diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 053270ee..2e52e39a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ Select several objects with Shift-click or a lasso. Position and size changes ap
 
 ### 4. Print or export
 
-The **ZPL** panel at the bottom shows the generated ZPL, **Copy** puts it on the clipboard. On desktop the panel names the configured printer. A click shows its state and offers to read its configuration. The canvas is ZPLab's rendering of the label. A second rendering comes from the preview renderer under **File → Settings… → App → Preview**: the connected printer (desktop) or, with consent, the third-party service [Labelary](https://labelary.com/). **Preview** shows it for comparison.
+The **ZPL** panel at the bottom shows the generated ZPL, **Copy** puts it on the clipboard. **Output** opens the output dialog. On desktop the panel names the configured printer. A click shows its state and offers to read its configuration. The canvas is ZPLab's rendering of the label. A second rendering comes from the preview renderer under **File → Settings… → App → Preview**: the connected printer (desktop) or, with consent, the third-party service [Labelary](https://labelary.com/). **Preview** shows it for comparison.
 
 - **File → Export ZPL:** saves a `.zpl` file, or `.prn` where the save dialog offers file types
 - **File → Output:** opens the output dialog with two destinations.
diff --git a/src/components/Output/ZPLOutput.preview.test.tsx b/src/components/Output/ZPLOutput.preview.test.tsx
index f1e2e335..26b1a831 100644
--- a/src/components/Output/ZPLOutput.preview.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Output/ZPLOutput.preview.test.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // @vitest-environment jsdom
 import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach, afterEach } from "vitest";
-import { render, cleanup } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { render, cleanup, fireEvent } from "@testing-library/react";
 import { ZPLOutput } from "./ZPLOutput";
 import { useLabelStore } from "../../store/labelStore";
 import { fallbackTranslations as en } from "../../locales";
@@ -35,3 +35,22 @@ describe("ZPLOutput preview button", () => {
     expect(canvas.queryByRole("button", { name: en.output.previewHeading })).toBeNull();
   });
 });
+
+describe("ZPLOutput output button", () => {
+  it("opens the output dialog for the label from the bar", () => {
+    useLabelStore.setState({ outputSource: null });
+    const r = render(<ZPLOutput onResizeMouseDown={() => undefined} />);
+    fireEvent.click(r.getByRole("button", { name: en.zebraPrint.outputHeading }));
+    expect(useLabelStore.getState().outputSource).toBe("label");
+  });
+
+  it("stays disabled while a source-edit session is open and ignores a click", () => {
+    useLabelStore.setState({ outputSource: null });
+    useLabelStore.getState().enterSourceEdit("^XA^FO10,10^A0N,30,30^FDdraft^FS^XZ");
+    const r = render(<ZPLOutput onResizeMouseDown={() => undefined} />);
+    const button = r.getByRole("button", { name: en.zebraPrint.outputHeading }) as HTMLButtonElement;
+    expect(button.disabled).toBe(true);
+    fireEvent.click(button);
+    expect(useLabelStore.getState().outputSource).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/components/Output/ZPLOutput.tsx b/src/components/Output/ZPLOutput.tsx
index 57441d71..93b53640 100644
--- a/src/components/Output/ZPLOutput.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Output/ZPLOutput.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { useRef } from 'react';
-import { CheckIcon, ClipboardDocumentIcon, ChevronDownIcon, ChevronUpIcon, EyeIcon } from '@heroicons/react/16/solid';
+import { CheckIcon, ClipboardDocumentIcon, ChevronDownIcon, ChevronUpIcon, EyeIcon, PrinterIcon } from '@heroicons/react/16/solid';
 import { useLabelStore, selectEffectivePreviewProvider, selectPreviewLocksEditor } from '../../store/labelStore';
 import { useZplOutputView } from '../../hooks/useZplOutputView';
 import { useCopyToClipboard } from '../../hooks/useCopyToClipboard';
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ export function ZPLOutput({ collapsed, onCollapse, onExpand, onResizeMouseDown }
     useZplOutputView(collapsed ?? false);
   // The body keeps its metadata (the apply reparses it); the button copies the export form.
   const { copy, copied } = useCopyToClipboard(() => finishZplExport(shownText));
+  const openOutput = useLabelStore((s) => s.openOutput);
 
   const previewAvailable = effectiveProvider !== 'none';
 
@@ -104,6 +105,17 @@ export function ZPLOutput({ collapsed, onCollapse, onExpand, onResizeMouseDown }
                   : <><ClipboardDocumentIcon className="w-4 h-4" />{t.output.copy}</>}
               </button>
             </Tooltip>
+            {/* Otherwise the dialog is reachable only through the File menu. */}
+            <Tooltip content={t.zebraPrint.outputHeading}>
+              <button
+                onClick={() => openOutput('label')}
+                disabled={!shownText || session !== null}
+                className="flex items-center gap-1 font-mono text-[10px] text-muted hover:text-accent disabled:opacity-25 disabled:cursor-not-allowed transition-colors"
+              >
+                <PrinterIcon className="w-4 h-4" />
+                {t.zebraPrint.outputHeading}
+              </button>
+            </Tooltip>
           </div>
         </div>