Dual-Marking Label Templates
ZPL starting points for the Sunrise 2027 transition: the 1D symbol your checkout reads today next to the GS1 Digital Link QR it will read tomorrow. Swap in your GTIN, adjust for your printer's dpi, and verify print quality before production.
Generate the QR contents first with the GS1 Digital Link generator.
Product label — UPC-A + Digital Link QR
4" × 2" @ 203 dpiRetail product label with the legacy UPC-A on the left and a GS1 Digital Link QR on the right — the standard dual-marking arrangement for Sunrise 2027 transition packaging.
^XA
^PW812
^LL406
^CF0,28
^FO40,50^BUN,140,Y,N,Y^FD01234567890^FS
^FO540,50^BQN,2,6^FDMA,https://id.gs1.org/01/00012345678905^FS
^FO40,330^FDDual-marked: UPC-A + GS1 Digital Link QR^FS
^XZCompact item label — Code 128 + QR
2" × 1" @ 203 dpiSmall-format item label pairing a Code 128 GTIN with a compact Digital Link QR. For tight spaces where a UPC-A won't fit alongside a 2D code.
^XA
^PW406
^LL203
^CF0,18
^FO20,20^BCN,70,N,N,N^FD00012345678905^FS
^FO250,15^BQN,2,4^FDMA,https://id.gs1.org/01/00012345678905^FS
^FO20,110^FDGTIN 00012345678905^FS
^FO20,140^FD1D + GS1 Digital Link QR^FS
^XZCarton / case label — GS1-128 + QR
4" × 6" @ 203 dpiCase-level label with a GS1-128 carrying (01) GTIN + (10) batch, plus a Digital Link QR encoding the same data for 2D-capable receiving docks.
^XA
^PW812
^LL1218
^CF0,32
^FO40,60^FDCarton / case label - dual marked^FS
^FO40,140^BCN,160,Y,N,N,D^FD(01)00012345678905(10)LOT123^FS
^FO40,430^BQN,2,8^FDMA,https://id.gs1.org/01/00012345678905/10/LOT123^FS
^FO40,900^FDGS1-128 (01)+(10) plus GS1 Digital Link QR^FS
^XZWant them designed, printed, and verified?
Arrowhead designs dual-marked layouts for your exact labels, pre-prints them, and verifies scan quality — so the codes work at the register, not just on the proof.