Zebra GC420d direct thermal printer

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Direct thermal printer

Affordability Meets High-Quality Zebra’s feature-rich, competitively priced GC420™ desktop printer brings Zebra quality, durability and reliable performance to many low- to medium-volume, direct thermal and thermal transfer printing applications.

Compact Design Filled with Powerful Features.

The GC420 printer’s compact, space-saving design contains a powerful 32-bit processor for fast label throughput, and 8 MB Flash memory for increased storage of fonts and graphics. The GC420 supports media widths up to 4.25” for standard desktop applications. It also includes both EPL2™ and powerful ZPL II® programming languages—making it easy to integrate with other Zebra printers. Peeler/dispenser option extends the GC420 printer’s versatility to meet an even greater variety of applications.

Ideal for these applications:

Government - documents management, evidence tracking
Healthcare - laboratory specimen and blood bank labeling
Retail - price labeling and receipt printing
Manufacturing - light-industrial work-in-process, product and shipping labeling
Transportation & Logistics - boarding tickets, bag tags, parking passes

Standard features

32 bit RISC processor
Programming languages: EZPL (ZPL, ZPL II and EPL2)
Triple connectivity: USB, parallel and serial
Print methods: Direct thermal printing of barcodes, text and graphics.
OpenACCESS™ for easy media and ribbon loading
Microsoft® Windows® drivers

Resolution

203 dpi/8 dots per mm

Memory

8 MB Flash, 8 MB SDRAM (standard)

Print width

104 mm

Print length

990 mm

Print speed

102 mm per second maximum

Media sensors

Transmissive and reflective sensors

Media characteristics

Media width 25.4mm to 108mm
Media length 9.6 mm to 990mm
Maximum media roll size 127 mm O.D on a 25.4 mm, 38mm ID core
Media thickness 0.08 mm to 0.18 mm
Media types:
- Roll-fed or fan fold
- Label stock (die cut or continous, direct thermal)
- Tag stock (die cut or continous, direct thermal)
- Receipt paper (continous, direct thermal)
- Wristband stock (direct thermal)

Operating characteristics

Environmental

Operating Temperature: 40° F/5° C to 105° F/ 41° C
Storage/Transport Environment:-40° F/-40° C to 140° F/60° C
Operating humidity: 10% to 90% non-condensing RH
Storage humidity: 5% to 95% non-condensing RH

Agency approvals

TUV-R NRTL, TUV-R CB, NOM, KCC, CE, FCC Class-B

Physical characteristics

Width: 201 mm
Height: 170 mm
Depth: 208 mm
Weight: 1.4 kg

Options and accessories

Peel – a front-mount, passive-peel with no take-up spindle
Peel – a front-mount, passive-peel with liner take-up spindle (factory-fitonly)
Cutter – a front-mount guillotine cutter
Real-time clock (RTC)
Keyboard Display Unit (KDU)

Optional software

ZebraDesigner™ Pro—An intuitive, easy-to-use software program for creating complex label designs (option)
ZebraDesigner—Offers basic features for simple label design
ZebraDesigner Driver—The most powerful driver available from Zebra

Communication and interface capabilities

Centronics® parallel (36 pin) connector ports
RS-232 Serial interface
USB V1.1 interface, bi-directional

Firmware

ZPL II® - Zebra Programming Language provides sophisticated label formatting and printer control.
EPL2™—Eltron Programming Language with Line Mode simplifies label formatting and enables format compatibility with legacy applications

Barcode symbologies

Bar Code Ratios: 2:1 (non-rotated) and 3:1
Linear Bar Codes: Code 11, Code 39, Code 93, Code 128A, B & C (User selectable/Auto), UCC/EAN-128, Code 128, UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, EAN-13, EAN-14, UPC-A and UPC-E with EAN 2 or 5 digit extensions, UPC-E with 2 and 5 add on, Plessey, POSTNET, Standard 2 of 5, Industrial 2 of 5, Interleaved 2 of 5, LOGMARS, MSI, Codabar, and GS1 DataBar™ (formerly RSS), Postnet (5, 9, 11 & 13 digit) Japanese Postnet, Plessey (MSI-1), MSI-3, German Post Code, RSS-14 (limited, truncated, stacked).
2-Dimensional: PDF417 (MicroPDF-417 and MacroPDF-417), Code 49, Maxicode, Codablock, Data Matrix, QR code, and Aztec

Fonts and graphics

16 resident expandable ZPL fonts
One resident scalable ZPL font
5 resident expandable EPL2 fonts
Supports user-defined fonts and graphics - including custom logos

Electrical specifications

Auto-ranging external power supply with C7 type connector
Output: 20 VDC, 2.5A
Input: 100-240 VAC, 50-60 Hz

Please Note: specifications and options vary according to printer model and are subject to change without prior notice.