User's Manual

Getting Started
Pre-install Windows® Printer Drivers
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Serial Port and Windows
®
operating systems
The Windows operating system default settings for the serial port communication closely
match the printer’s defaults settings with one exception; the data Flow Control settings. The
Windows default data Flow Control setting is NONE. The GK printer requires data Flow
Control set to Hardware.
Indepent of the printer driver, the printer will auto-detect the between DTE (Null-Modem) and
DCE (Straight-through) serial port cable configurations. See Serial Communications
on page 19 for more details on this and other serial port interface configuration.
Ethernet
This printer option has a variety of methods and utilities to assist with printer connection to a
network (WAN or LAN) and to configure networked printers. The printer includes internal
Web pages to provide easy access to printer and network configuration. The web pages are
accessible via the printers IP address using any web browser. The free version of ZebraNet™
Bridge software allows you to centrally deploy, manage, and monitor your Zebra
®
printers
with automatic Zebra
®
printer discovery up to 3 printers from a single PC screen anywhere on
your global network. ZebraNet™ Bridge Enterprise is available for purchase to manage larger
numbers of Zebra
®
printers.
Note • The GK™ printer does not support Windows
®
Serial Port Plug and Play (PnP)
device detection at this time.