DYMO to ZPL

Move DYMO labels to a Zebra printer. Upload a .dymo or .label design and get ZPL II your systems can send to a Zebra directly, with each text field, bar code and line kept as a command you can edit.

Just need to see the label? DYMO to PDF. Have BarTender designs too? BTW to ZPL.

Preview: Support for this format is new and still improving. Check the output against a known-good print before you rely on it. If a label doesn’t look right, let us know.

Upload your DYMO file

Render Settings

Label Size

Preview

ZPL • Auto-detect

Note on Watermarks: Free online conversions include a LabelZoom watermark. Need to remove watermarks for production, or process thousands of labels per minute? Check out our REST API subscriptions

Print a LabelWriter design on a Zebra thermal printer.

Each field stays an editable ZPL command.

Laid out at your Zebra's density, keeping the label's size.

How to convert a DYMO label to ZPL

  1. 1

    Set the density to the Zebra that will print the label, 203 or 300 dpi.

  2. 2

    Click Upload file and choose the .dymo or .label file, or drop it on the box above. It converts as soon as it arrives.

  3. 3

    Copy or download the ZPL, or send it to a connected Zebra, and scan a test print. Fine-tune fields in the ZPL editor.

How DYMO objects become ZPL

The converter works object by object, so the ZPL keeps the design's layout.

DYMO objectBecomes ZPLNotes
Text and address^FO ^A ^FD ^FSFitted and aligned in its box as DYMO does; fonts become a regular or bold sans
Bar code, QR code^B3, ^BC, ^BE, ^BQ …Sized to fill its box
Line, rectangle^GBColors become black or white
Image^GFA black-and-white graphic
Counter^FD with its current valuePadded with leading zeros when the design asks
Date and time^FD with the conversion dateIn the design's date format
Label stock^PW and ^LLTurned when the design is landscape

Other Supported Formats

DYMO to PDFBTW to ZPLNLBL to ZPLZPL ViewerZPL EditorLabel Converter
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Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about converting DYMO labels to ZPL.

Why convert a DYMO label to ZPL?
To print it on a Zebra instead of a LabelWriter. A DYMO design only prints through DYMO's software and driver. As ZPL, the same label can go from a shipping system, a WMS or a script straight to a Zebra thermal printer, which is the usual step when a business outgrows its LabelWriter.
Does the ZPL keep the label's fields, or is it a picture?
It keeps them. Text becomes ^FD fields, bar codes and QR codes become ZPL bar code commands, and lines and boxes become ^GB. Only pictures become ^GF graphics. Open the result in a ZPL editor to move or change any field.
My Zebra label is a different size from my DYMO stock. What happens?
The ZPL is laid out on the DYMO stock the design names, so its ^PW and ^LL match that stock, turned the way the label was designed. If your Zebra uses other stock, open the ZPL in the ZPL editor after converting and move the fields to fit.
What about fields linked to a spreadsheet?
They come across with the value saved in the design, or the column's name when it has none. Replace those ^FD values with your own data, or convert through the REST API and pass the values in the request, keyed by the object's name in a .label file or the data column in a .dymo file.
Which density should I choose?
The density of the Zebra that will print the label, usually 203 or 300 dpi. DYMO designs measure everything in inches, so the converter lays the label out at the density you choose and the printed label keeps its size.