Bottle label template in ZPL (drinks)

A bottle label in ZPL is a tall layout with the brand, the product and volume, an ingredients line, a best-before date and an EAN-13 barcode. Copy the 2 × 4 in template below and change the fields.

Aktualisiert am 2026-11-01 · Renders made with the OpenZPL engine

What goes on a bottle label

• The brand and product name, centered, with the volume (500 ml, 33 cl).
• An ingredients line and a best-before date with a lot code.
• An EAN-13 barcode (^BE) for retail, and the producer's name and place.
• Size: a tall label like 2 × 4 in wraps around a bottle; a small can label is nearer 2 × 2 in.

2 × 4 in bottle template

A reverse-printed brand header, product, volume, ingredients, best-before, lot and an EAN-13, laid out for 406 × 812 dots:

^XA
^CI28
^PW406
^LL812
^FO20,30^GB366,120,120^FS
^FO20,58^A0N,64,64^FB366,1,0,C^FR^FDRIVERSIDE^FS
^FO0,180^A0N,34,34^FB406,1,0,C^FDCraft Lemonade^FS
^FO0,224^A0N,26,26^FB406,1,0,C^FDStill - Natural flavour^FS
^FO0,268^A0N,30,30^FB406,1,0,C^FD500 ml^FS
^FO40,320^GB326,2,2^FS
^FO40,344^A0N,24,24^FDIngredients: water, lemon juice,^FS
^FO40,374^A0N,24,24^FDcane sugar, natural flavour.^FS
^FO40,420^A0N,24,24^FDBest before: 11/2027^FS
^FO40,454^A0N,24,24^FDLOT RL-1126^FS
^BY2,2,120
^FO80,500^BEN,120,Y,N^FD400638133393^FS
^FO40,660^A0N,22,22^FB326,2,2,C^FDRiverside Drinks Co., Austin TX^FS
^XZ

The brand sits in a filled ^GB box with ^FR (field reverse) so it prints white on black. The centered lines use ^FB406,1,0,C; widen or move them to fit the curve of your bottle.

Render it from your code

curl https://api.openzpl.com/v1/printers/8dpmm/labels/2x4/0/ \
  --data-binary @label.zpl > label.png

Every template on this page renders through the same API. Send the ZPL as the request body and get a PNG or PDF back; see the API docs and ZPL to PDF.