User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Copyright
- Terms of Use
- About
- Contents
- Introduction
- Printer Features
- Printer Features
- Inside the ZD620 Dual Capacity Ribbon Roll Printer
- Inside the ZD620 and ZD420 Direct Thermal Printers
- Inside the ZD420 Ribbon Cartridge Printer
- Label Dispenser Option (field installable) - All Models
- Cutter Option (field installable) - All Models
- Linerless Media Tear-Off Option (Direct Thermal Models Only)
- Linerless Cutter Option (Direct Thermal Models Only)
- Identifying Platen Drive Rollers Types
- Printer Power Supply Options
- ZD620 and ZD420 Locking Printer Features
- Zebra Print Touch
- Printer Features
- Install Hardware Options
- Field Installable printer Accessories and Options
- Printer Connectivity Modules
- Media Handling Options
- Installing the Attached Power Supply Base Options
- Controls and Indicators
- Printer Configuration Menus
- Setup
- Printer Setup Overview
- Select a Location for the Printer
- Install Printer Options and Connectivity Modules
- Attaching Power
- Getting Ready to Print
- Loading Roll Media
- Loading Thermal Transfer Roll Ribbon
- Loading the ZD420 Ribbon Cartridge
- Run a SmartCal Media Calibration
- Test Printing with the Configuration Report
- Detecting a Media Out Condition
- Detecting a Ribbon Out Condition
- Connecting your Printer to a Computer
- Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Classic Wireless Connectivity Option
- Setup for Windows® OS
- Print Operations
- Thermal Printing
- Determining Your Printer’s Configuration Settings
- Select a Print Mode
- Adjusting the Print Quality
- Darkness Control
- Adjusting the Print Width
- Printing on Fan-Fold Media
- Printing with Externally Mounted Roll Media
- Using the Label Dispenser Option
- Using the Linerless Options
- Sending Files to the Printer
- Printer Fonts
- EPL Line Mode - Direct Thermal Printers only
- Zebra® ZKDU — Printer Accessory
- ZD620 and ZD420 Locking Printer Option
- ZBI 2.0™ — Zebra Basic Interpreter
- Setting the Power Failure Recovery Mode Jumper
- USB Host Port and Link-OS Demonstration Examples
- USB Host
- USB Host and Printer Usage Examples
- Items Required for the USB Host Exercises
- Files for Completing the Exercises
- Exercise 1: Copy Files to a USB Flash Drive and Perform USB Mirror
- Exercise 2: Print a Label Format from a USB Flash Drive
- Exercise 3: Copy Files to/from a USB Flash Drive
- Exercise 4: Enter Data for a Stored File with a USB Keyboard and Print a Label
- Using the USB Hosts Port and the NFC Capabilities
- Maintenance
- Troubleshooting
- Resolving Alerts and Errors
- Resolving Print Issues
- Communication Issues
- Miscellaneous Issues
- Tools
- Printer Diagnostics
- Power-On Self Test
- SmartCal Media Calibration
- Configuration Report (CANCEL Self Test)
- Printer Network (and Bluetooth) Configuration Report
- Print Quality Report (FEED self test)
- Reset Printer Factory Defaults (PAUSE + FEED Self Test)
- Reset Network Factory Defaults (PAUSE + CANCEL Self Test)
- Reset Button
- Communication Diagnostics Test
- Sensor Profile
- Advanced Mode
- Factory Test Modes
- Printer Diagnostics
- Interface Connector Wiring
- Dimensions
- Media
- ZPL Configuration
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Introduction
This section introduces the award winning Zebra® Link-OS 4-inch desktop thermal label
printers, the ZD620 and ZD420. It has an overview of the Link-OS printer’s features and
options, and what ships with your new printer.
This document covers the following ZD-series desktop printer models:
• ZD620 Thermal Transfer Printer — www.zebra.com/zd620t-info
• ZD620 Direct Thermal Printer — www.zebra.com/zd620d-info
• ZD420 Thermal Transfer Ribbon Cartridge Printer — www.zebra.com/zd420c-info
• ZD420 Thermal Transfer Printer — www.zebra.com/zd420t-info
• ZD420 Direct Thermal Printer — www.zebra.com/zd420d-info
Link-OS 4 inch Desktop Thermal Printers
The Zebra® Link-OS 4 inch Desktop printers are compact label printers with a wide range
of features and options.
• Direct Thermal and Thermal Transfer printer models available.
• Includes ZD420 Healthcare printer models with plastics that withstand common
hospital cleaning chemicals and include a medical grade power supply.
• ZD620 printers can support printing speeds* up to 203.4 mm/s per second (8 ips -
inches per second) for 203 dpi (dots per inch print density) printers and
152.4 mm/s (6 ips) for 300 dpi version printers.
• ZD420 printers can support printing speeds* up to 152.4 mm/s per second (6 ips)
for 203 dpi printers and 101.6 mm/s (4 ips) for 300 dpi version printers.
• These printers support ZPL™ and EPL Zebra printer programming languages and
a wide variety of other printer control languages via Link-OS Virtual Devices.
* -Maximum print speeds vary by model, print resolution, and the type of media in use.