Zebra’s G-Series™ GX™ and ZD500™ printers pair the fastest print speeds with the most complete feature set of our desktop printer lineup.  Innovative label, receipt and tag-handling capabilities enable the flexibility you need.  Offering top print quality and a variety of connectivity options, the GX420™, GX430™ and ZD500 printers support the widest range of applications and can be integrated into almost any environment so that you can improve efficiency and profitability, save time and reduce operator training.

Industry
 Healthcare
 Manufacturing
 Retail
 Transportation & Logistics

Used For:
•    High Resolution Label Printing
•    Light Manufacturing
•    Hospitality
•    Retail Inventory Labeling

Standard Features
•    Print speed: up to 6" (152 mm) per second
•    Print method: direct thermal/thermal transfer
•    EPL and ZPL programming languages standard

More Standard Features
•    OpenACCESS design for easy media loading
•    Quick and easy ribbon loading system
•    Dual-wall reinforced plastic construction
•    32 bit RISC processor
•    XML-enabled printing

Printer Specifications
Resolution: 203 dpi (8 dots/mm)
Memory
•    Standard: 8 MB SDRAM (3 MB available to user); 4 MB Flash (1.5 MB available to user)
•    Optional: 64 MB Flash (68 MB total) with real time clock (65.5 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), 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

Ribbon Characteristics
Outside diameter: 1.34" (34 mm)
Standard length: 244' (74 m)
Ratio: 1:1
Ribbon width
•    Recommended to be at least as wide as media
•    1.33" (33.8 mm) to 4.3" (110 mm)
ID Core: 0.5" (12.7 mm)

Operating Characteristics
Operating temperature TT: Operating temperature 40° F (5° C) to 105° F (41° C) Thermal transfer
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
•  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: 7.6" (194 mm)
Height: 7.5" (191 mm)
Depth: 10" (254 mm)
Weight: 4.6 lbs (2.1 kg)
Shipping weight: 9.1 lbs (4.1 kg)
Orientation Center

elated Products
Options
•    64 MB Flash memory with real time clock (68 MB total)
•    10/100 internal Ethernet connectivity
•    802.11 b/g wireless radio connectivity with LCD display
•    Bluetooth wireless connectivity with LCD display
•    Adjustable media sensor
•    Cutter for various media types
•    Dispenser - label peel and present with present sensor
•    Asian font kits
Communication and Interface Capabilities
•    Auto Sensing Serial RS-232 (DB-9)
•    USB V1.1, bi-directional
•    Centrontics Parallel
•    Optional: 10/100 internal Ethrnet (replaces Parallel port)
•    Optional: 802.11 b/g wireless radio connectivity with LCD display (replaces Parellel port)
•    Optional: Bluetooth wireless connectivity with LCD display (replaces Parellel port)

Programming Languages
Core programming languages: EPL2, ZPL I/ZPL II

barcodes/Symbologies
Linear Codabar
Code 11
Code 128
Code 128 with subsets A/B/C
Code 39
Code 93
EAN-13
EAN-14
EAN-8 and EAN-13 with 2 or 5 digit extensions
EAN-8
German Post Code
Industrial 2-of-5
Interleaved 2-of-5
Japanese Postnet
Logmars
MSI
MSI-3
Plessey
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
RSS / GS1 DataBar family (12 barcodes)
Fonts and Graphics
•    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