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Introduction
ZD420 Thermal Transfer Printers
1/13/2016 ZD420 User’s Guide 212485-001 Rev. A
ZD420 Printer Features:
• Easy loading thermal transfer ribbon cartridge.
• OpenAccess ™ design for simplified media loading.
• Easy, field installable media handling options.
• Supports media rolls:
• Up to 127 mm (5 inch) outer diameter (O.D.) media rolls and
• 12.7 mm (0.5 inch) and 25.4 mm (1 inch) inner diameter (I.D.) roll cores and additional
core sizes with optional media core adapters.
• Movable Sensor provides compatibility with the widest range of media types:
• Compatible with full or partial width black mark media.
• Compatible with notched or slotted media.
• Multi-center position transmissivity sensor for use with label gap/web media.
• Color-coded “touch points” for operator controls and media guides.
• Enhanced user control panel featuring three buttons and five status indicators.
• Universal Serial Bus (USB) Host Port that can be used for easy firmware upgrades.
• Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0 interface
• Modular Connectivity Slot for field installable 10/100 Ethernet (802.3 RJ-45) or
Serial (RS-232 DB-9) interface options.
• Backwards compatibility focused technology eases printer replacement:
• Drop in replacement of legacy Zebra desktop printers. The printer accepts both EPL and
ZPL programming languages
• Supports Link-OS virtual devices to interpret non-Zebra printer programming languages.
• On–the–fly OpenType and TrueType font scaling and import, Unicode, resident scalable font
(Swiss 721 Latin 1 font), and a selection of resident bitmap fonts.
• XML-Enabled printing—allows XML communications for barcode label printing, eliminating
license fees and print server hardware and lowering customization and programming costs.
• Zebra ™ Global Printing Solution – supports Microsoft Windows keyboard encoding (and
ANSI), Unicode UTF-8 and UTF 16 (Unicode Transformation Formats), XML, ASCII (7 and 8
bit used by legacy programs and systems), basic single and double byte font encoding, JIS
and Shift-JIS (Japanese International Standards), Hexadecimal encoding, and custom
character mapping (DAT table creation, font linking, and character remapping).
• Supports printer configuration via a setup utility running on mobile devices.
• Use the printer’s Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) feature for short range communication to a
variety of mobile devices. Bluetooth LE works with Zebra mobile setup utility applications
to assist in printer setup, perform media calibration, and maximize print quality.
• Zebra’s Print Touch (Near Field Communication - NFC) ‘tap’ to pair devices, access
printer information, and access mobile applications.
• Zebra’s Link-OS - an open platform that connects operating systems for smart Zebra devices
with powerful software apps (applications), making the devices easy to integrate, manage
and maintain from any location.
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