# PDFtoZPL

**Repository Path**: ShrekOne/PDFtoZPL

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: PDFtoZPL
- **Description**: No description available
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: MIT
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
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- **Created**: 2025-12-24
- **Last Updated**: 2025-12-24

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## README

# ![PDFtoZPL Logo](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sungaila/PDFtoZPL/master/Icon_64.png) PDFtoZPL

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A .NET library to convert [PDF files](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF) (and bitmaps) into [Zebra Programming Language commands](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebra_(programming_language)).

This .NET library is built on top of
* [PDFium](https://pdfium.googlesource.com/pdfium/) (native PDF renderer)
* [SkiaSharp](https://github.com/mono/SkiaSharp) (cross-platform 2D graphics API)

## Getting started
Just call one of the following static methods:
* `PDFtoZPL.Conversion.ConvertPdfPage()`
* `PDFtoZPL.Conversion.ConvertPdf()`
* `PDFtoZPL.Conversion.ConvertPdfAsync()`
* `PDFtoZPL.Conversion.ConvertBitmap()`

### How does it work?
0. Use PDFium to render a bitmap (for PDF files)
1. Make the bitmap monochrome
2. Convert the bitmap into a ^GF (Graphic Field) command
3. Compress the command hexdecimal data to shrink the ZPL code in size
4. Return the generated ZPL code