ZPL rendering API

The ZPL renderer for teams who ship.

Turn Zebra label code into PNG or PDF over a REST call. Preview, debug and batch-render templates without a physical printer.

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Capabilities at a glance

Print densities supported
6–24 dpmm

Print densities supported

One request, either format
PNG · PDF

One request, either format

Physical printers required
0

Physical printers required

Endpoint to learn
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Endpoint to learn

Built for teams shipping labels at volume

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How it works

  1. 1

    Send ZPL

    POST your label source to one endpoint. No SDK, no printer driver, no spooler.

  2. 2

    Get PNG or PDF

    Rendered at the density and media size you ask for, 6 to 24 dpmm, grayscale or bitonal.

  3. 3

    Print or display

    Show it in a portal, attach it to an email, or send the original ZPL on to the printer.

Built for label work

Debug templates without a printer

See what a label actually looks like before it reaches a print server, including barcode geometry and field wrapping.

Linter warnings, not failures

An unsupported command is reported and skipped rather than failing the render, so one odd field never costs you the whole label.

Multi-label streams

A single ZPL stream can hold many labels. Page through them by index, or get one PDF with a page each.

Stored formats

Download a format once with ^DF and recall it per parcel with ^XF and ^FN field data, exactly as a printer would.

One call

curl -X POST --data-binary @label.zpl \
     -H "Accept: image/png" \
     https://api.arkalabel.io/v1/printers/8dpmm/labels/4x6/0/ \
     -o label.png
Full endpoint reference

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