S4M Industrial & GK Desktop Printers

We have partnered with Zebra Technologies and are pleased to offer these reliable desktop printers for all of your ticket printing needs. Get dependable printing with a barcode label printer designed for multiple industries and applications—from healthcare to manufacturing to warehousing and distribution and more. These user-friendly label and tag printers are a smart choice in terms of offerings and price.

Standard Features

S4M Desktop Printer

– Print Methods: Direct thermal and Thermal Transfer (optional)
– Construction: Die-cast metal frame with sheet metal enclosure
– Metal media cover with enlarged clear window

More Standard Features

– Element Energy Equalizer™ (E3®) for superior print quality
– Back-lit LCD control panel
– Parallel, USB 1.1 and RS-232 serial ports
– Unicode™ – Compliant

General Features

Printer Specifications

– Resolution:
203 dpi (8 dots/mm)
300 dpi (12 dots/mm)
– Memory: 4MB Flash, 8MB DRAM
– Print width: 4.09”/104 mm
– Print length: 203 dpi: 157”/3,988 mm and 300dpi: 73”/1854 mm (optional)
– Print speed:
203 dpi:6” (152 mm)/sec
300 dpi:6” (152 mm)/sec
– Media sensors: Reflective, Transmissive

Media Characteristics

– Maximum label and liner width: 0.75”/19.4 mm to 4.50”/114 mm
– Minimum label and liner width: 0.75” (19.4 mm)
– Maximum label and liner length: Maximum non-continuous: 39”/991 mm
– Maximum label and liner length (optional): 39” (991 mm)
– Core diameter:
8.0” (203 mm) O.D. on a 3” (76 mm) I.D. core
6.0” (152 mm) O.D. on a 1” (25 mm) I.D. core
– Media thickness: 0.003”/0.076 mm to 0.010”/0.25 mm
– Media types: continuous, die-cut, tag, black mark

Ribbon Characteristics

– Outside diameter: 3.2”/81.3 mm
– Standard length: 984’/300 m or 1476’/450 m
– Ratio:
2:1 media roll to ribbon ratio for 984’/300 m
3:1 media roll ribbon ratio for 1476’/450 m
– Ribbon width: 1.57”/40 mm to 4.33”/110 mm
– Ribbon setup: Ribbon wound ink-side out
– ID Core: 1.0” (25.4 mm)

Operating Characteristics

– Operating temperature TT: Operating temperature: 40° F (5° C) to 104° F (40° C)
– Thermal transfer DT: Operating temperature: 32° F (0° C) to 104° F (40° C)
– Direct thermal Storage temperatures: -40° F (-40° C) to 140° F (60° C)
– Operating humidity: 20% to 85% non-condensing
– Storage humidity: 5% to 85% non-condensing
– Electrical: Universal auto-ranging (PFC-complaint) power supply 90-265VAC, 48-62 Hz

Agency approvals

– IEC 60950
– EN 55022 Class B
– EN55024
– EN 61000-3-2
– EN 61000-3-3

Physical Characteristics

– Width: 10.7”/272 mm
– Height: 11.6” (295 mm)
– Depth: 18.8” (477 mm)
– Weight: 27.2 lbs (12.4 kg)
– Shipping weight: 33.5 lbs (15.2 kg)

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Options

– Thermal Transfer Ribbon Handling System
– Print head 300 dpi (12 dots/mm) (ZPL Only)
– A front mount, passive peel, w/ no take-up spindle
– Factory installed 64 MB (61 MB user available) Flash Memory option
– Additional scalable and smooth bitmapped fonts available
– ZebraNet 10/100 Print Server
– Keyboard Display Unit (KDU) (EPL only)
– Real Time Clock (RTC)
– APL-I/APL-D firmware (contact Zebra Development Services for additional details)
– Factory installed full-width guillotine knife cutter and catch tray
– ZebraNet Wireless Plus Print Server
– ZebraNet 10/100 Print Server
– ZebraNet b/g Print Server

Communication and Interface Capabilities

– RS-232 serial port
– USB 1.1
– Parallel
– ZebraNet Wireless Plus Print Server
– ZebraNet b/g Print Server
– ZebraNet 10/100 Print Server

Programming Languages

– EPL-Page Mode
– ZPL I/ZPL II

Bar Codes/Symbologies

– Linear Code 11
– Code 39
– Code 93
– Code 128 with subsets A/B/C and UCC case codes
– UPC-A
– UPC-E
– EAN-8
– EAN-13
– UPC-A with 2 or 5 digit extensions
– Plessey
– Postnet
– Standard 2-of-5
– Industrial 2-of-5
– Interleaved 2-of-5
– Logmars
– MSI
– Codabar
– Planet Code
– RSS (reduced space symbology)
– 2-dimensional Codablock
– Code 49
– Data Matrix
– MaxiCode
– QR Code
– MicroPDF417
– TLC 39
– RSS / GS1 DataBar family (12 barcodes)

Fonts and Graphics

– 7 bitmapped, 1 smooth scalable (CG Triumvirate™ Bold Condensed)
– International character sets supporting the following code page: IBM® Code Page 850 International character set
– Support user-defined fonts and graphics – including custom logos
– ZPL II drawing commands – including boxes and lines (ZPL only, other firmware languages may vary)

GK420

GK420t Desktop Printer

Provides a lower cost option for those starting to automate.

GK420 Standard Features

– Print speed: up to 5” (127 mm) per second
– Print method: direct thermal/thermal transfer
– EPL and ZPL programming languages standard

More Standard Features

– OpenACCESS design for easy media loading
– Quick and easy ribbon loading system
– Dual-wall reinforced plastic construction
– 32 bit RISC processor
– XML-enabled printing