Switch Zebra S4M to EPL

Question

When connected, my Zebra S4M printer is recognized by Windows using the ZDesigner S4M-203dpi ZPL driver, and I would like to use the "ZDesigner S4M-203dpi EPL" EPL driver.

I tried to install it manually, uninstall the ZPL driver, use the Zebra utility, update the firmware to the latest version, but I did not find the switch option.

I found one answer: http://www.fixya.com/support/t1950296-zebra_sm4_label_printer_change_zpl_epl

You will need to change the firmware on this printer to change the language. I do not believe that this printer will allow you to change the language using the advanced options in the menu, unless they have changed it recently.

I also found a webpage that suggested downloading the old driver for S4M, but I prefer to avoid this. http://www.jamfrance.com/site/support/download.asp?categorie=13

Note. To check if the EPL driver is working, I used a custom application that sends EPL data, and I tried to use the Zebra firmware loader, which has 2 interesting options: Send EPL page and Send ZPL page. You probably guessed that only the ZPL page works.

Answer 1

I found a solution: https://km.zebra.com/kb/index?page=answeropen&type=open&searchid=1324718583535&answerid=16777216&iqaction=5&url=https%3A%2F%2Fkm.zebra.com%2Fkb%2Findex%3Fpage% 26id% 3DSO8156% 26actp% 3Dsearch% 26viewlocale% 3Den_US & highlightinfo = 6292684,73.91 #

EPL firmware is listed in the Special Firmware section on Zebra.com.

I need to install special S4M firmware and it works. It’s sad that they don’t explain the term “Special” (and in the release note).