05EPL2

EplRenderer is a virtual EPL2 printer: EPL is translated to ZPL and rendered by the same ZplRenderer – same fonts, barcodes, output formats and settings. ToZpl() returns the translation directly, i.e. an EPL→ZPL converter for migrating legacy forms.

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var epl = new EplRenderer(new ZplRenderSettings { Dpi = 203 }.WithLabelSizeInches(4, 3));
epl.Clock = () => new DateTime(2026, 10, 18, 14, 5, 9);      // for TT/TD fields
epl.PrinterControl += (_, e) => Console.WriteLine($"EPL-Steuerbefehl: {e.Command.Name}");

List<byte[]> pngs = epl.ProcessFile("samples/zpl/sample.epl");   // one PNG per printed label
File.WriteAllBytes("sample.png", pngs[0]);

// EPL → ZPL: the same translation the renderer uses internally
string zpl = epl.ToZpl(File.ReadAllText("samples/zpl/form.epl"));
File.WriteAllText("form.zpl", zpl);                              // three ^XA…^XZ blocks (P3)

epl.AddGraphic("LOGO", File.ReadAllBytes("logo.pcx"));          // for GG x,y,"LOGO"
epl.Settings.OutputFormat = ZplOutputFormat.Pdf;
File.WriteAllBytes("form.pdf", epl.ProcessFile("samples/zpl/form.epl")[0]);

samples/zpl/sample.epl EPL → image

Forms, variables & counters

FS"name" … FE records a form, FR"name" recalls it. V00–V99 are variables, C0–C9 counters (with step size and fixed length); the data follows after ?, one line each. P3 prints three labels and increments C0 each time. As on the printer, the form remains in memory.

Supported EPL2 commands