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Zebra GK420 Healthcare Printer Achieve new levels of high performance with increased productivity, flexibility and improved ROI. Protecting patient safety and ensuring compliance with standards just got easier with Zebra’s GK420 Healthcare printers. Part of Zebra’s healthcare product line, GK420 Healthcare desktop printers are constructed using durable materials designed to withstand regular cleaning with harsh disinfectant chemicals over their lifetime. Engineered for years of performance specifically in healthcare environments, these printers come in a colour palette designed for the industry. And, GK420 Healthcare printers are designed with a medicalgrade power supply that meets IEC 60601-1 standards to further protect patient and staff safety by reducing the risk of electrical shock. Now, healthcare professionals can print labels and wristbands anywhere in a healthcare facility.
Ideal for these applications
Medication identification in the pharmacy
Sample processing and slide labelling in the lab
Tissue identification and implant tracking in the surgery centre
• Print methods: thermal transfer or direct thermal • Programming language: EPL and ZPL are standard • Construction: dual-wall frame • Tool-less printhead and platen replacement • OpenACCESS™ for easy media loading • Quick and easy ribbon loading • Auto-calibration of media • Triple connectivity: USB, Parallel, Serial • ENERGY STAR® qualified
Printer Specifications
Resolution • 203 dpi/8 dots per mm Memory • Standard: 4 MB Flash; 8 MB SDRAM Print Width • 104mm/4.09" Maximum Print Length • 990mm/39.0" Maximum Print Speed • 127mm/5" per second Media Sensors • Standard: Fixed refl ective and transmissive sensors
Wireless WAN Data and Voice Communications
WWAN Radio: GSM: HSDPA; CDMA: EVDO Rev A GPS: Integrated, Autonomous and Assisted-GPS (A-GPS) through SUPL; SiRFstarIII GSC3f/LP chipset
Media Characteristics
Label and Liner Length • Maximum non-continuous: 990mm/39" • Minimum label length: 9.7mm/.38" Maximum Label and Liner Width • 19mm/0.75" to 108mm/4.25" Maximum Media Roll Size • 127mm/5" O.D. Media Thickness • 0.08mm/0.003" to 0.19mm/0.0075" Media Types • Roll-fed or fan-fed, die-cut or continuous direct thermal labels with or without black line, tag stock, continuous receipt paper, wristbands Ribbon Characteristics • Outside diameter: 35mm/1.36" • Standard length: 74m/244' • Ratio: 1:1 media to roll to ribbon • Width: 33.8mm/1.33" to 109.2mm/4.3" • Core inner diameter: 12.7mm/0.5"
Operating Characteristics
Environmental • Operating temperature: 4.4°C/40°F to 41°C/105°F • Storage temperature: -40°C/-40°F to 60°C/140°F • Operating humidity: 10% to 90% non-condensing • Storage humidity: 5% to 95% non-condensing
Electrical • Auto-detectable (PFC Compliant) 100-240VAV, 50-60Hz • ENERGY STAR qualifi ed • IEC 60601-1 Certifi ed
Networking and Connectivity • Ethernet – 10/100 internal (optional) offered in combination with USB and Serial interface (replaces Parallel port
Firmware • EPL2™ • EPL Line Mode (direct thermal only) • ZPL II® • Web View • Alert • ZBI™
Communication and Interface Capabilities • RS-232 auto-sensing Serial interface, DB-9 • USB V1.1, bi-directional • Centronics® parallel • Ethernet – 10/100 internal (optional, replaces Serial and Parallel ports)
Fonts/Graphics/Symbologies
Fonts and Character Sets • 16 resident expandable ZPL II bitmap fonts • One resident scaleable ZPL font • Five resident expandable EPL2 fonts • Native open type font support • Unicode™ compliant for multi-language, on-demand thermal printing
Graphic Features • Supports user-defi ned fonts and graphics – including custom logos • ZPL II drawing commands – for boxes and lines
Barcode Symbologies • Barcode Ratios: 2:1 (non-rotated) and 3:1 • Linear Barcodes: Codabar, Code 11 (ZPL), Code 128, Code 39, Code 93, Code 93, EAN-13, EAN-8, EAN-14 (ZPL), German Post Code (EPL), Industrial 2-of-5 (ZPL), Interleaved 2-of-5, Japanese Postnet (EPL), ISBT-128 (ZPL), Logmars (ZPL), MSI, Plessey, Postnet, GS1 DataBar (RSS-14), Standard 2-of-5 (ZPL), UCC/EAN-128 (EPL), UPC and EAN 2 or 5 digit extensions (ZPL), UPC-A, UPC-A and UPC-E with EAN 2 or 5 digit extensions, UPC-E, and GS1 Databar (formerly RSS) • 2-Dimensional: Codablock (ZPL), Code 49 (ZPL), Data Matrix, MaxiCode, QR Code, PDF417, MicroPDF417, Aztec (For EPL and ZPL except where noted)
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