Zebra GC420-100521-000 Product Data Sheet

Zebra® GC420™ Desktop Printer

Affordability Meets High-Quality

Zebra’s feature-rich, competitively priced GC420™ desktop printer
brings Zebra quality, durability and reliable performance to many
low- to medium-volume, direct thermal and thermal transfer printing
applications.

Compact Design Filled with Powerful Features

The GC420 printer’s compact, space-saving design contains a powerful
32-bit processor for fast label throughput, and a large memory for
more graphics storage, longer (990 mm) label formats, and faster
processing. The GC420™ supports a 108 mm media width for standard
desktop applications. It also includes both EPL2™ and powerful ZPL II
programming languages—making it easy to integrate with other
Zebra printers. Peeler/dispenser option extends the GC420™ printer’s
versatility to meet an even greater variety of applications.

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Zebra’s GC420™ supports many
applications, including:

• Government—Asset

management, documents
management, evidence tracking

• Healthcare—Laboratory

specimen and blood bank labeling

• Retail—Price labeling and receipt

printing

• Manufacturing—Light-industrial

work-in-process, product and
shipping labeling

• Transportation & logistics—

Boarding tickets, bag tags,
parking passes

Specifications at a Glance*

Printer Name

GC420™

Standard Features

• 32 bit RISC processor

• Programming languages: EZPL (ZPL, ZPL II and
EPL2)

• Triple connectivity: USB, parallel and serial

• Print methods: Direct thermal and thermal transfer,
printing of barcodes, text and graphics.

• OpenACCESS™ for easy media and ribbon loading

• Microsoft

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Windows® drivers

Printer Specifications

Resolution

203 dpi/8 dots per mm

Memory

8 MB Flash, 8 MB SDRAM (standard)

Print Width

4.09"/104 mm

Print Length

39"/990 mm

Print Speed

4"/102 mm per second maximum

Media Sensors

Reflective and transmissive sensors

Media Characteristics

Media width

1.00"/25.4 mm to 4.25"/108 mm

Media length

0.38"/9.6 mm to 39"/990 mm

Maximum media roll size

5"/127 mm O.D. on a 1.00"/25.4 mm, 1.5"/38 mm
I.D. core

Media thickness

0.003"/0.08 mm to 0.007"/0.18 mm

Media types

• Roll-fed or fan fold

• Label stock (die cut or continous, direct thermal or
thermal transfer)

• Tag stock (die cut or continous, direct thermal or
thermal transfer)

• Receipt paper (continous, direct thermal)

• Wristband stock (direct thermal or thermal transfer)

Operating Characteristics

Environmental

• Operating Temp: 40° F/5° C to 105° F/41° C

• Storage Temp: -40° F/-40° C to 140° F/60° C

• Operating Humidity: 10% to 90%
non-condensing R.H

• Storage Humidity: 5% to 95% non-condensing R.H.

Agency Approvals

TUV-R NRTL, TUV-R CB, NOM, KCC, CE, FCC Class-B

Physical Characteristics

GC420d GC420t

• Width: 7.9"/201 mm 7.9"/201 mm

• Height: 6.7"/170 mm 6.8"/173 mm

• Depth: 8.2"/208 mm 9.4"/239 mm

• Weight: 3 lbs/1.4 kg 3.2 lbs/1.5 kg

Zebralink™ Solutions

Software

• ZebraDesigner™ Pro—An intuitive, easy-to-use
software program for creating complex label
designs (option)

• ZebraDesigner—Offers basic features for simple
label design

• ZebraDesigner Driver—The most powerful driver
available from Zebra

Firmware

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• ZPL II

—Zebra Programming Language provides

sophisticated label formatting and printer control.

• EPL2™—Eltron Programming Language with Line
Mode simplifies label formatting and enables format
compatibility with legacy applications.

Communication and Interface Capabilities

• Centronics® parallel (36 pin) connector ports

• RS-232 Serial interface

• USB V1.1 interface, bi-directional

Fonts/Graphics/Symbologies

• 16 resident expandable ZPL fonts

• One resident scalable ZPL font

• 5 resident expandable EPL2 fonts

• Supports user-defined fonts and graphics—including
custom logos

Bar Code Symbologies

• Bar Code Ratios: 2:1 (non-rotated) and 3:1

• Linear Bar Codes: Code 11, Code 39, Code 93, Code
128A, B & C (User selectable/Auto), UCC/EAN-128,
Code 128, UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, EAN-13, EAN-14,
UPC-A and UPC-E with EAN 2 or 5 digit extensions,
UPC-E with 2 and 5 add on, Plessey, POSTNET,
Standard 2 of 5, Industrial 2 of 5, Interleaved 2 of
5, LOGMARS, MSI, Codabar, and GS1 DataBar™
(formerly RSS), Postnet (5, 9, 11 & 13 digit) Japanese
Postnet, Plessey (MSI-1), MSI-3, German Post Code,
RSS-14 (limited, truncated, stacked).

• 2-Dimensional: PDF417 (MicroPDF-417 and
MacroPDF-417), Code 49, Maxicode, Codablock,
Data Matrix, QR code, and Aztec.

Options and Accessories

• Dispenser—Label peel and present with label
present sensor

• KDU and KDU Plus™—Keyboard display units for
stand-alone printing applications

Electrical Specifications

• Auto-ranging external power supply with C7 type
connector

• Output: 20 VDC, 2.5A

• Input: 100-240 VAC, 50-60 Hz

Ribbon Characteristics

Outside diameter

1.34"/34 mm

Standard length

244' (74 m)

Ribbon capacity

1:1 One ribbon per roll of media

Width

1.33"/33.8 mm to 4.3"/110 mm

Core I.D.

0.5"/12.7 mm

Corporate Headquarters

[phone]
[e-mail]

Other Locations
USA: California, Georgia, Illinois, Rhode Island, Texas, Wisconsin Europe: France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Turkey,
United Kingdom Asia Pacific: Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Malaysia, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand Latin America: Argentina, Brazil,

www.zebra.com

Colombia, Florida (USA) , Mexico Africa/Middle East: Dubai, South Africa

Asia-Pacific Headquarters

[phone]
apacchannelmarketing@ zebra.com

EMEA Headquarters

[phone]
[e-mail]

*Specifications subject to change without notice.
©2012 ZIH Corp. All rights reserved. All product names and numbers
are Zebra trademarks, and Zebra, the Zebra head graphic, ZPL, ZPL
II and ZebraNet are registered trademarks of ZIH Corp. All rights
reserved. Microsoft and Windows are either registered trademarks or
trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other
countries. Centronics is a registered trademark of Centronics Data
Computer Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their
respective owners.

Latin America Headquarters

[phone]
[e-mail]

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