will failST-01structure

Zebra printer receives the label but nothing prints

The label format is not opened and closed correctly. An unterminated format sits in the printer buffer and nothing prints at all.

Open every format with ^XA and close it with ^XZ. Never nest ^XA.

A label that trips it
^XA^FO50,50^A0N,40,40^FDHELLO^FS
What the check looks for

Field commands appear outside any ^XA…^XZ pair, OR a ^XA is encountered while a format is already open (nesting), OR a format is never closed by ^XZ.

What Labelproof says about it2 findings · ST-01 highlighted
the rule on this page
will failST-01^XA · offset 0 · label 1

The label format is not opened and closed correctly. An unterminated format sits in the printer buffer and nothing prints at all.

Open every format with ^XA and close it with ^XZ. Never nest ^XA.

will failLY-02^XA · offset 0 · label 1

Neither ^PW nor ^LL is set. Both fall back to a value stored in the individual printer, not to a value in the spec — so the same ZPL prints differently on two printers of the same model.

Set ^PW and ^LL explicitly in every format.

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