The Zebra GX420d direct thermal printer offers the best value in a basic desktop printer, featuring a fast 5 inches per second print speed to meet your low- to medium-volume printing requirements. The GK420d has a sleek and compact design, boasts the smallest footprint in a 4-inch desktop printer, and supports a variety of applications and industries.
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The GX420d comes standard with EPL and ZPL programming languages, and dual connectivity (USB, serial) for easy integration into existing systems. For additional flexibility, 10/100 internal Ethernet is also available. Well-suited to any industry, the reliable GK420d desktop printer is a smart investment that’s always a perfect fit.
Zebra’s G-Series printers support many applications, including
- Retail price marking, gift registry, and coupon and receipt printing
- Retail pharmacy prescription labelling
- Healthcare specimen labelling and patient tracking
- Light-industrial work-in-process, product and shipping labelling
- Security applications: visitor ID, evidence tracking, parking passes
- Travel / Hospitality: boarding passes, bag tags, ski lift tickets
Standard Features
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- Print speed: up to 5" (127 mm) per second
- Print method: direct thermal
- EPL and ZPL programming languages standard
- OpenACCESS design for easy media loading
- Smallest footprint in 4-inch thermal printer
- Dual-wall reinforced plastic construction
- 32 bit RISC processor
Standard Features
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- Print speed: up to 6" (152 mm) per second
- Print method: direct thermal
- EPL and ZPL programming languages standard
- OpenACCESS design for easy media loading
- Smallest footprint in a 4-inch thermal printer
- Dual-wall reinforced plastic construction
- 32 bit RISC processor
- XML-enabled printing
Printer Specifications
- Resolution
- 203 dpi (8 dots/mm)
- Memory
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- Standard: 8 MB SDRAM (4 MB available to user); 4 MB Flash (1.5 MB available to user)
- Optional: 8 MB Flash (12 MB total) with real time clock (9.5 MB available to user)
- Print width
- 4.09" (104 mm)
- Print length
- 39" (991 mm)
- Print speed
- 6" (152 mm)/sec
- Media sensors
- Reflective
Transmissive
Media Characteristics
- Maximum label and liner width
- 4.25" (108 mm)
- Minimum label and liner width
- 0.75" (19 mm)
- Maximum label and liner length
- 0.38" (9.7 mm) to 39" (991 mm)
- Maximum roll diameter
- 5" (127 mm)
- Core diameter
- 0.5" (12.7 mm), 1.0" (25.4 mm), 1.5" (37.1 mm)
- Media thickness
- 0.003" (0.08 mm) to 0.0075" (0.20 mm)
- Media types
- black bar, black mark, continuous, continuous receipt, die-cut, fanfold, gap, notched, perforated, receipt, roll-fed, tag, tag stock
Operating Characteristics
- Operating temperature
- DT: Operating temperature 40° F (5° C) to 105° F (41° C) Direct thermal
- Storage temperatures
- -40° F (-40° C) to 140° F (60° C)
- Operating humidity
- 10-90% non-condensing
- Storage humidity
- 5-95% non-condensing
- Electrical
- Auto-detectable (PFC Compliant) 100-240 VAC, 50-60 Hz
- Agency approvals
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- FCC Part 15
- Subpart 15
- VCCI
- C-Tick
- EN55022 Class-B
- EN6100-3-2
- EN6100-3-3
- EN55024
- CCC
- CB Scheme IEC 60950: 1991 +A1 +A2 + A3 +A4
- TUV NRTL
- IRAM
- NOM
- AAMI
Physical Characteristics
- Width
- 6.75" (171 mm)
- Height
- 6" (152 mm)
- Depth
- 8.25" (209 mm)
- Weight
- 3.1 lbs (1.4 kg)
- Shipping weight
- 7.1 lbs (3.2 kg)
- Orientation
- Center
Related Products
- Options
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- 8 MB Flash memory with real time clock (12 MB total)
- ZebraNet 10/100 Print Server for Ethernet connectivity
- 802.11b/g wireless connectivity with LCD display (replaces Parallel port)
- Bluetooth wireless connectivity with LCD display (replaces Parallel port)
- Adjustable media sensor
- Asian font kits
- Communication and Interface Capabilities
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- Serial RS-232 (DB-9)
- USB V1.1
- Parallel (DB-25)
- Internal ZebraNet 10/100 Print Server (replaces Parallel port)
- 802.11b/g wireless connectivity with LCD display (replaces Parallel port)
- Bluetooth wireless connectivity with LCD display (replaces Parallel port)
Programming Languages
- Core programming languages
- EPL2, Line Mode, ZPL I/ZPL II
Bar Codes/Symbologies
- Linear
- Codabar
Code 11
Code 128
Code 128 with subsets A/B/C
Code 39
Code 93
EAN-13
EAN-14
EAN-8
EAN-8 and EAN-13 with 2 or 5 digit extensions
German Post Code
Industrial 2-of-5
Interleaved 2-of-5
Japanese Postnet
Logmars
MSI
MSI-3
Postnet
RSS (reduced space symbology)
Standard 2-of-5
UCC/EAN-128
UPC and EAN 2 or 5 digit extensions
UPC-A
UPC-A and UPC-E with 2 or 5 digit extensions
UPC-A and UPC-E with EAN 2 or 5 digit extensions
UPC-E
- 2-dimensional
- Aztec
Codablock
Code 49
Data Matrix
MacroPDF417
MaxiCode
MicroPDF417
PDF417
QR Code
QR Code (requires Asian version printer)
RSS / GS1 DataBar family (12 barcodes)
- Fonts and Graphics
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- 16 resident expandable ZPL II bitmap fonts
- One resident scalable ZPL font
- Five resident expandable EPL2 bitmap fonts
- Supports user-defined fonts and graphics - including customer logos
