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--- admin:printer_installation [2020/10/05 23:45] – [Setup] Craig Drown
+++ admin:printer_installation [2024/03/05 00:08] (current) – [25.18. Label printer hardware setup] Nick Pendergrast
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-====== 23.18. Label printer hardware setup ======
+====== 25.18. Label printer hardware setup ======
+We recommend **Zebra ZD421t** (which has replaced the Zebra GK420t which we recommended previously) label printer with a network port.\\
-We recommend **Zebra GK420t** label printer with a network port.\\
 You may use other printers that support the ZPL printing language (or EPL if using mSupply 3.2 or earlier), but we cannot provide much support for these models as we have not used them ourselves.
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 ==== GK420 Flash sequences ====
-This is a menu on the printer itself that you access by holding down the Feed button.\\
+This is a feature on the printer itself that you access by holding down the Feed button.  Refer here for full documentation: https://support.zebra.com/cpws/docs/gseries/gseries_button_modes.pdf
-With the printer power on and top cover closed, press and hold the Feed button for several seconds. The green status LED on the printer will flash a number of times in sequence. \\
-It will flash on and off 1 time\\
-...then on and off twice\\
-...on and off 3 times\\
-...on and off 4 times\\
-...on and off 5 times\\
-...on and off 6 times\\
-...on and off 7 times\\
-You can select each of the below menu items by **releasing** the button
-after the light starts that specific number of flashes and before the next flash sequence starts.
-  - Print a configuration status label
-  - Auto Media calibration: use to make the printer detect the length of the labels you're using
-  - Serial port config: not needed
-  - Factory defaults: Sets everything back to default settings
-  - Print width adjustment (above)
-  - Print Darkness (Density) Adjustment
-  - Manual media calibration (you most likely don't need this)
 ==== Calibrating the printer GK420 ====