# Best way to store/render ZPL labels: Image in Database vs. PDF File?

**URL:** <https://community.tulip.co/t/best-way-to-store-render-zpl-labels-image-in-database-vs-pdf-file/16603>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** zpl, pdf\
**Created:** [September 24, 2026, 8:48am UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/best-way-to-store-render-zpl-labels-image-in-database-vs-pdf-file/16603 "2026-09-24T08:48:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![PabloCastro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ea5d25/32.png) [@PabloCastro](https://community.tulip.co/u/PabloCastro)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 8:48am UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/best-way-to-store-render-zpl-labels-image-in-database-vs-pdf-file/16603/1 "2026-09-24T08:48:16Z")

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Hi Everyone,

I’m working on a workflow involving ZPL (Zebra Programming Language) labels once they show up on screen I need to save it as image to be printed in a PDF later, right now I am saving the ZPL code in a table field.

I’d like to know if this ZPL code can be rendered toa PDF later using pdfGeneratorAPI Connector. The final objective is to print those labels in a PDF file at user demand

I would like what is the best approach.

**1.- Rendering and storing the ZPL as an image (e.g., PNG/JPG)** directly in a Tulip Table record then printing as content in PDF. How rending ZPL to become an image?

**2.- can ZPL code rendered inside PDF using PDFGeneratorAPI?**

Thanks!