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Setup
Setting the Printer Menu and Report Display Language
1/16/2014 ZD500 Series™ Thermal Transfer Printer User’s Guide P1062653-002 Rev. A
Setting the Printer Menu and Report Display Language
The printer supports many languages for menu display, time and date format, and
configuration reports.
The primary method used to configure language is the control panels menu. Use the following
procedure to set your printer’s language when the printer is turned on and in the ‘Ready’ state.
1. Press the menus ‘Home’ ( ) button.
2. Navigate to the ‘LANGUAGE’ ( ) menu button and press the ‘Select’ () button.
3. Use the ‘Up’ () and ‘Down’ () navigation arrows to browse the languages.
4. Stop browsing when you have found the language you wish to use for operating the
printer. The language displayed will be your selected language.
Set Media Print Method
Set the printer’s PRINT METHOD using the printer control panel. See SETTINGS Menu
on page 52 - PRINT METHOD for the full procedure.
The ZD500 Series™ printer has been designed to print with DIRECT THERMAL (direct
thermal media which uses heat sensitive media to print) or THERMAL TRANS (thermal
transfer printing which uses ribbon to heat transfer print to the media).
The direct thermal and thermal transfer settings each have optimized Darkness control
characteristics to allow similar visual Darkness and Print Quality at the same DARKNESS and
PRINT SPEED settings.