A few words about Zebra Designer
ZebraDesigner 3 barcode label design software makes it simple to create industry standard and compliant labels based on fixed or variable data.

Create professional-looking labels quickly and easily with ZebraDesigner software Design and print simple or complex labels using fixed or variable data. Your workflow should be focused on operational processes, not label design. Zebra's solutions - including our label creation software - are designed to help you gain a competitive advantage.
ZebraDesigner offers tools to quickly and easily create professional-looking labels and tags - from simple to complex formats. Our intuitive Windows®-based interface simplifies the design and editing process and allows you to do it in a window. The latest version supports carriers from Zebra's latest range, as well as an improved process for designing and printing wristbands. Bluetooth®-enabled printers are now also supported, through the installation of a driver. Whether you're creating labels with simple text or complex ones - such as RFID tags or ones with fixed/variable data - there's a Zebra edition of ZebraDesigner to help you do it with ease.

ZebraDesigner Essentials
ZebraDesigner Essentials is our free Windows-based WYSIWYG software that offers basic barcode label design and printing functionality (no licence key required).

ZebraDesigner Professional
ZebraDesigner Professional offers a more robust set of tools for creating complex label designs, including RFID support, database connectivity, simple VB scripts and data manipulation and concatenation. Requires the purchase of a one-time licence key activation.
The table below summarises the differences between editions of ZebraDesigner to help you choose the ideal software solution for your specific application
ZebraDesigner - features and functions | ZebraDesigner Essentials | ZebraDesigner Professional |
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Supports the following file types: ZebraDesigner version 2: .LBL format ZebraDesigner version 3: .NLBL format | ⬤ | ⬤ |
Support for native printer fonts | ⬤ | ⬤ |
Support Unicode™ | ⬤ | ⬤ |
Support for native CPCL, EPL™ and ZPL barcodes
Requires ZebraDesigner driver for Windows version 5 | ⬤ | ⬤ |
ODBC and ASCII file connectivity | ⬤ | |
GS1-128 Wizard | ⬤ | ⬤ |
RFID Wizard | ⬤ | ⬤ |
KDU keyboard support | ⬤ | ⬤ |
Printing to file | ⬤ | ⬤ |
Simple VB script | ⬤ | |
Questions about printing time | ⬤ | ⬤ |
Selecting database records at printing time | ⬤ | |
Time/date and RTC | ⬤ | ⬤ |
Connectivity and interfaces: parallel, serial, IP, USB, Bluetooth
Bluetooth only applies to ZebraDesigner drivers for Windows version 8 | ⬤ | ⬤ |
Windows 7 SP1/Windows 8.1/Windows 10/Windows Server 2012 R2/ Windows Server 2016/Windows Server 2019 | ⬤ | ⬤ |
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