ZD420 bluetooth printing - is this possible

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S Steven Si 2 years 10 months ago

For ZD410 or ZD420 printers, they are Bluetooth Low Energy capable by default. You need to check the Bluetooth configuration on the printer. Try the following SGD command from the Zebra Setup Utility.

! U1 getvar "bluetooth"

The output looks like the following. Pay attention to the settings of bluetooth.discoverable, bluetooth.enable and bluetooth.le.controller_mode to see if Bluetooth is discoverable, turned on or LE only, etc.

bluetooth.
bluetooth.discoverable : off , Choices: on,off
bluetooth.friendly_name : D2J190100164 
bluetooth.version : 1.4.1.0 
bluetooth.date : 05/25/2016 
bluetooth.local_name : D2J190100164 
bluetooth.address : 90:E2:02:2B:3C:67 
bluetooth.bluetooth_pin : * 
bluetooth.short_address : 90E2022B3C67 
bluetooth.radio_version : 4.0 
bluetooth.enable : on , Choices: on,off
bluetooth.connected : no 
bluetooth.minimum_security_mode : 1 , Choices: 1,2,3,4
bluetooth.connected_security_mode : nc 
bluetooth.bonding : on , Choices: on,off
bluetooth.clear_bonding_cache
bluetooth.enable_reconnect : iOS_only , Choices: off,iOS_only
bluetooth.allow_non_display_numeric_comparison : print , Choices: off,print,no print
bluetooth.le.
bluetooth.le.controller_mode : le , Choices: le
bluetooth.json_config_channel_enable : on , Choices: on,off
bluetooth.page_scan_window : 60 , Choices: 15,60
bluetooth.power_class : 2 , Choices: 2-2

B Byron Coetzee 2 years 10 months ago

If its LE only, should I be able to print from android?
Also the docs are a bit obscure - is it only printable if it has the wifi radio option in it?

S Steven Si 2 years 10 months ago

Yes, you should be able to print from Android. Check out the API doc of the Link-OS SDK for Android BLE. Zebra printers are equipped with variety of connectivity. Depending on the printer model, you can print from either WiFi, Ethernet, Bluetooth, BLE, USB, Parallel or Serial Port.