User's Manual

15
Getting Started
Pre-install Windows® Printer Drivers
12/8/2010 ZP 450 User Guide P1031442-001
Pre-install Windows
®
Printer Drivers
Zebra is changing the way you install and use your printer with your Windows based PC
systems. We recommend that at minimum, the ZebraDesigner™ Windows
®
driver be pre-
installed to take advantage of the advancements in ease of use and simplicity of the Windows
operating systems since the release of Windows XP
®
SP2.
Zebra provides the suite of printer drivers with internal utilities and tools for use with most
Windows PC operating systems.The ZebraDesigner Windows printer drivers are available on
the user’s CD and the Zebra web site (www.ups.zebra.com
) for latest versions.
ZebraDesigner™ Driver: Supports Windows 7
®
, Windows Vista
®
, Windows XP
®
,
Windows
®
2000
®
, Windows Server
®
2008, and Windows Server
®
2003 operating systems.
The driver supports 32 bit and 64 bit Windows operating systems and is Microsoft Certified.
Zebra Setup Utilities and the ZebraDesigner driver support the following ZP-Series printer
communication interfaces: USB, Parallel, Serial, and Wired Ethernet.
Install the ZebraDesigner Driver before
applying power to the printer connected to the
PC (running a Zebra driver supported Windows operating system).
Plug’N’Play (PnP) Printer Detection and Windows
®
operating systems
More recent Windows operating systems automatically detect the printer when it is connected
via the USB interface. Depending on the hardware configuration and the Windows version,
your printer may be Plug-and-Play (PnP) detected when connecting to the USB, parallel, or
serial port interfaces. The printer drivers do not support serial port PnP installation at this
time.The printer’s PC interface configuration for the parallel port must support and have
bidirectional communications for PnP operations.
The operating system automatically starts a “Add new hardware’ wizard when connecting the
printer for the first time to the PC. If you have pre-loaded the driver suite with the Zebra Setup
Utility, then the printer driver will automatically install. Go to your Windows printer directory
and right-click and select ‘Properties’. Click on the ‘Print test page’ button to verify a
successful installation.
The Windows operating system will detect and re-link a previously installed printer if it is
reconnected to the USB interface or if printer power is turned on after the PC has finished its
restart of the operating system. Ignore the new device detected warnings and close the Task bar
prompts. Wait several seconds for the operating system to match the printer to the driver
software. The warnings will quit and the printer now should be ready to begin printing.
The Windows operating system will install a separate instance of the printer driver for each
printer. The printer's serial number links the printer to each driver instance to allow the printers
to have unique printer settings.
Universal Serial Bus (USB) Device Communications
The printer is a terminal device (not a host or hub) when using a USB interface. You can refer
to the USB Specification for details regarding this interface.
Note • Scanners, scales or other data input (terminal) devices must use the serial port (not the
USB port) to send data to the printer.