Thermal Printer Software: What Works on Windows and Mac

Do you need a driver? Not to print from LabelInn. You can leave the maker's Windows driver installed for other programs; LabelInn does not need it, and uses it only as the fallback path above. See the connection guide for the exact screens.

This is a 100 x 150 mm label at 203 dpi, which is 812 x 1218 dots. It carries a product name, a best-before date, a lot, a serial, the GTIN, a GS1 Data Matrix with all four values in one symbol, and a Code 128 for older scanners. The picture beside the title was drawn from the ZPL below by the ZPL viewer on this site: positions, boxes and barcode modules are exact, and the text uses a stand-in font because a browser cannot reproduce a printer's own fonts.

^XA
^PW812
^LL1218
^LH0,0
^FO30,30^GB752,1158,4^FS
^FO50,52^A0N,38,38^FDACME BEVERAGES - LINE 3^FS
^FO50,100^A0N,28,28^FDPlant 2, Ankara^FS
^FO30,150^GB752,3,3^FS
^FO50,172^A0N,30,30^FDPRODUCT^FS
^FO50,210^A0N,72,72^FDOrange juice 1 L^FS
^FO50,300^A0N,32,32^FDCase of 12^FS
^FO30,360^GB752,3,3^FS
^FO50,382^A0N,30,30^FDBEST BEFORE^FS
^FO50,420^A0N,64,64^FD2027-10-31^FS
^FO430,382^A0N,30,30^FDLOT^FS
^FO430,420^A0N,64,64^FDL2610^FS
^FO50,520^A0N,30,30^FDSERIAL^FS
^FO50,558^A0N,64,64^FDSN000417^FS
^FO430,520^A0N,30,30^FDGTIN^FS
^FO430,566^A0N,46,46^FD05901234123457^FS
^FO30,660^GB752,3,3^FS
^FO60,700^BXN,10,200,,,,_^FD_101059012341234571727103110L2610_121SN000417^FS
^FO400,740^BY2^BCN,180,Y,N,N^FD000417L2610^FS
^FO50,1010^A0N,26,26^FB700,3,6,L^FDThe square code carries GTIN, best-before date, lot and serial in one symbol. The linear code is the lot and serial for the old handheld scanners.^FS
^XZ

The square symbol encodes (01)05901234123457(17)271031(10)L2610(21)SN000417: GTIN 05901234123457, expiry 31 October 2027, lot L2610, serial SN000417. Paste the ZPL into the viewer to see it, change the lot, and watch the symbol change. In LabelInn itself you would not write this ZPL by hand; you place the Data Matrix, pick the Application Identifiers from a list, and bind each one to a column, a counter or a date rule. See GS1 barcode software and manufacturing label printing.

Free is $0 and covers designing, printing by hand, templates, serial counters and cloud sync. Starter is $7.99 a month ($79.90 a year) and adds Excel, CSV and Google Sheets binding and two saved workflows. Pro is $24.90 a month ($249.00 a year) and adds the production API, webhooks, database sources, watched folders, scheduled printing and marketplace and carrier connections. Enterprise is quoted and adds the Edge Server (local LAN API, MQTT, gRPC), audit logs, compliance mode and the approval queue. Yearly billing is ten months for twelve, and the 14-day trial includes the Pro and Enterprise features. Details on the pricing page.