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Import Excel labels without ZebraDesigner

Skip the ZebraDesigner database wizard. Map the sheet. Print.

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Import Excel labels without ZebraDesigner

Published: · 3 min read · How-to
Do this in the free app: app.mylabelmaker.com. No signup. Design the label, then print on a Zebra or download PNG / PDF / ZPL.

ZebraDesigner's Excel connect is the usual "I thought this was included" moment. Export the sheet as CSV, open the free label maker, map headers to {{tokens}}, and print. You don't import .xlsx into ZebraDesigner at all. We don't open .nlbl files.

Good to know: We do not open ZebraDesigner .nlbl project files. Rebuild the face once on the canvas.

How to print labels from Excel without ZebraDesigner

  1. Open the free label maker and set the size of your stock. No signup.
  2. Add a native barcode (not an Excel font) and map the column, for example {{code}}. Save the sheet as CSV (UTF-8) from Excel.
  3. Preview row 1 and a row near the end of the sheet.
  4. Print the stack on a Zebra, or export PDF or ZPL.

What people try first

Word mail-merge and “set paper size to 2×1” is the usual workaround. It works until a barcode font fails to scan. Native barcodes here avoid that.

Print or save

If you have a Zebra, print from the browser with Browser Print at the printer's DPI. Everyone else: download PNG, JPEG, SVG, PDF, or ZPL. Save JSON if you want the editable master later.

Print from your spreadsheet

Map a column, preview a row, then print. No signup.

Open free label maker