[Nhcoll-l] ZD421 printer

[Rob Robins]

The Florida Museum Herpetology and Ichthyology collections purchased, and are using, the Zebra ZT411 to good effect for thermal transfer, fluid preservative specimen labels.

There does not seem to be much visible difference in label resolution between the 300dpi and 600dpi options except that the 600dpi, for reasons I do not know, does not come equipped with a cutter and perhaps, cannot come so equipped.

Fishes bought the 600 dpi - I wish we had the cutter.

Lastly, setup, done by our office of museum technology, was apparently easier than configuring a datamax (which as many know, involves a lot of appeals to a higher power).

Tweaking the settings seems to be likewise. (Like adjusting the print spacing so one can use scissor in place of a cutter. Womp womp).

To the extent this does or does not speak to the quality of Zebra printers in general, and the model you are considering, there you have it.

(And Zebra printers are of course used widely in commerce/shipping applications).

Best wishes,

Rob

Robert H. Robins
Collection Manager
Division of Ichthyology
[FLMNH Fishes logo email small]
Florida Museum
1659 Museum Rd.
Gainesville, FL 32611-7800
Office: (352) 273-1957
rhrobins at flmnh.ufl.edu<mailto:rhrobins at flmnh.ufl.edu>

The UF Fish Collection is moving:
https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/fish/

Search the Collection:
http://specifyportal.flmnh.ufl.edu/fishes/

Search samples suitable for dna analysis:
https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/grr/holdings/

From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> On Behalf Of Bentley, Andrew Charles
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2023 9:51 AM
To: Gali Beiner <gali.beiner at mail.huji.ac.il>; NHCOLL-new <Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] ZD421 printer

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Hi Gali

I do not have experience with Zebra printers but have heard good things about the CAB SQUIB printers - see attached.  We are still using an older generation Datamax here at KU that is still going strong and these are apparently the successors to those.  All of these printers will accept the 700 foot rolls of spun bound polyester in continuous or tear off labels.

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From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu<mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu>> On Behalf Of Gali Beiner
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2023 1:12 AM
To: NHCOLL-new <Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu<mailto:Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>>
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] ZD421 printer

Dear All,

Has anyone had experience with printers made by Zebra company - more particularly, the ZD421 printer along with white bi-oriented cavitated polypropylene sticker labels for use in dry (in our case - herbarium) collections? We're considering the option of using barcodes with these. The printing method is wax-resin thermal transfer, advertised as suitable for environmental conditions ranging at 0-30C and 45-85% (this latter point worries me).

Best wishes,

Gali

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National Natural History Collections
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Berman Building, Edmond J. Safra campus, Givat Ram
Jerusalem 91904, Israel
Fax. 972-2-6585785
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