Datasheet
Table Of Contents
- Introduction
- Design Overview
- Printer Overview
- Basic Printer Dimensions
- Printer Orientation
- Printer Features
- General Printing Information
- Basic Printer Mounting (printer only)
- Design Your Own Mounting
- Print Modes
- Looping Presenter (Kiosk Mode)
- Vertical Presenter (Kiosk Mode)
- Receipt (Page) Imaging Modes
- Controls, Indicators, and Sensors
- Sensing, Status and Error Reporting
- Feed Button Modes
- Printer Configuration Methods and Tools
- Fonts and Your Printer
- Connections
- Media
- Accessories
- Accessories Overview
- Nozzle Bezel – P1011185
- Shutter Bezel – 104591
- Small Core Media Adapter – G105156
- Quick-Fit Hubs – 103939
- Quick Fit Leaf Spring Retainer – 01473-000
- Roll Support – P1014124
- Media Roll Low Sensor
- Universal Roll Holder – P1014125
- Printer Mounting Plate – 104208
- Wall Mount Roll Holder – P1014123
- Printer Power Supply – 808099-004
- Universal Serial Bus (USB) Cable – P1027715
- Large Media Roll Adapter – P1026858
- Mounting Plate for Large Media Roll Adapter – P1027728
- Using other Accessories with the Large Media Roll Adapter
- Routing Cables with the Large Media Roll Adapter
- Troubleshooting
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Printer Overview
Fonts and Your Printer
9/24/2010 KR403 Hardware Integrator Guide P1016701-001 Rev. B
• Zebra Designer — A receipt and label design program that works with the Windows
printer driver to help you quickly develop receipt layouts, and manage fonts and
objects (graphics, logos and receipt forms) during proof of concept process.
• ZPL, SGD (Set-Get-Do), and ZBI (Zebra Basic Interpreter) Programming Languages
— The ZPL printer programming printer page description language allows the
application developer to configure and control all aspects of your printer with ASCII
based text programming. The SGD object based programming language is used to
set and check printer configuration status and configuration. These three
programming languages should be used in separate command lines or files when
sending commands to your printer. The ZPL Programming Guide for the KR403
printer covers all three languages in a single manual at this time. See the KR403
Software Integrator’s Guide for assistance in quickly developing and integrating the
printer.
• ZebraLink (File and) Firmware Downloader — This tool is used to initialize ZBI
programming capability and download files to the printer. ZBI allows the software
developer to emulate other programming and create custom commands. Can be used
in a printer configuration workstation to send configuration files, firmware updates, and
files (programming, graphics, logos and receipt forms). Use the full featured ZebraNet
Bridge instead for everything but ZBI activation
• ZebraNet Bridge — Zebra Net Bridge is a printer maintenance tool for use with local
and network based printers. The KR403 printer can only be managed as a locally
connected printer (the KR403 printer does not have a Ethernet printer option). This
Windows application is the ideal tool to use as a workstation for configuring your
printer prior to installing it into a kiosk. Use it to duplicate configurations, send
configuration files, firmware updates, and files (programming, graphics, logos and
receipt forms). At the time of release, the KR403 Windows driver or the Setup Utility
can not be loaded in the PC when using ZebraNet Bridge. It is scheduled for an
update to remove the conflict with the driver and local printer management in 2010.
Fonts and Your Printer
The KR403 printer supports your language and font requirements with a variety of internal
fonts, on-board font scaling, international font sets and character code page support,
Unicode support, and font download.
The KR403 printer’s font capabilities are programming language dependent. The ZPL
programming language provides advanced font mapping and scaling technology to
support outline fonts (TrueType™ or OpenType™) and Unicode character mapping as
well as basic bitmapped fonts and character code pages. The ZPL programming guide
describes and documents fonts, code pages, character access, listing fonts, and
limitations of ZPL. See the printer programming guides for information on Text, Fonts and
Character support.
The KR403 printer includes utilities and application software that support font download
into the printer for both printer programming languages.