@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ import { useState, type ReactNode } from 'react';
 import { CheckIcon, ClipboardDocumentIcon, ChevronDownIcon, ChevronUpIcon, EyeIcon } from '@heroicons/react/16/solid';
 import { useLabelStore, selectLabelaryNoticeRequired } from '../../store/labelStore';
 import { generateMultiPageZPL } from '../../lib/zplGenerator';
-import { generateSetupScript } from '../../lib/zplSetupScript';
+import { useCopyToClipboard } from '../../lib/useCopyToClipboard';
 import { useT } from '../../lib/useT';
 import { LabelaryNoticeModal } from './LabelaryNoticeModal';
+import { ZplLine } from './ZplLine';
 
 interface Props {
   collapsed?: boolean;
@@ -26,7 +27,6 @@ export function ZPLOutput({ collapsed, onCollapse, onExpand }: Props) {
 
   const hasObjects = pages.some((p) => p.objects.length > 0);
   const zpl = hasObjects ? generateMultiPageZPL(label, pages, variables) : '';
-  const setupScript = generateSetupScript(label);
 
   const previewActive =
     previewMode.status === 'loading' || previewMode.status === 'active';
@@ -46,19 +46,12 @@ export function ZPLOutput({ collapsed, onCollapse, onExpand }: Props) {
   return (
     <div className="flex flex-col h-full">
       <OutputSection
-        variant="primary"
         heading={t.output.zplHeading}
         content={zpl}
         emptyMessage={t.output.noObjects}
         collapsed={collapsed}
         onCollapseToggle={collapsed ? onExpand : onCollapse}
         collapseLabel={collapsed ? t.app.expand : t.app.collapse}
-        /* Hidden-secondary indicator: when the panel is collapsed,
-           the Setup-Script section is also hidden but still has
-           emit-worthy content. A small accent dot in the header
-           signals "there is more output below" so users do not
-           silently lose visibility of their printer-state edits. */
-        hiddenSecondaryActive={!!collapsed && !!setupScript}
         extraActions={labelaryEnabled && (
           <button
             onClick={togglePreview}
@@ -77,20 +70,6 @@ export function ZPLOutput({ collapsed, onCollapse, onExpand }: Props) {
         )}
       />
 
-      {/* Setup-Script section only renders when at least one EEPROM-
-          persistent printer-state field is set. The Printer Settings
-          Modal is where users enable those (^JZ, ^JT, ~TA, plus the
-          upcoming clock/encoding/identity commands); the output here
-          shows what would be sent once to provision the printer. */}
-      {!collapsed && setupScript && (
-        <OutputSection
-          variant="secondary"
-          heading={t.output.setupScriptHeading}
-          content={setupScript}
-          emptyMessage=""
-        />
-      )}
-
       {showNotice && (
         <LabelaryNoticeModal
           onClose={() => setShowNotice(false)}
@@ -105,62 +84,32 @@ export function ZPLOutput({ collapsed, onCollapse, onExpand }: Props) {
 }
 
 /** Single output pane: header (collapse toggle + heading + extra
- *  actions + copy button) and a `<pre>` body. Reused for the main
- *  per-label ZPL and the Setup-Script output so both sections share
- *  the same look (and any future tweaks land in one place).
- *
- *  `variant='primary'` fills the remaining flex space (used by the
- *  main per-label ZPL). `variant='secondary'` gets a top border + a
- *  bounded max-height so it sits compactly under the primary pane
- *  (used by the Setup-Script output). The variant collapses two
- *  separate booleans (`borderTop` / `maxHeightClass`) into one
- *  honest discriminator. */
+ *  actions + copy button) and a `<pre>` body. The Setup-Script
+ *  output moved into the Printer Settings modal's docked preview
+ *  pane, so this component no longer needs to host a secondary
+ *  variant — it just shows the per-label ZPL. */
 function OutputSection({
-  variant,
   heading,
   content,
   emptyMessage,
   collapsed,
   onCollapseToggle,
   collapseLabel,
   extraActions,
-  hiddenSecondaryActive,
 }: {
-  variant: 'primary' | 'secondary';
   heading: string;
   content: string;
   emptyMessage: string;
   collapsed?: boolean;
   onCollapseToggle?: () => void;
   collapseLabel?: string;
   extraActions?: ReactNode;
-  /** When `true`, render a small accent dot next to the heading so
-   *  users know a hidden secondary section has emit-worthy content
-   *  even while this pane is collapsed. */
-  hiddenSecondaryActive?: boolean;
 }) {
-  const isSecondary = variant === 'secondary';
-  const containerCls = isSecondary
-    ? 'border-t border-border'
-    : 'flex-1 min-h-0';
-  const bodyCls = isSecondary ? 'max-h-48' : 'flex-1';
   const t = useT();
-  const [copied, setCopied] = useState(false);
-
-  const handleCopy = () => {
-    if (!content) return;
-    // `navigator.clipboard` is undefined in non-secure contexts
-    // (plain HTTP, file://) and in some embedded WebViews. Bail
-    // out instead of throwing — the copy button is non-essential.
-    if (!navigator.clipboard) return;
-    navigator.clipboard.writeText(content).then(() => {
-      setCopied(true);
-      setTimeout(() => setCopied(false), 1500);
-    }).catch(() => { /* swallow: user-cancel or permission-denied */ });
-  };
+  const { copy, copied } = useCopyToClipboard(() => content);
 
