1. ZT400 Series Industrial Printer User Guide
  2. Using a USB Host Port and the Print Touch Feature
  3. USB Host
  4. Exercise 3: Copy Files to/from a USB Flash Drive
  • ZT400 Series Industrial Printer User Guide
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 following files to the root directory of your USB Flash drive.
    Do not put these files into a subfolder.
  2. Insert the USB Flash drive into a USB host port on the front of your printer.
  3. On the printer’s control panel, press
    LEFT SELECT
     to access the printer’s Home Menu ().
  4. Use the
    ARROW
     buttons to scroll to the Tools menu. (
  5. Press
    OK
    .
  6. 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.
    SELECT ALL
     is available to copy all of the available files from the USB Flash drive.
  7. If necessary, use the
    UP ARROW
     or
    DOWN ARROW
     to select the file
    STOREFMT.ZPL
    .
  8. Press the
    RIGHT SELECT
     button to select
    STORE
    .
    The printer stores the file in
    E:
     memory. File names of the stored files are converted to uppercase.
  9. Press the
    RIGHT SELECT
     button to select the file
    STOREFMTM1.ZPL
    .
  10. Press the
    RIGHT SELECT
     button to select
    STORE
    .
    The printer stores the file in
    E:
     memory.
  11. 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 option
SELECT ALL
 is available to store all the available files from the printer to the USB Flash drive. Any
.ZPL
 file that is copied will be post-processed so that the contents of the file will be suitable to be sent to a printer for normal execution.