• ZD421 and ZD621 Desktop Printers User Guide
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. (The files should not be placed in a subfolder.)
    • 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 display, touch
    Menu
     on the printer's Home screen.
  4. Touch
    Menu
    Storage
    USB
    Copy: Files to Printer
    .
    The printer lists available files.
  5. Touch the box next to the files you want to copy. You can also
    Select All
    .
  6. Touch the checkmark to copy the selected files.
  7. Remove the USB Flash drive from the USB host port.
    The printer stores the file in
    E:
     memory.
  8. You can now copy files from the printer to a USB Flash drive using the
    Menu
    Storage
    USB
    Copy: Files to USB
    .
The
Select All
 option is available to copy all 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 so that its contents can be sent to a printer for normal execution.