   return (
-    <div className={`flex flex-col ${containerCls}`}>
+    <div className="flex flex-col flex-1 min-h-0">
       <div className="flex items-center justify-between px-3 py-1.5 border-b border-border shrink-0">
         <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
           {onCollapseToggle && (
@@ -174,18 +123,11 @@ function OutputSection({
             </button>
           )}
           <span className="font-mono text-[10px] text-muted uppercase tracking-widest">{heading}</span>
-          {hiddenSecondaryActive && (
-            <span
-              className="w-1.5 h-1.5 rounded-full bg-accent"
-              title={t.output.hiddenSecondaryHint}
-              aria-label={t.output.hiddenSecondaryHint}
-            />
-          )}
         </div>
         <div className="flex items-center gap-3">
           {extraActions}
           <button
-            onClick={handleCopy}
+            onClick={copy}
             disabled={!content}
             title={t.output.copy}
             className="flex items-center gap-1 font-mono text-[10px] text-muted hover:text-accent disabled:opacity-25 disabled:cursor-not-allowed transition-colors"
@@ -198,7 +140,7 @@ function OutputSection({
       </div>
 
       {!collapsed && (
-        <pre className={`overflow-auto p-3 font-mono text-xs leading-relaxed text-text m-0 bg-surface ${bodyCls}`}>
+        <pre className="overflow-auto p-3 font-mono text-xs leading-relaxed text-text m-0 bg-surface flex-1">
           {content
             ? content.split('\n').map((line, i) => (
                 <ZplLine key={i} line={line} />
@@ -211,16 +153,3 @@ function OutputSection({
   );
 }
 
-function ZplLine({ line }: { line: string }) {
-  // highlight ^CMD tokens in amber, rest in default text color
-  const parts = line.split(/([\^][A-Z0-9]+)/g);
-  return (
-    <span className="block">
-      {parts.map((part, i) =>
-        /^\^[A-Z0-9]+$/.test(part)
-          ? <span key={i} className="text-accent">{part}</span>
-          : <span key={i} className="text-text">{part}</span>
-      )}
-    </span>
-  );
-}
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { readFileAsText } from '../../lib/readFile';
 import { useLabelStore } from '../../store/labelStore';
 import type { Page } from '../../types/Group';
 import type { LabelConfig } from '../../types/ObjectType';
+import type { PrinterProfile } from '../../types/PrinterProfile';
 import type { Variable } from '../../types/Variable';
 import { formatReportAsText, type ImportReport, type ImportResult } from '../../lib/importReport';
 import { ImportSummaryBody } from './ImportSummary';
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ export function ZplImportModal({ onClose }: Props) {
   const fileInputRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null);
   const loadDesign = useLabelStore((s) => s.loadDesign);
   const appendPages = useLabelStore((s) => s.appendPages);
+  const patchPrinterProfile = useLabelStore((s) => s.patchPrinterProfile);
   const label = useLabelStore((s) => s.label);
   const pages = useLabelStore((s) => s.pages);
 
