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KDU Plus™ — Printer Accessory

KDU Plus™ — Printer Accessory

The KDU Plus is a terminal device with memory for storing files and maintaining one or more remote printers. The KDU Plus has a larger laptop style keyboard than the Zebra’s original KDU design.

The KDU Plus is designed for the following functions:

List label forms stored in printer

Retrieve label forms stored in printer

Input variable data

Printing labels

File storage and transfer

The KDU Plus is designed to work with ZPL and EPL printers by dynamically detecting and switching the printer’s communications configuration (DTE or DCE) to match your Zebra printer. By default, the KDU Plus will start up forms mode. This is compatible with the operation of Zebra’s original KDU. The KDU Plus is configurable to work in ZPL or terminal modes too.

The KDU Plus has file transfer and storage capabilities. This is great for maintaining remote and stand alone printers with label forms, logos and smaller font sets.

The KDU Plus has two configurable serial port and a PS/2 port to connect to other data input devices such as scanners, weigh scales, etc..

The +5 volts from the printer’s serial (pin 9) provides power for the KDU Plus and any additional input devices attached to the KDU Plus.

Maximum total current draw for the G-Series printer’s serial port: 750mA

The KDU Plus’s current without external input devices attached is: 50mA

120mA*

25mA*

Current Draw

 

 

 

45mA*

67

* - Not real values

50mA

< Max. Current

( 45mA + 120mA + 25mA ) +

50mA

Caution • The KDU Plus’s input ports (AUX1, AUX2, and PS/2 style) are not fused. Exceeding the total current draw available could damage an input device, KDU Plus, or the printer.

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GX420d™ / GX430d™ User Guide

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Zebra Technologies GX420D, GX430D manual KDU Plus Printer Accessory