Spec Sheet

Font
Matrix
Type†
Character Size
Inches Millimeters
H × W
Inter-Character
Gap H × W
Characters
Per H × W
Characters
Per
A 9 × 5 1 U-L-D 0.030 × 0.020 50.00 0.76 × 0.51 1.97
B 11 × 7 2 U 0.037 × 0.030 33.33 0.93 × 0.76 1.31
C, D 18 × 10 2 U-L-D 0.060 × 0.040 25.00 1.53 × 1.02 0.98
E 41 × 20 6 OCR-B 0.137 × 0.087 11.54 3.47 × 2.20 0.45
F 26 × 13 3 U-L-D 0.087 × 0.053 18.75 2.20 × 1.36 0.74
G 60 × 40 8 U-L-D 0.200 × 0.160 6.25 5.08 × 4.07 0.25
H 30 × 19 9 OCR-A 0.100 × 0.093 10.71 2.54 × 2.37 0.42
GS 24 × 24 0 SYMBOL 0.080 × 0.080 12.50 2.03 × 2.03 0.49
P 20 × 18 N / A U-L-D 0.098 × 0.089 N / A 2.49 × 2.26 N / A
Q 28 × 24 N / A U-L-D 0.138 × 0.118 N / A 3.51 × 2.99 N / A
R 35 × 31 N / A U-L-D 0.172 × 0.153 N / A 4.37 × 3.89 N / A
S 40 × 35 N / A U-L-D 0.197 × 0.172 N / A 5.00 × 4.37 N / A
T 48 × 42 N / A U-L-D 0.236 × 0.207 N / A 5.99 × 5.26 N / A
U 59 × 53 N / A U-L-D 0.290 × 0.261 N / A 7.37 × 6.63 N / A
V 80 × 71 N / A U-L-D 0.394 × 0.349 N / A 10.0 × 8.86 N / A
Ø Default: 15 × 12 U-L-D Scalable
† U = Uppercase L = Lowercase D = Descenders
Font Matrices: 300 DPI (12 Dots / mm) Printheads
ZPL Programming Language (ZPL / ZPL II)
• Communicates in printable ASCII characters
• Unicode™-compliant
• Compatible with mainframe, mini and PC hosts
• Downloadable objects include graphics, scalable and bitmap fonts,
label templates and formats
• Adjustable print cache
• Data compression
• Automatic memory allocation for format while printing
• Automatic serialization of fields
• Format inversion (white on black)
• Mirror-image printing
• Four-position field rotation (0º, 90º, 180º, 270º)
• Slew command
• Programmable label quantities with print, pause, cut control
• Status messages to host upon request
ZPL Printer Fonts
• Fonts A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H and GS are
expandable up to 10 times, height and width
independently. However, fonts E and H
(OCR-A and OCR-B) are not considered
“in-spec” when expanded.
• The scalable smooth font 0 (CG Triumvirate™
Bold Condensed*) is expandable on a dot-
by-dot basis, height and width independent,
while maintaining smooth edges. Maximum
character size depends on available
memory.
• IBM Code Page 850 international character
sets are available in the fonts A, B, C, D, E, F,
G and 0 through software control
• Code Page 1250, 1252, 1253, 1254, 1255
Support with font 0
*Contains UFST® from Agfa Monotype Corporation
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
ZT421 INDUSTRIAL PRINTER
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