@@ -37,6 +39,7 @@ export function ZplImportModal({ onClose }: Props) {
 
   const applyImport = (
     labelConfig: Partial<LabelConfig>,
+    printerProfile: Partial<PrinterProfile>,
     importedPages: Page[],
     importedVariables: Variable[],
   ) => {
@@ -51,6 +54,13 @@ export function ZplImportModal({ onClose }: Props) {
     } else {
       loadDesign({ ...label, ...labelConfig }, importedPages, importedVariables);
     }
+    // Setup-Script fields update the active profile regardless of
+    // append/replace — they are per-installation state, not per-design,
+    // so an import of a ZPL that carries Setup-Script commands should
+    // reflect those commands' intent on the user's profile.
+    if (Object.keys(printerProfile).length > 0) {
+      patchPrinterProfile(printerProfile);
+    }
   };
 
   // Feedback through state change: when the import has no findings the
@@ -73,16 +83,21 @@ export function ZplImportModal({ onClose }: Props) {
   const processImport = (text: string) => {
     const {
       labelConfig,
+      printerProfile,
       pages: importedPages,
       variables: importedVariables,
       report,
     } = importZplText(text, label.dpmm);
     const totalObjects = importedPages.reduce((s, p) => s + p.objects.length, 0);
-    if (totalObjects === 0 && Object.keys(labelConfig).length === 0) {
+    if (
+      totalObjects === 0 &&
+      Object.keys(labelConfig).length === 0 &&
+      Object.keys(printerProfile).length === 0
+    ) {
       setError('No supported objects found in the ZPL code.');
       return;
     }
-    applyImport(labelConfig, importedPages, importedVariables);
+    applyImport(labelConfig, printerProfile, importedPages, importedVariables);
     finishImport(totalObjects, report);
   };
 
 
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/** One line of rendered ZPL with `^CMD` tokens highlighted in the
+ *  accent color. Shared between the per-label ZPL pane in
+ *  `ZPLOutput` and the Setup-Script preview pane in the Printer
+ *  Settings modal so any future tweak (e.g. handling `~CMD` or
+ *  lowercase commands) lands in one place. */
+export function ZplLine({ line }: { line: string }) {
+  const parts = line.split(/([\^][A-Z0-9]+)/g);
+  return (
+    <span className="block">
+      {parts.map((part, i) =>
+        /^\^[A-Z0-9]+$/.test(part)
+          ? <span key={i} className="text-accent">{part}</span>
+          : <span key={i} className="text-text">{part}</span>
+      )}
+    </span>
+  );
+}
@@ -57,29 +57,53 @@ const CLOCK_LANGUAGE_LABEL_KEYS = {
  *  reproducible (no live now-snapshot on every copy/export). */
 export function ClockAndTimeTab() {
   const t = useT();
-  const label = useLabelStore((s) => s.label);
-  const setLabelConfig = useLabelStore((s) => s.setLabelConfig);
+  const profile = useLabelStore((s) => s.printerProfile);
+  const patchPrinterProfile = useLabelStore((s) => s.patchPrinterProfile);
   const loc = t.printerSettings.clockTime;
   const clockId = useId();
   const modeId = useId();
 
