Guide to Install Generic Text Printer Driver in Windows

The ZPL code on your label printer can be sent straight to your labels, barcodes, or packing slips if they are in plain text format.

When you install Generic Text Printer Driver for a Zebra label printer

or similar type, you can print ZPL directly from Notepad. With this print driver, you can send text files containing code such as ZPL,TXT, or PRN containing all ASCII characters as well as most characters of other character sets. In the middle of the printing process, the file will not be modified or converted to another format. in this blog we are going to discover how to install the generic text printer driver in windows.

Step to Install Generic Text Printer Driver in Windows

Follow the steps below to install the Generic Text Printer Driver on Windows.

1.Open the Control Panel in Windows.

2.Click on View devices and printers.

3.Select the Add a printer option.

4.Click on The printer that I want isn’t listed option

5.Click Add a local or network printer with manual settings and click Next

6.Select Use an existing port and choose the same port where your label printer is currently installed. To check which port is used to communicate with the printer, go to the Control Panel > View devices and printers > right click on the printer, click on the “Ports” tab, and check the port used;

For network printers, select “Standard TCP/IP” > Next > enter the IP address in the “Hostname or IP address” field and click “Next”.

7.Click Generic and Generic / Text Only. Click Next;

8.Feel free to keep the default name or enter a new one if you’d like

9.Click Finish to complete the wizard.

10.To verify that the printer is functioning correctly, use a test script written in the printer’s supported command language. For example, if your printer supports ZPL (Zebra Programming Language), you can use the following simple test code:

^XZ

^FO65,60

^FDproduct name

^XZ

11.Select the generic text print option when printing the code. for more details and technical assistance feel free to contact us.