Zebra Technologies Zebra G-Series GX430 user manual

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Migration guide
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Zebra G-Series™ printers
To facilitate easy migration from your current 28 Series desktop printers to the new G-Series desktop printers,
this document outlines the key operational differences and considerations:
• Communication • Media handling
• Hardware • Power
• Firmware • Ribbon handling
Communication
1. The G-Series printer’s serial port is of a cross-over 3. Users of the external 10Base-T print server device on
null-modem configuration, which is the same pin-out the

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Migration guide Zebra G-Series printers Firmware 1. One of the features of the G-Series printer is the dual 6. The two-flash sequence on the G-Series printers will residency of its command languages: the coexistence only perform a manual calibration routine, which is a ® of both EPL™ and ZPL command sets and the printer’s slightly different operation from that of the ZPL-based ability to process them are very different from the 28-series printers. Should you require the media individual com

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Migration guide Zebra G-Series printers Media handling 1. The default media action of the G-Series printers down method). Rotate the thumb wheel inwards on resembles that of an EPL-based 28-series printer: the the direct-thermal printers to keep the guides apart. For printer will not feed automatically at power-on, only thermal-transfer printer guides, rotate the thumb wheel following a lid closure. If you are changing between outwards to keep them apart. two different styles of media, you s

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Migration guide Zebra G-Series printers G-Series features Ribbon handling 1. The G-Series ribbon-sensing mechanism requires the 2. The inverted ribbon mechanism of the G-Series printers ribbon to have a reflective trailer. As such, the uni- is different from that of the thermal-transfer 28-series, ribbon format should be used for GK420t™, GX420t™ but it enables a far easier and quicker process. Refer to and GX430t™ printers whenever they are being used in the ribbon-loading instructions in t