The wasp wpl205 is a compact powerful desktop barcode printer designed to meet your light to medium duty barcode printing requirements it is a direct thermal barcode printer that comes complete with a label peeler as well as support for epl zpl and wpl printer modesdirect thermal printers like the wpl205 are ideal for creating barcode labels that have a shorter life span such as shipping labels for product packages and containers direct thermal uses heat to interact with the label paper to