zebrafy 1.0.1

Python library for converting PDF and images to Zebra Programming Language (ZPL)

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
compression_type	ZPL graphic field compression type (default "A") "A" — ASCII hexadecimal (most compatible) "B" — Base64 Binary "C" — 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(),
        compression_type="C",
        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(),
        compression_type="C",
        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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