1/13/2016 ZD420 User’s Guide 212485-001 Rev. A
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Introduction
This section introduces the new Zebra® ZD420 thermal transfer ribbon cartridge label printer. It
describes what you get in your shipping box and provides an overview of printer features. It also
includes procedures that describe how to open and close the printer and report any problems.
This user’s guide provides all the information you need to operate your printer on a daily basis.
Other publications are available to assist with service, network configuration and operation,
printer utilities and applications, software development kits, and more. All publications are
available on the Zebra Web site.
Your printer, when connected to a host computer, functions as a complete system for printing
labels, tags, tickets, and receipts.
ZD420 Thermal Transfer Printers
The Zebra® ZD420 models are desktop label printers with the widest range of features and
options.
• The 203 dpi (dots per inch print density) version printer provides thermal transfer printing at
speeds up to 152.4 mm/s (6 ips - inches per second).
• The 300 dpi version printer provides thermal transfer printing at speeds up to
101.6 mm/s (4 ips).
• Includes ZD420 Healthcare printer models with plastics that withstand common hospital
cleaning chemicals and a medical grade power supply.
• These printers support ZPL ™ and EPL Zebra printer programming languages and a wide
variety of options.