{"id":9979,"date":"2022-02-10T12:37:26","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T20:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/?p=9979"},"modified":"2022-02-10T16:54:08","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T00:54:08","slug":"zpl-troubleshooting-zpl-at-300-dpi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/zpl-troubleshooting-zpl-at-300-dpi\/","title":{"rendered":"ZPL Troubleshooting: ZPL at 300 DPI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sizing and positioning of data in the ZPLII printer language is based on the configured printer resolution. Generally, this is done in <code>Printers.xml<\/code> for print output. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"eformzcfg-user-xml\">eFORMzCfg_User.xml<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This can be controlled by changing the ZPLII output options in <code>eFORMzCfg_User.xml<\/code>. First, copy the relevant \u2018default\u2019 element [<code>&lt;PrinterOptions PrintFormat=\"ZPLII\"&gt;<\/code>] from <code>eFORMzCfg.xml<\/code>. Next, paste the complete \u2018element\u2019 into <code>eFORMzCfg_User.xml<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/ZPL-CfgUser.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"723\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/ZPL-CfgUser.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/ZPL-CfgUser.png 723w, https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/ZPL-CfgUser-300x228.png 300w, https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/ZPL-CfgUser-150x114.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Edit the parameters as needed. In this example, edit the default resolution [<code>Option Name=\"Resolution\"<\/code>], changing the <code>DefaultValue<\/code> to <code>304.8<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>&lt;Option Name=\"Resolution\" ValueType=\"choices\" Choices=\"6 dots\/mm\\n8 dots\/mm\\n12 dots\/mm\\n24 dots\/mm\" Values=\"152.4\\n203.2\\n304.8\\n609.6\" DefaultValue=\"304.8\" Category=\"custom\" \/&gt;<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CAUTION:<\/strong> This changes the default behavior. Every time eFORMz creates ZPL, it will be at this value. All printers will need to be checked to ensure they use the correct value. Use with care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"file-output-edirect-plus\">File Output (eDIRECT PLUS)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For file output, the resolution is adjusted with eDIRECT PLUS. Specifically, the adjustment is made within the ZPL options for file output.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/eDIRECTPLUS-ZPL.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"413\" height=\"472\" src=\"https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/eDIRECTPLUS-ZPL.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9980\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/eDIRECTPLUS-ZPL.png 413w, https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/eDIRECTPLUS-ZPL-263x300.png 263w, https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/eDIRECTPLUS-ZPL-131x150.png 131w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Tag: Error message &#8211;<\/em> <code>^MU: DPI parameters were ignored because the requested combination (200:300) is invalid<\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sizing and positioning of data in the ZPLII printer language is based on the configured printer resolution. Generally, this is done in Printers.xml for print output. eFORMzCfg_User.xml This can be controlled by changing the ZPLII output options in eFORMzCfg_User.xml. First, copy the relevant \u2018default\u2019 element [&lt;PrinterOptions PrintFormat=&#8221;ZPLII&#8221;&gt;] from eFORMzCfg.xml. Next, paste the complete \u2018element\u2019 into [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,15],"tags":[17,124],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9979"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/75"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9979"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9987,"href":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9979\/revisions\/9987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}