BIXOLON XD3-40t 4-inch Thermal Transfer Desktop Label Printer, 203 dpi, 127 mm/s, USB, Black

The BIXOLON XD3-40t is a 4-inch desktop label printer that prints by thermal transfer (with direct thermal mode) at undefined dpi and up to 127 mm/s (5 ips), made for shipping and courier labels, warehouse and stock labels, and retail product or shelf labels.

It connects over USB 2.0. Its BPL-Z and BPL-E emulations accept ZPL II and EPL label formats, so most labels created for Zebra printers print without rework. It is a compact, single-user or workgroup printer for counters, packing benches, back offices and small warehouses rather than a 24/7 industrial line printer.

In practice it sits between a PC or POS terminal and a roll of labels: you design labels in label software such as BarTender, or print them straight from your ERP, WMS, e-shop back office or courier portal. Label size, gap and darkness are set once in the driver or by a quick media calibration, and after that every print lands in the same place on the label.

• XD3-40t label printer
• External power supply unit and power cable
• USB cable
• No labels or ribbon — media is ordered separately

• Labels from 15–118 mm wide on rolls up to 127 mm outside diameter — standard 100 × 150 mm (4 × 6 in) shipping labels fit.
• At up to 127 mm/s (5 ips) a 150 mm long label prints in roughly 1.2 seconds, so batches of a few hundred labels are a matter of minutes.
• With USB 2.0 only, it prints from the PC it is cabled to; to use it from several PCs, share it from that PC or choose the network version.
• With a ribbon, prints resist heat, rubbing and light far better than direct thermal — suitable for asset tags, outdoor parcels and long-term stock labels.

• Media wider than 118 mm or rolls larger than 127 mm outside diameter.
• Ribbons with the wrong core size (it takes 25.4 mm (1") or 12.7 mm (½") cores) or longer than 300 m.
• Colour printing, photos or ordinary A4 office printing — it prints one colour (black) on label media.
• Network or wireless printing — this configuration has USB only; for LAN order the XD3-40tEK.