   return (
-    <div className="flex flex-col gap-4">
-      {/* ^ST: hand-rolled instead of going through a primitive, since
-          datetime-local is the only such input in the modal and
-          adding a primitive for one caller is YAGNI. */}
+    // gap-3 (not gap-4) so the tab fits inside the modal's ~290px form
+    // budget even when TOL mode expands the ^SL sub-block. With gap-4
+    // the TOL state spills past the docked preview into a scroll, and
+    // the scrollbar inside a panel that's bordered top + bottom by
+    // fixed UI is easy to miss.
+    <div className="flex flex-col gap-3">
+      {/* ^ST: two modes for the real-time-clock value.
+          - Static: user types a value, generator emits it verbatim
+            on every export (reproducible Setup-Script).
+          - Live: user toggles the checkbox, generator captures the
+            current wall-clock time at every export (Setup-Script
+            actually "sets the clock to now"; not reproducible).
+          The checkbox is colocated with the input so the active
+          mode is visible at a glance. The input is disabled while
+          live mode is on, but the stored value is kept so flipping
+          back does not lose the typed value. */}
       <ZplField>
         <ZplCommandLabel text={loc.setRealtimeClock} command="^ST" htmlFor={clockId} />
         <input
           id={clockId}
           type="datetime-local"
           step="1"
-          className={inputCls}
-          value={label.setRealtimeClock ?? ""}
+          className={`${inputCls} disabled:opacity-40 disabled:cursor-not-allowed`}
+          value={profile.setRealtimeClock ?? ""}
+          disabled={!!profile.useCurrentTimeForClock}
           onChange={(e) =>
-            setLabelConfig({ setRealtimeClock: e.target.value || undefined })
+            patchPrinterProfile({ setRealtimeClock: e.target.value || undefined })
           }
         />
+        <label className="flex items-center gap-2 mt-1 cursor-pointer">
+          <input
+            type="checkbox"
+            className="accent-accent"
+            checked={!!profile.useCurrentTimeForClock}
+            onChange={(e) =>
+              patchPrinterProfile({ useCurrentTimeForClock: e.target.checked || undefined })
+            }
+          />
+          <span className="text-xs text-text">{loc.clockUseCurrentTime}</span>
+        </label>
         <span className={labelCls + " normal-case tracking-normal text-muted/70"}>
           {loc.setRealtimeClockHint}
         </span>
@@ -90,8 +114,8 @@ export function ClockAndTimeTab() {
         command="^KD"
         values={CLOCK_FORMAT_VALUES}
         isValid={isClockFormat}
-        value={label.clockFormat}
-        onChange={(v) => setLabelConfig({ clockFormat: v })}
+        value={profile.clockFormat}
+        onChange={(v) => patchPrinterProfile({ clockFormat: v })}
         defaultLabel={t.printerSettings.defaultOption}
         optionLabel={(m) => loc[CLOCK_FORMAT_LABEL_KEYS[m]]}
       />
@@ -107,7 +131,7 @@ export function ClockAndTimeTab() {
         <select
           id={modeId}
           className={inputCls}
-          value={label.clockMode ?? ""}
+          value={profile.clockMode ?? ""}
           onChange={(e) => {
             const v = e.target.value;
             const nextMode = isClockMode(v) ? v : undefined;
@@ -118,25 +142,25 @@ export function ClockAndTimeTab() {
             // this the store would briefly hold an invalid combo
             // (TOL without tolerance) which the schema rejects.
             const nextTolerance = nextMode === 'TOL'
-              ? label.clockTolerance ?? CLOCK_TOLERANCE_DEFAULT
+              ? profile.clockTolerance ?? CLOCK_TOLERANCE_DEFAULT
               : undefined;
-            setLabelConfig({ clockMode: nextMode, clockTolerance: nextTolerance });
+            patchPrinterProfile({ clockMode: nextMode, clockTolerance: nextTolerance });
           }}
         >
           <option value="">{t.printerSettings.defaultOption}</option>
           {CLOCK_MODE_VALUES.map((m) => (
             <option key={m} value={m}>{loc[CLOCK_MODE_LABEL_KEYS[m]]}</option>
           ))}
         </select>
-        {label.clockMode === 'TOL' && (
+        {profile.clockMode === 'TOL' && (
           <ZplSubField label={loc.clockTolerance}>
             {(id) => (
               <BoundedIntControl
                 id={id}
                 min={CLOCK_TOLERANCE_RANGE.min}
                 max={CLOCK_TOLERANCE_RANGE.max}
-                value={label.clockTolerance}
-                onChange={(v) => setLabelConfig({ clockTolerance: v })}
+                value={profile.clockTolerance}
+                onChange={(v) => patchPrinterProfile({ clockTolerance: v })}
               />
             )}
           </ZplSubField>
@@ -145,8 +169,8 @@ export function ClockAndTimeTab() {
           label={loc.clockLanguage}
           values={CLOCK_LANGUAGE_VALUES}
           isValid={isClockLanguage}
-          value={label.clockLanguage}
-          onChange={(v) => setLabelConfig({ clockLanguage: v })}
+          value={profile.clockLanguage}
+          onChange={(v) => patchPrinterProfile({ clockLanguage: v })}
           defaultLabel={t.printerSettings.defaultOption}
           optionLabel={(m) => `${m} – ${loc[CLOCK_LANGUAGE_LABEL_KEYS[m]]}`}
         />