1/16/2014 ZD500 Series™ Thermal Transfer Printer User’s Guide P1062653-002 Rev. A
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Introduction
This section introduces you to your new Zebra® ZD500 Series™ desktop thermal label
printer. It describes what you get in your shipping box and provides an overview of printer
features. It also includes procedures that describe how to open and close the printer and
report any problems.
Your printer, when connected to a host computer, functions as a complete system for
printing labels, receipts, forms, and tags.
This users guide provides all the information you need to operate your printer on a daily
basis.

ZD500 Series™ Thermal Printers

The Zebra® ZD500 Series™ models are desktop thermal label printers with the widest
range of features and options including an internal UHF RFID encoder option.
• The 203 dpi (dots per inch print density) version printer provides thermal transfer and
direct thermal printing at speeds up to 6 ips (inches per second).
• The 300 dpi version printer provides thermal transfer and direct thermal printing at
speeds up to 4 ips.
• These printers support ZPL™ Zebra printer programming language and a wide variety
of interface and feature options.