ZebraDesigner Professional 3 free alternative

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ZebraDesigner Professional 3 free alternative

Published: · 7 min read · How-to
Sit down and try it: app.mylabelmaker.com. No account. Make one label tonight, or print a whole list from Excel or Google Sheets when you need it.

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A ZebraDesigner Professional 3 free alternative is what people look for when Essentials won't print from Excel and they don't want to buy Professional. Open the free label maker. Design the label, load Excel or Google Sheets, print to a Zebra. You don't pay. You don't make an account.

Good to know: ZebraDesigner Professional 3 still wins at RFID, stored printer formats, and opening .nlbl files. We don't do those. For design, spreadsheets, barcodes, ZPL, and print, mylabelmaker is free.

How to use a ZebraDesigner Professional 3 free alternative

  1. Open the free label maker. No signup.
  2. Set the label size and DPI to match the Zebra.
  3. Add text and a barcode. Click a column if you have Excel or Google Sheets.
  4. Load the list. Preview a row. Print to a Zebra, or copy ZPL.

That's the job Professional is sold for: one design, a list of rows, labels out of the Zebra. You can do that here without buying the upgrade.

What ZebraDesigner Professional 3 is for, and what you can do free

Essentials 3 lets you draw a label and type values at print time. The spreadsheet connection is the paid Professional feature. People hit that wall on day two, when they have eighty SKUs in Excel.

In mylabelmaker you click a column onto the label, upload Excel or a published Google Sheet, and print one label per row. Native barcodes, not an Excel font. Serial numbers and dates if the sheet doesn't have them. Copy ZPL if another program will print. Mac works. Professional 3 is Windows.

That's a ZebraDesigner Professional 3 free alternative for packing tables. It isn't a clone of every Professional menu. RFID, .nlbl files, and formats stored inside the printer stay with Zebra.

Print from Excel without buying ZebraDesigner Professional

Upload the workbook. First row is the header. Click sku onto a barcode, name onto a line. Preview. Print this for one reprint. Print for the rows you checked. Google Sheets: publish as CSV, paste the URL. Professional still won't take a live Google Sheet even after you pay.

Related: how to get ZebraDesigner Pro features for free · print from Excel without ZebraDesigner Professional · compare with ZebraDesigner.

When you're ready to print or save

If a Zebra is plugged in, print from the browser. Set 203, 300, or 600 DPI to match the printer. On a regular printer, choose Print from this computer. You can also download a PNG, a PDF, or the ZPL code a Zebra reads. Save a JSON file if you want to open this label again later, spreadsheet included.

Try the free alternative

The list is in Excel. The labels print here. You don't pay.

Open free label maker