Zebra ZT411 - Exercise 1: Copy Files to a USB Flash Drive and Perform USB Mirror

Using a USB Host Port and the Print Touch Feature
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USB Host
Your printer may be equipped with one or two USB host ports on the front panel. A USB host port allows
you to connect USB devices—such as a keyboard, scanner, or USB Flash drive—to the printer. The
exercises in this section will teach you how to perform USB mirror, how to transfer files to and from the
printer, and how to provide information for which you are prompted and then print a label using that
information.
IMPORTANT: When using a USB host port, files should be named only with 1 to 16 alphanumeric
characters (A, a, B, b, C, c, ..., 0, 1, 2, 3, ...). Do not use Asian characters, Cyrillic characters, or accented
characters in file names.
NOTE: Some functions may not work properly if there are underscores in a file name. Use periods instead.
Exercise 1: Copy Files to a USB Flash Drive and Perform USB Mirror
1. On your USB Flash Drive, create the following:
• a folder called
Zebra
• in that folder, three subfolders:
• appl
•
commands
• files
2. In the /appl folder, place a copy of the latest firmware for your printer.
3. In the /files folder, place the following file:
• File 1: ZEBRA.BMP
4. In the /commands folder, place the following files:
• File 2: SAMPLELABEL.TXT
• File 3: LOGO.ZPL
5. Insert the USB Flash drive into a USB host port on the front of your printer.
6. Observe the control panel and wait.
The following should happen:
a. If the firmware on the USB Flash drive is different than what is on the printer, the firmware
downloads to the printer. The printer then restarts and prints a printer configuration label. (If there is
no firmware on the USB Flash drive or if the firmware version is the same, the printer skips this
action.)
b. The printer downloads the files in the
/files folder and briefly shows the names of the files that are
downloading on the display.
c. The printer executes any files in the
/commands folder.