Zebra ZD230t 4-inch Thermal Transfer Desktop Label Printer, 203 dpi, 152 mm/s, USB, Wi-Fi & Bluetooth, Black

The Zebra ZD230t is a 4-inch desktop label printer that prints by thermal transfer (with direct thermal mode) at 203 dpi and up to 152 mm/s (6 ips), made for shipping and courier labels, warehouse and stock labels, and retail product or shelf labels.

It connects over USB 2.0, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.1 (MFi). As a Zebra printer it runs ZPL II and EPL natively, so courier integrations, ERP templates and existing Zebra label formats work without emulation. 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.

• Zebra ZD230 printer
• External power supply with EU and UK power cords
• USB cable
• Quick start guide

• Labels from 25.4–112 mm wide on rolls up to 127 mm outside diameter — standard 100 × 150 mm (4 × 6 in) shipping labels fit.
• At up to 152 mm/s (6 ips) a 150 mm long label prints in roughly 1.0 seconds, so batches of a few hundred labels are a matter of minutes.
• On the network (Wi-Fi) several PCs can print to it, so one printer can serve a packing bench or an office.
• 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.
• Bluetooth 4.1 is MFi-certified, so iPhones, iPads and Android devices can print with supported apps without a network.

• Media wider than 112 mm or rolls larger than 127 mm outside diameter.
• Ribbons with the wrong core size (it takes 12.7 mm (74 m) or 25.4 mm (300 m) cores) or longer than 300 m.
• Colour printing, photos or ordinary A4 office printing — it prints one colour (black) on label media.
• Wired Ethernet — this version is USB plus Wi-Fi and Bluetooth; ZD230 connectivity is factory-installed.