Zebrafy

Zebrafy is a Python 3 library for converting PDF and images to and from Zebra Programming Language (ZPL) graphic fields (^GF).

Zebrafy consists of three conversion tools:

ZebrafyImage — convert an image into valid ZPL
ZebrafyPDF — convert a PDF into valid ZPL
ZebrafyZPL — convert valid ZPL graphic fields into images or PDF

If you want more control over the resulting ZPL data, ZebrafyImage and ZebrafyPDF support the following optional parameters:

Parameter	Description
`format`	ZPL graphic field format type (default `"ASCII"`) `"ASCII"` — ASCII hexadecimal (most compatible) `"B64"` — Base64 Binary `"Z64"` — Z64 compressed binary (best compression)
`invert`	Invert the black and white in the image/PDF output. (`True` or `False`, default `False`)
`dither`	Dither the result instead of hard limit on black pixels. (`True` or `False`, default `True`)
`threshold`	Black pixel threshold for image without dithering (`0-255`, default `128`)
`width`	Width of the image in the resulting ZPL, `0` to use original image/PDF width (default `0`)
`height`	Height of the image in the resulting ZPL, `0` to use original image/PDF height (default `0`)
`pos_x`	Pixel x position of the graphic field in resulting ZPL (default `0`)
`pos_y`	Pixel y position of the graphic field in resulting ZPL (default `0`)
`complete_zpl`	Add ZPL header and footer or only get the ZPL graphic field output (`True` or `False`, default `True`)

Getting Started

Installation

pip install zebrafy

Dependencies

Pip handles all dependencies automatically. This library is built on top of:

Pillow — Python Imaging Library
pypdfium2 — Python 3 binding to PDFium

Example Usage

Image to ZPL Graphic Field with ZebrafyImage

Convert image bytes into a complete ZPL string and save to file:

from zebrafy import ZebrafyImage

with open("source.png", "rb") as image:
    zpl_string = ZebrafyImage(image.read()).to_zpl()

with open("output.zpl", "w") as zpl:
    zpl.write(zpl_string)

Example usage with optional parameters:

from zebrafy import ZebrafyImage

with open("source.png", "rb") as image:
    zpl_string = ZebrafyImage(
        image.read(),
        format="Z64",
        invert=True,
        dither=False,
        threshold=128,
        width=720,
        height=1280,
        pos_x=100,
        pos_y=100,
        complete_zpl=True,
    ).to_zpl()

with open("output.zpl", "w") as zpl:
    zpl.write(zpl_string)

Alternatively, ZebrafyImage also accepts PIL Image as the image parameter instead of image bytes:

from PIL import Image
from zebrafy import ZebrafyImage

pil_image = Image.new(mode="RGB", size=(100, 100))
zpl_string = ZebrafyImage(pil_image).to_zpl()

with open("output.zpl", "w") as zpl:
    zpl.write(zpl_string)

PDF to ZPL Graphic Field with ZebrafyPDF

Convert PDF bytes into a complete ZPL string and save to file:

from zebrafy import ZebrafyPDF

with open("source.pdf", "rb") as pdf:
    zpl_string = ZebrafyPDF(pdf.read()).to_zpl()

with open("output.zpl", "w") as zpl:
    zpl.write(zpl_string)

ZebrafyPDF conversion supports the same optional parameters as ZebrafyImage conversion:

from zebrafy import ZebrafyPDF

with open("source.pdf", "rb") as pdf:
    zpl_string = ZebrafyPDF(
        pdf.read(),
        format="Z64",
        invert=True,
        dither=False,
        threshold=128,
        width=720,
        height=1280,
        pos_x=100,
        pos_y=100,
        complete_zpl=True,
    ).to_zpl()

with open("output.zpl", "w") as zpl:
    zpl.write(zpl_string)

ZPL to PDF or Images with ZebrafyZPL

Convert all graphic fields from a valid ZPL file to PIL Images and save to image files:

from zebrafy import ZebrafyZPL

with open("source.zpl", "r") as zpl:
    pil_images = ZebrafyZPL(zpl.read()).to_images()
    for count, pil_image in enumerate(pil_images):
        pil_image.save(f"output_{count}.png", "PNG")

Convert all graphic fields from a valid ZPL file to PDF bytes and save to PDF file:

from zebrafy import ZebrafyZPL

with open("source.zpl", "r") as zpl:
    pdf_bytes = ZebrafyZPL(zpl.read()).to_pdf()

with open("output.pdf", "wb") as pdf:
    pdf.write(pdf_bytes)

Contributing and Issues

Contributions and bug reports are welcome and can be submitted on the GitHub page.

The project does not yet have a well-defined scope, and I’m open to new feature requests. Features currently in consideration are:

HTML to ZPL conversion by implementing standard HTML elements into ZPL commands
Extract text from a PDF to render it as a native ZPL command instead of graphic field

License

This source is released under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0.

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Note

This project is under active development.

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