How do I get the Virtual ZPL Printer to show up in my Printers & scanners?

[bhorderstuff]

How do I get the Virtual ZPL Printer to show up in my Printers & scanners in Windows 10?

[porrey]

This virtual printer is designed for applications that make a direct TCP/IP connection to a printer that understands ZPL command. It was not intended to work as a Windows based printer.

[bhorderstuff]

Thanks for the input.
Unfortunately, I'm working with a program that looks for the Windows printer and then sends the ZPL code.
I can't seem to find a workaround.

[GozerBCN]

This virtual printer is designed for applications that make a direct TCP/IP connection to a printer that understands ZPL command. It was not intended to work as a Windows based printer.

Hello,
What about using a downloaded driver from:
https://www.*****.com/us/en/support-downloads/printers.html (zebra)

adding a TCP/IP print port in Windows (pointing to your sw ip:port ) then using one of the Zebra Print drivers for Win to print?

[Mabenan]

Thats exactly hiw it works i recoomebd the zebra print utility software for adding and the driver of the zt420 203dpi

[rafamuz]

This virtual printer is designed for applications that make a direct TCP/IP connection to a printer that understands ZPL command. It was not intended to work as a Windows based printer.

Hello, What about using a downloaded driver from: https://www.*****.com/us/en/support-downloads/printers.html (zebra)

adding a TCP/IP print port in Windows (pointing to your sw ip:port ) then using one of the Zebra Print drivers for Win to print?

can you paste the correct link? this one is broken.

[GozerBCN]

Somehow the URL got overwritten.
it's at zebra dot com /us/en/etc etc

[Austinite800]

This totally works as well (I just found out). If you install a label printer driver like "ZDesigner ZT420 203dpi ZPL" or similar via Zebra Setup Utilities, you can add a TCP/IP port like 127.0.0.1:9100 during setup and map it to the label printer driver. This setup tool also installs it as a printer in Windows that you can print to while Virtual ZPL Printer is running.

The method I used below in the word doc is just the way to do it in pure Windows without Zebra Printer Setup Utilities. But, chances are if you are using a virtual ZPL printer, you probably have a real Zebra printer that you'll need to print to anyway, and you'll need the driver for that anyways.

[rafamuz]

This totally works as well (I just found out). If you install a label printer driver like "ZDesigner ZT420 203dpi ZPL" or similar via Zebra Setup Utilities, you can add a TCP/IP port like 127.0.0.1:9100 during setup and map it to the label printer driver. This setup tool also installs it as a printer in Windows that you can print to while Virtual ZPL Printer is running.

The method I used below in the word doc is just the way to do it in pure Windows without Zebra Printer Setup Utilities. But, chances are if you are using a virtual ZPL printer, you probably have a real Zebra printer that you'll need to print to anyway, and you'll need the driver for that anyways.

Yeah. the method I used is pure windows. because I don't want to and don't have the zebra utility!

[Austinite800]

Hi all, I had the same question. I was able to get this working. Hope you don't mind me sharing what I did!
Virtual ZPL Printer Setup for Windows.docx

[alexwuha]

Thank you so much!

[rafamuz]

I'll try this solution and feedback here. thank you

[rafamuz]

Nice. It worked fine.

[rafamuz]

Hi all, I had the same question. I was able to get this working. Hope you don't mind me sharing what I did! Virtual ZPL Printer Setup for Windows.docx

Hope the author of the post mark it as answer, cause it's the answer

[devarajhansa]

Worked nicely. Thank you