Zebra’s performance desktop printers deliver best-in-class print speeds and features for improved efficiency and profitability. Each offers a variety of connectivity options, easy upgrades and integration with ZPL® and EPL™ (GX models only) programming languages and reduced total cost of ownership as ENERGY STAR® qualified printers.
Performance desktop printers support a wide range of applications; there’s a printer for almost every environment. Whatever your needs—from flexibility to innovative label capabilities to time savings and reduced operator training—these printers deliver. Extended media handling options include peel and present, precision cutter for labels, receipts and tags, and linerless labels.
Ideal for These Applications
Retail
Healthcare
Light manufacturing
Hospitality
Postal counter automation
High-resolution label printing
Fast print speeds. Advanced features. Performance options
to meet your needs.
GX420
This compact printer, available with direct thermal or thermal transfer, combines an intuitive design and optional LCD user interface with versatile connectivity options.
GX430
Ideal for small-label printing of text and graphics, Zebra’s high-resolution GX430 thermal transfer printer delivers outstanding quality and fast printing speeds.
ZD500
The ZD500 features Zebra’s Link-OS® environment—an innovative operating system combining a powerful Multiplatform Software Development Kit and software applications—making it easy to integrate, manage and maintain from any location around the globe. Coupled with intuitive ribbon and media loading, it’s designed to be simple to set up and operate. Offering highresolution print quality and quadruple connectivity options, the ZD500 is compact and feature-packed for top performance. The ZD500 also has optional UHF RFID capabilities.
ZD500 Link-OS Environment Features
| Link-OS App | Benefit |
| Virtual Devices | Support well-known legacy and competitor printer languages—in addition to ZPL and
EPL—for a future-proofed investment |
| Print Touch | Award-winning, webpage launching features using Near Field Communication (NFC)
make it easy to access Zebra’s extensive knowledge base of how-to videos and product support |
| Cloud Connect | Interact securely and directly with the Cloud for printing and device management |
| Profile Manager | Edit and manage one printer, batches of printers or all Link-OS printers across your
network anywhere in the world |
COMPARING THE GX420, GX430 AND ZD500
Compare the features to see which printer best suits your needs.
| GX420 | GX430 | ZD500 | |
| Print Resolution | 203 dpi | 300 dpi | 203/300 dpi |
| Maximum Print Width | 4” | 4” | 4” |
| Maximum Print Speed | 6 inches per second | 4 inches per second | • 6 inches per second
(203 dpi) • 4 inches per second (300 dpi) |
| Connectivity | • USB v1.1, Serial, Parallel
(Standard) • Ethernet or 802.11b/g or Bluetooth® 2.0 (Optional, replaces parallel port) |
• USB v1.1, Serial, Parallel
(Standard) • Ethernet or 802.11b/g or Bluetooth 2.0 (Optional, replaces parallel port) |
• USB v.2.0, Serial, Parallel
and Ethernet (Standard) • Dual radio 802.11a/b/g/n and Bluetooth 3.0 (Optional) |
| User Interface | LCD user interface
(Optional) |
LCD user interface
(Optional) |
LCD user interface
(Standard) |
| Management and
Support |
ZebraLink™ | ZebraLink | Link-OS-enabled for
remote management |
| Media Handling
Options |
• Cutter
• Dispenser – label peel and present with label present sensor |
• Cutter
• Dispenser – label peel and present with label present sensor |
• Cutter
• Dispenser – label peel and present with label present sensor |
| Standard Sensors | • Fixed transmissive
and reflective sensors (Standard) • Multi-position transmissive and full width reflective sensor (Optional) |
• Fixed transmissive
and reflective sensors (Standard) • Multi-position transmissive and full width reflective sensor (Optional) |
Multi-position gap and
adjustable reflective sensors |