Use the canvas, templates, or start from scratch

Open app.mylabelmaker.com. Choose a label size that matches your stock (or use one of the built-in templates for shipping, product, warehouse, etc.).

Add elements via the left rail:

• Text with full formatting (fonts, auto-shrink, letter spacing, rotation, flip).
• Barcodes (CODE128 A/B/C, CODE39, EAN/UPC variants, ITF, Pharmacode, Codabar, etc.) with optional human-readable text.
• Native QR codes.
• Imported images/logos (PNG/JPG — they become part of the ^GFA graphics block).
• Shapes (rectangles, circles, lines, arrows, stars, etc.) for borders, highlights, or cable flags.

Everything is positioned with snap guides, layers, and undo/redo. The preview is pixel-accurate to the final output.

Insert tokens that become real values at export time

Click the {{ }} button or open the Variables panel. Type tokens like {{sku}}, {{serial}}, {{ship_to}}, or {{weight}} into any text, barcode, or QR field.

Load data:

• Paste CSV text or upload a .csv file.
• Paste a published Google Sheets "CSV" URL.

The row navigator appears below the canvas. You can scrub through rows and see live substitution. This same data is used when exporting ZPL — each row produces its own complete label block with substituted values.

One click for clean, ready-to-use code

In the header, click Options (the three dots or export menu) → "Copy ZPL".

You get a complete, self-contained ZPL string:

^XA
^PW...
^MD...
^PR...
^FO...^GFA... (graphics from your canvas at the chosen DPI)
^FO...^FD{{substituted text or barcode data}}^FS
...
^XZ

The export automatically includes:

• Correct print width (^PW) based on your label size and DPI settings.
• Darkness (^MD) and speed (^PR) from the active printer profile (or defaults).
• High-quality ^GFA graphics blocks for text, barcodes, images, and shapes — rendered at the exact printer resolution you chose (203/300/600).
• Variable substitution if data is loaded (each export reflects the current preview row, or you can script batch exports client-side if needed).

Paste the result into your ERP print queue, a TCP socket script, a file for later processing, or anywhere else that accepts ZPL II.

Scale to hundreds of labels without manual copy-paste

When you have data loaded and the row navigator is active, the main Print button becomes "Print N rows". For pure ZPL export workflows:

• You can write a tiny client-side script (or use browser dev tools) to iterate rows and collect ZPL for each.
• Or export the full label design as JSON (Options → Export label). The JSON includes the serialized elements + any loaded batch data. Your backend or a small Node/Python helper can then re-render or replay the substitutions and call the same ZPL generation logic if you want to replicate it server-side later.

For most teams the simple workflow is: design once in the browser → load today's data → copy ZPL for the current row (or batch via the UI) → feed the strings into your existing print system.

The visual design you create for ZPL export is identical to what you can send directly via Zebra Browser Print (USB or network) with full status feedback (head open, out of paper, etc.). Many teams use the browser tool for quick prototypes and ad-hoc labels, then switch to pure ZPL export for high-volume ERP-driven runs.