Determining Printer Configuration
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P1032729-003 Rev. A GT800™ Thermal Transfer Printer User Guide 9/30/2014
Determining Printer Configuration
The printer uses a configuration report printout for ZPL and EPL status. The ZPL printout
provides a more intuitive and functionally descriptive naming conventions than the EPL
printout. Operational status (darkness, speed, media type, etc.), installed printer options
(network, interface settings, cutter, etc.), and printer description information (serial number,
model name, firmware version, etc.), are all included on the status label. See Test Printing
(Configuration Report) on page 26. See Appendix: ZPL Configuration on page 103 for detail
on printer configuration and the ZPL commands that control the printer settings listed on the
Printer Configuration Status Label.
To get an EPL style printer configuration status label, send the printer the EPL U command.
See the EPL programmer’s guide for more information on the various EPL U commands and
interpreting the settings displayed on these labels.
Modes of Printing
You can operate this printer in many different modes and media configurations:
• Direct thermal printing (which uses heat sensitive media to print).
• Thermal transfer printing (which uses ribbon to heat transfer print to the media).
• Standard Tear-Off mode allows you to tear off each label (or batch print a strip of labels)
after it is printed.
• Label Dispense Mode: If an optional dispenser is installed, the backing material can be
peeled away from the label as it is printed. After this label is removed, the next one is
printed.
• Media Cutting: If an optional media cutter is installed, the printer can cut the label liner
between labels, receipt paper or tag stock.
• Stand-alone: The printer can print without being connected to a computer using the
printer’s auto running label form feature (programming based) or by using a data input
device connected to the printer’s serial port. This mode accommodates data input devices,
such as scanners, weigh scales, Zebra
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ZKDU (Keyboard Display Unit), etc.
• Shared network printing: Printers configured with the Ethernet interface option include an
internal print server with ZebraLink™ printer configuration web page and ZebraNet™
Bridge software for managing and monitoring status of Zebra® printers on a network.
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