User's Manual

Introduction

ZP-Series™ Thermal Printers

P1031442-001 ZP 450 User Guide 12/8/2010

ZP-Series™ Thermal Printers

The Zebra

ZP model is the best value in a desktop thermal printer. The ZP 450™ printer

provides direct thermal printing at speeds up to 5 ips (inches per second) at a 203 dpi (dots per

inch) print density. The ZP 450™ supports both ZPL™ and EPL™ Zebra printer programming

languages and a wide variety of interface and feature options.

The ZP-Series™ printer features:

• Automatic printer language detection and switching between ZPL and EPL programming

and label formats.

• OpenAccess™ design for simplified media loading.

• Color-coded operator controls and media guides.

• Zebra™ Global Printing Solution – supports Microsoft Windows keyboard encoding (and

ANSI), Unicode UTF-8 and UTF 16 (Unicode Transformation Formats), XML, ASCII (7

and 8 bit used by legacy programs and systems), basic single and double byte font

encoding, JIS and Shift-JIS (Japanese International Standards), Hexadecimal encoding,

and custom character maps (DAT table creation, font linking, and character remapping).

• On–The –Fly OpenType and TrueType font scaling and import, Unicode, preloaded Swiss

721 Latin 1 font, one resident scalable font, and a selection of resident bitmap fonts.

• Improved printer performance: faster print speeds and a 32-bit processor.

• Adaptive auto serial port cable sensing and configuration for plug-and-play integration.

• Printhead test and maintenance reporting enabled and customizable by the user.

The ZP-Series printers offer these basic printer options:

• Label Dispense (Peel-Off).

• Internal 10/100 Print Server and Ethernet Interface.

•Zebra

ZBI 2.0™ (Zebra BASIC Interpreter) programming language. ZBI™ allows you

to create custom printer operations that can automate processes, use peripherals (i.e.

scanners, scales, keyboards, Zebra

KDU or KDU Plus™, etc.) all without being attached

to a PC or network.

This users guide provides all the information you need to operate your printer. To create label

formats, refer to your programming guides or label design applications such as

ZebraDesigner™.

Your printer, when connected to a host computer, functions as a complete system for printing

labels and tags.

Note • Many printer settings may also be controlled by your printer’s driver or label design

software. Refer to the driver or software documentation for more information.