Spec Sheet
SPECIFICATION SHEET
ZD620 PERFORMANCE DESKTOP THERMAL TRANSFER PRINTER
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
Factory installed dispenser - label peel and 
present with label present sensor; 
Factory installed cutter 
Field installable aftermarket kits also available
Communications
Factory installed RS-232 auto-sensing Serial, 
DB-9; factory installed Ethernet – 10/100 internal; 
factory installed wireless radio: 802.11ac Wi-Fi and 
Bluetooth 4.1
User Interface
Color LCD (320 x 240 resolution) with 5 status 
icons, 10 button user interface
Keyboard  
Display Unit
ZKDU keyboard display units for stand-alone 
printing solutions
Mounting Plate
Optional accessory to secure ZD Series printers 
to countertops or shelves.
FONTS/GRAPHICS/SYMBOLOGIES
Barcode Ratios
2:1 and 3:1
1D Barcodes
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 Barcodes
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. 
REGULATORY
•  IEC 60950-1, EN55022 Class B, EN55024, EN61000-3-2, EN61000-
3-3, FCC Class B, ICES-003, FCC 15.209; 15.247(d), IC RSS 247, EN 
300 328, EN 301 893, EN 62311, cTUVus
•  CE Marking, VCCI, C-Tick, S-Mark, CCC, CU, BSMI, KCC, SABS, IN-
Metro, BIS, NOM 
STANDARD FEATURES
Thermal Transfer print method
ZPL and EPL programming languages
5 status icon, 3 button user interface 
USB 2.0, USB Host, Serial, Ethernet, BTLE
Media dancer
OpenACCESS™ for easy media loading
Dual-wall frame construction
ENERGY STAR qualified
Real Time Clock
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Dimensions
10.5 in. L x 8.0 in. W x 7.5 in. H
267 mm L x 202 mm W x 192 mm H
Weight 5.5 lb./2.5 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 
Maximum  
Print Width
4.09 in./104 mm for 203 dpi
4.27 in./108 mm for 300 dpi
Maximum  
Print Speed
8 in./203 mm per second (203 dpi) 
6 in./152 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. (tear-o mode only)
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)
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
ZD620 Specifications 
The ZD620  
is ideal in: 
Retail
•  Return tags
•  Asset labels
•  Shelf labels
•  Price markdowns
•  Information labels
•  Prescriptions
Healthcare
•  Prescriptions
•  Lab and specimen 
labels
•  Patient ID wristbands
•  Asset labels
•  Blood and IV 
bag labels
•  Patient record labels
Manufacturing
•  Shipping labels
•  Receiving labels
•  Agency labels
•  Packing list
•  Inventory
•  Asset tags
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