User's Manual

QL 420 User’s Guide 33
Setting Up the Software
The QL 420 uses Zebra’s CPCL Programming language which
was designed for mobile printing applications. CPCL is fully de-
scribed in the ”CPCL Programmers Manual”, available on-line
from Zebra’s website at: http://www.zebra.com/SS/manuals.htm .
You can also use Label Vista™, Zebra’s Windows™ based la-
bel creation program which uses a graphical interface to create
and edit labels in the CPCL language. Label Vista is available
on-line from Zebra’s Web site at:
http://www.zebra.com/SD/product_LabelVista.htm
The QL 420 with its optional memory upgrade can support an
interpreter for ZPL II
®
, or EPL programming languages. To use
ZPL II or EPL, refer to the appropriate Programming Guides
available on-line from Zebra’s Web site. If you choose to use a
third party label preparation system, follow the installation in-
structions included in the package.
WLAN Overview
QL 420 Printers can be equipped with a radio in the standard
PCMCIA footprint using the industry standard 802.11 or 802.11b
protocol. These printers will have the FCC I.D. number of the ra-
dio on the product label. They allow wireless communication as
a node within a local area network, (LAN) and its wireless capa-
bilities allow communications from any point within the LAN’s pe-
rimeter. Methods of establishing communications to the QL 420
will vary with each LAN application.
QL 420
Network Printers printers with the PCMCIA module can
be identified by the text “Network Printer” and FCC ID number
I28-QL420352 on the front of the unit.
Methods of establishing communications to the QL 420 will
vary with each LAN application. General information on estab-
lishing WLAN communications can be found in either the ”CPCL
Programmers Manual” or the “Quick Start Guide for Mobile Wire-
less Printers” available on -line at:
http://www.zebra.com/SS/manuals.htm
More information and LAN configuration utilities may also be
found in Zebra’s Label Vista™ program (version 2.8 and later).
Label Vista may be downloaded from the Zebra website at:
http://www.zebra.com/SD/product_LabelVista.htm