Product Data Sheet / Brochure
SPECIFICATION SHEET
ZD420 4INCH DESKTOP PRINTERS
MEDIA AND RIBBON CHARACTERISTICS CONT.
Ribbon Width 1.33 in./33.8 mm 4.3 in./109.2 mm
Ribbon Core I.D.
• 300 meter ribbon 1 in./25.4 mm
• 74 meter ribbon 0.5 in./12.7 mm
OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS
Operating Temp. 40° to 105° F/4.4° to 41° C
Storage Temp. -40° to 140° F/-40° to 60° C
Operating
Humidity
10% to 90% non-condensing
Storage Humidity 5% to 95% non-condensing
Electrical
Auto-detectable (PFC Compliant) 100-240VAC,
50-60Hz; ENERGY STAR qualified
OPTIONS AND ACCESSORIES
Media Handling
Field installable dispenser – label peel and
present with label present sensor; field
installable cutter
Communications
Field installable RS-232 auto-sensing Serial,
DB-9; Ethernet – 10/100 internal; factory installed
wireless dual radio: 802.11ac Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
4.1; Bluetooth Low Energy included as standard on
network connected models
Real Time Clock
Real time clock included as standard on
network connected models
Keyboard
Display Unit
ZKDU keyboard display units for stand-alone
printing solutions
Media Locking
Cabinet
Mechanical lock with 2 keys; Kensington® lock
slot; available on ZD420d Healthcare only
Mounting Plate
Optional accessory to secure ZD Series printers
to countertops or shelves.
Enclosed Power
Supply
Attached power supply accessory for
cord-free installation
FONTS/GRAPHICS/SYMBOLOGIES
Bar Code Ratios
2:1 and 3:1
1D Bar Codes
Code 11, Code 39, Code 93, Code 128, ISBT-
128, UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, EAN-13, UPC and
EAN 2-or 5-digit extensions, Plessey, Postnet,
Standard 2-of-5, Industrial 2-of-5, Interleaved
2-of-5, Logmars, MSI, Codabar and Planet Code
2D Bar Codes
Codablock, PDF417, Code 49, DataMatrix,
MaxiCode, QR Code, MicroPDF, Aztec
Fonts and
Graphics
16 resident expandable ZPL II bitmap fonts
Two resident scalable ZPL fonts
Five resident expandable EPL2 fonts
Native open-type font support
Unicode compliant for multi-language, on demand
thermal printing
China units include SimSun simplified Chinese font
64 MB user available non-volatile memory, 8 MB
user available SDRAM
PRINTER SUPPLIES
For industry-leading quality, service and thermal printing expertise,
choose Zebra Certified Supplies to ensure consistent, optimized
performance for your Zebra printer.
The ZD420
is ideal in:
Light Manufacturing
• Agency labels/
nameplates
• Product labels
• Apparel tags
• Work-in-Process
(WIP)
• Inventory labels
• Agency labels
• Shipping labels
Transportation &
Logistics
• Asset labels
• Shipping labels
• Receiving labels
• Packing slips
Healthcare
• Prescriptions
• Lab and
specimen labels
• Patient ID
wristbands
• Asset labels
• Blood and IV
bag labels
• Patient record
labels
Retail
• Return tags
• Asset labels
• Shelf labels
• Price markdowns
• Information labels
Government
• Asset labels
• Record labels
Services
• Service reminder
labels
• Ticketing
• Purchase
transactions
STANDARD FEATURES
Print methods: Thermal Transfer or Direct Thermal
ZPL and EPL programming languages
5 status icon, 3 button user interface
USB 2.0, USB Host
OpenACCESS™ for easy media loading
Dual-wall frame construction
ENERGY STAR qualified
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
ZD420d ZD420t
Length 8.69 in./220.8 mm 10.5 in./267 mm
Width 6.98 in./177.5 mm 8.0 in./202 mm
Height 5.93 in./150.7 mm 7.5 in./ 192 mm
Weight 3.6 lb/ 1.6 kg 5.3 lb/2.4 kg
PRINTER SPECIFICATIONS
Operating System Link-OS®
Resolution
203 dpi/8 dots per mm
Optional 300 dpi/12 dots per mm
Resolution can be factory installed or changed
on site via accessory kits. Resolution can be
changed from 300 dpi to 203 dpi, as well as
from 203 dpi to 300 dpi
Memory
512 MB Flash; 256 MB SDRAM for factory
installed network connectivity options
512 MB Flash; 128 MB SDRAM for printers
without factory installed network connectivity
options
Maximum
Print Width
4.09 in./104 mm for 203 dpi
4.27 in./108 mm for 300 dpi
Maximum
Print Speed
6 in./152 mm per second (203 dpi)
4 in./102 mm per second (300 dpi)
Media Sensors
Full width, moveable reflective/black
mark sensor; multi-position transmissive/
gap sensor
Firmware ZPL II; EPL 2; XML; ZBI
MEDIA AND RIBBON CHARACTERISTICS
Maximum
Label Length
39.0 in./991 mm
Media Width 0.585 in./15 mm to 4.65 in./118 mm
Media Roll Size
Maximum outer diameter: 5.00 in./127 mm
Core inner diameter: 0.5 in. (12.7 mm) and 1.0 in.
(25.4 mm) standard, 1.5 in. (38.1), 2.0 in., (50.8 mm)
and 3.0 in. (76.2 mm) using optional adapters
Media Thickness
0.003 in. (0.08 mm) min.; 0.0075 in. (0.1905 mm)
max.
Media Types
Roll-fed or fan-fold, die cut or continuous with
or without black mark, tag stock, continuous
receipt paper, and wristbands
Ribbon Outside
Diameter
2.6 in./66 mm (300 m); 1.34 in./34 mm (74 m)
Ribbon Standard
Length
984 ft. (300 m); 244 ft. (74 m)
Ribbon Ratio
• 1:4 media to ribbon (300 m)
• 1:1 media to ribbon (74 m)
ZD420 Specifications
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