Printer Setting Up Zebra gk420d Desktop Thermal Printer

Setting Up to use Zebra gk420d Desktop Thermal Printer

Introduce GK Series Thermal Printers

The Zebra GK model is your best value in a basic desktop thermal printer. The GK420d printer
provides direct thermal printing at speeds up to 5 ips (inches per second) at a 203 dpi (dots per
inch) print density. The GK420d supports both ZPL and EPL Zebra printer programming
languages and a wide variety of interface and feature options.

The G-Series™ printer features:Automatic printer language detection and switching between ZPL and EPL programming and label formats.
OpenAccess™ design for simplified media loading.
Color-coded operator controls and media guides
Resident scalable font, supports font download, Unicode fonts and resident bitmap fonts.
Improved printer performance: faster print speeds, 32-bit processor, and VCSEL laser media sensing.
Printhead test and maintenance reporting.
The G-Series direct thermal printer models also include support for Line Mode printing to support EPL1 legacy programming based printing applications.

The GK printers offer basic printer options:

Label Dispense (Peel-Off)
Internal 10/100 Print Server and Ethernet Interface

This users guide provides all of the information you will need to operate your printer on a daily
basis. To create label formats, refer to your programming guides or label design applications
such as Zebra Designer.

Your printer, when connected to a host computer, functions as a complete system for printing
labels and tags.

Attaching Power

Make sure the printer’s power switch is in the off position (down).
Insert the AC power cord into the power supply.
Plug the other end of the cord into an appropriate AC electrical outlet. Note: The active power light will go on if power is on at the AC outlet.
Insert the power supply’s power connector into the printer’s power receptacle

Printing a Test (Printer Configuration) Label

Before you connect the printer to your computer, make sure that the printer is in proper
working order.
You can do this by printing a configuration label.

Make sure the media is properly loaded and the top cover of the printer is closed. Then, turn the printer power on if you have not already done so. If the printer initializes with the status light blinking green (pause mode), press the Feed button once to set the printer in Ready (to print) mode. See the Troubleshooting on page 59 if the printer’s status light does not turn solid green (Ready).
Press the Feed button two to three times to allow the printer to calibrate the printer for the installed media. The printer may feed several labels during this process.
When the status light is solid green, press and hold the Feed button until the status light flashes once.
Release the Feed button. A configuration label will print. If you cannot get this label to print, refer to Getting Started on page 9.

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