Exercise 3: Copy Files to/from a USB Flash Drive
Exercise 3: Copy Files to/from a USB Flash Drive

Exercise 3: Copy Files to/from a USB Flash Drive

The Copy USB File option allows you to copy files from a USB mass storage device to the printer’s Flash memory E: drive.
  1. Copy the files listed below to the root directory of your USB Flash drive. (Do not put these files into a sub-folder.)
    • File 7:
      KEYBOARDINPUT.ZPL
    • File 8:
      SMARTDEVINPUT.ZPL
  2. Insert the USB Flash drive into a USB host port on the front of your printer.
  3. On the printer’s LCD users interface, press
    LEFT SELECT
      to access the printer’s Home Menu.
  4. Use the
    ARROW
     buttons to scroll to the Tools menu, then press
    SELECT
     (check mark icon).
  5. Use the
    ARROW
     buttons to scroll to
    COPY USB FILE TO E:
    .
    The printer loads any executable files and processes them. The available files are listed. You can use the
    SELECT ALL
     as necessary to copy all of the available files from the USB Flash drive.
  6. Use the
    UP ARROW
     or the
    DOWN ARROW
     as necessary to select
    STOREFMT.ZPL
    .
  7. Press
    RIGHT SELECT
     to select STORE.
    The printer stores the file in
    E:
     memory. The filename is converted to uppercase if in lowercase.
  8. Repeat this process to select
    STOREFMTM1.ZPL
    .
  9. Press
    RIGHT SELECT
     to select STORE.
    The printer stores the file in
    E:
     memory. The filename is converted to uppercase if in lowercase.
  10. Remove the USB Flash drive from the USB host port.
You can now copy these files from the printer to a USB Flash drive using the user menu item STORE E: FILE TO USB.
The
SELECT ALL
 option is available to store all of the available files stored in the printer to the USB Flash drive. Any file with the .ZPL extension that is copied to the USB drive is post-processed such that its contents can be sent to a printer for normal execution.