Zebra GC420t Thermal Barcode Label Printer
Description
Zebra’s GC420™ Series printers offer professional printing for any budget. These affordable, easy-to-use printers are ideal for a variety of basic labeling applications. Although value priced, these printers are still engineered for reliability and longevity. Like all G-Series printers, the GC420 has a dual-wall framed construction and all-metal printhead to reduce replacement parts and decrease printer downtime.
Specifications are provided for reference and are based on printer tests using Genuine Zebra™ supplies. Results may vary in actual application settings or when using other-than-recommended Zebra supplies. Zebra recommends always qualifying any application with thorough testing.

Standard Features
• 32 bit RISC processor
• EPL2® and ZPLII® programming languages
• Triple connectivity: Serial, USB and Parallel
• 4 ips maximum print speed
• 203 dpi print resolution (8 dots/mm)
• 4.09″ print width
• Direct Thermal (d) and Thermal Transfer (t) printing of
barcodes, text and graphics
• 8 MB of Flash memory (6 MB user available)
• 8 MB SDRAM – (2 MB user available)
• OpenACCESS™ design for easy media loading
• Head-up sensor
• Reflective and transmissive media sensing
• Metal tear edge
• 5″outside diameter media capability
• Fan-fold media feed slot
• 5 resident expandable bitmap fonts (USA, European)
• Multiple DOS and Windows® codepage support
• Windows drivers
• Printer utilities
• Linear & 2-D barcode symbologies |
ZebraLink™ Solutions
Software
• ZebraDesigner™ Pro – An intuitive, easy-to-use
software program for creating complex label designs
(optional)
• ZebraDesigner – Offers basic features for simple
label design (standard)
• ZebraNet™ Bridge Enterprise – Centrally manage
Zebra printers anywhere on your global network from
a single PC screen (optional)
• ZebraNet Utilities v 7.0 – Provides printer
administration, management, alerting capabilities and
more for Windows 95/98/2000/2003/ME/NT/XP
(standard)
• ZebraDesigner Windows Driver – Microsoft®
Certified for Windows Vista® 7/8/8.1/2008/2012
(downloadable from www.Zebra.com)
• ZBI™ 2.0 – Powerful programming language that lets
printers run standalone applications, connect to
peripherals and much more (optional)
• ZBI-Developer – Programming environment for
developers to simplify creation, testing and distribution
to printers of complex ZBI 2.0 programs (standard with
ZBI 2.0)
Firmware
• EPL2 – Eltron Programming Language simplifies label
formatting and enables format compatibility with
legacy applications
• •ZPL II – Universal language for Zebra printers.
Simplifies label formatting and enables format
compatibility with existing systems that run Zebra
printers. |