tool for labels and receipts. It provides a WYSIWYG workspace for creating label and receipt templates in a Windows environment. With this tool, you can design your templates and generate them in ZPL printer command language with the corresponding ZPL or XML to recall and print the labels or receipts. The templates can be exported to either USB connected or network connected Zebra printers. Optionally, the templates can also be exported to a file on a local file system.

Key Features

• Include all existing functionalities from ZebraDesigner for XML v2
• Support template creation for Enterprise Connector & Direct XML solutions
• Export “generic” template, based on a “Generic” ZPL driver
• Variable length template for receipt, including header, body & footer designs
• Enhanced RFID serialization support
• Export the template in ZPL with the corresponding ZPL or XML recall format.
• Options to export the templates to the current location, an IP address, or a file on the system.
• Backwards compatible. The ZDesigner for Developers v3 can read *.lbl files from v2
• Free

System Requirements

• 32-bit or 64-bit Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, etc.
• 2GB RAM and 1GB space on HD
• ZebraDesigner Windows Driver v8.1 or later

Download

• Visit the product page of ZebraDesigner for Developers 3 to download the installer of the application. The Generic ZPL Driver is included in the installer.
• To download the ZebraDesigner Windows Driver v8.1, search for any Zebra Link-OS printer model at www.zebra.com/support. For example, search for ZD420 and go to the support page of ZD420. The v8.1 driver is right under the Drivers tab. Or, use this direct link to download.

A number of sample label and receipt templates (*.nlbl files) are already included. Just click on Sample Files after launching ZebraDesigner for Developers application. Please enjoy and have fun with this fantastic label & receipt design tool.

As always, your comments and feedback are  welcome.