Zebra QLn420 Printer
Direct Thermal Mobile Label Printer
| Zebra QLn420 Printer Models and Prices | Zebra QLn420 Labels | Zebra QLn420 Specification |
Zebra’s popular QL™ family of direct-thermal mobile label printers has built a highly satisfied following based upon its proven drop-resistant durability; user-friendly, productivity-boosting features; and easy integration. As Zebra’s third generation of QL printers, the QLn™ series extends these QL-platform benefits to the ‘nth’ power.
The QLn420’s over-moulding and tempered-glass display – coupled with its seamless, one-piece design – make it more durable than ever before. The QLn printer can boost your operation’s productivity through a larger, sharper, easier-to-navigate display; faster, higher-quality printing; a variety of proactive alerts that help keep working printers in employees’ hands; and many convenient charging accessories. Your IT department will fi nd the QLn printer easier to integrate into existing environments with such features as Zebra Global Printing, improved network performance – including 802.11n wireless LAN capability for more robust and reliable connectivity and throughput – also make intergration easier.
With Zebra’s Link-OS environment – an innovative operating system combining a powerful Multiplatform Software Development Kit (SDK) and software applications – the QLn family of printers is easy to integrate, manage and maintain from any location around the globe. Enabled with Print Touch™, these Link-OS printers offer web page launching features using Near Field Communication (NFC), making it easy to access Zebra’s extensive knowledge base of how-to videos and product support.
Ideal for These Applications
- Manufacturing — Labels for shipping and receiving, Pick-pack-apply (inventory control, work-in-process, parts tracking), Asset management, Shelf/bin/box/pallet (pick tickets)
- Transportation & Logistics — Labels for shipping, receiving, cross-docking, Pick-pack-apply, Shipping dock (asset/fleet management, pick tickets, parcel/logistics receipts)
- Retail — Distribution centres (as for Transport & Logistics), In-store shelf labels, markdowns
| Model Number | Description | Price* |
| QN4-AU1AEM11-00 | Zebra QLn420 Printer (no AC Adapter) | £483.75 |
| QN4-AUCAEM11-00 | Zebra QLn420 Printer with Bluetooth (no AC Adapter) | £523.50 |
| QN4-AUCBEM11-00 | Zebra QLn420 Printer with Bluetooth, Linerless (no AC Adapter) | £545.85 |
| QN4-AUNAEM11-00 | Zebra QLn420 Printer with Bluetooth and WLAN Dual Radio 1 (no AC Adapter) | £604.75 |
| QN4-AUNBEM11-00 | Zebra QLn420 Printer with Bluetooth and WLAN Dual Radio, Linerless 1 (no AC Adapter) | £627.50 |
Included with each printer: Battery, 256MB Flash, 128MB RAM, LCD Display, Label Present Sensor, User Manual, Accessories CD, Belt Clip, Shoulder Strap, ZPL CPCL and EPL Programming Languages, QR Code, passive NFC Tag, MFi certification.
All QLn Series printers have USB 2.0 and Serial ports and support Ethernet connectivity via docking cradle.
1 Note that WLAN radio option supports Dual Radio functionality (802.11n & Bluetooth) when F/W V68.19.4Z or greater is applied.
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| Part Number | Description | Price* |
| P1031365-041 | UK QLn HC AC Adapter (charges battery inside printer, also works with QLn-EC) | £34.30 |
| P1031365-042 | EU QLn HC AC Adapter (charges battery inside printer, also works with QLn-EC) | £34.30 |
| AC18177-1 | UK Lithium - Ion Quad Charger (charges up to 4 QL/QLn/RW/P4T batteries) | £235.20 |
| AC18177-2 | EU Lithium-Ion Quad Charger (charges up to 4 QL/QLn/RW/P4T batteries) | £235.20 |
| P1031365-064 | UK SC2 Li-Ion Smart Charger (charges 1x QL/QLn/RW/P4T battery) | £58.95 |
| P1031365-065 | EU SC2 Li-Ion Smart Charger (charges 1x QL/QLn/RW/P4T battery) | £58.95 |
| P1050667-019 | UK QLn420 EC Ethernet Cradle + 25W AC Adapter | £112.50 |
| P1050667-020 | EU QLn420 EC Ethernet Cradle + 25W AC Adapter | £112.50 |
| Part Number | Description | Price* |
| P1050667-032 | Handi-Mount, includes RAM Mount Arm and Base Plate | £185.00 |
| P1050667-033 | Handi-Mount includes RAM Mount Arm without Base Plate | £140.00 |
| P1050667-047 | Top plate kit of P1050667-032, -033 (adapts QL Plus Handi-Mount Kit for use with QLn420) | £35.00 |
| P1050667-035 | Mobile Mount Kit (with U-Arm bracket and fanfold bin) | £290.00 |
| P1050667-037 | Front panel kit of P1050667-035 (adapts QL Plus Mobile Mount Kit for use with QLn420) | £60.00 |
| P1050667-026 | Forklift Vehicle Cradle includes 15-60VDC adapter | £250.00 |
| P1050667-030 | Forklift Vehicle Cradle (with no adapter) | £200.00 |
| P1010338 | RAM Mount Arm, optional for Forklift Vehicle Cradle | £65.00 |
| AK18913-003 | 15-60 VDC Power Supply with Open Ended Cable | £65.00 |
| P1031359 | 8-18 VDC Power Supply with Cigarette Lighter Adapter | £40.00 |
| P1050667-040 | 12-48 VDC Battery Eliminator with Open Ended Cable | £162.50 |
| Part Number | Description | Price* |
| P1050667-016 | Spare Battery - Lithium - Ion Battery for the QLn420 | £75.00 |
| P1031365-026 | QLn Shoulder Strap | £9.95 |
| P1031365-027 | QLn Hand Strap | £9.95 |
| P1031365-029 | QLn420 Soft Case (includes shoulder strap) | £90.00 |
| P1050667-034 | Hard Case with Metal Belt Clip | £60.00 |
| P1050667-031 | Metal Belt Clip | £17.50 |
| P1050667-036 | Screen Scratch Protector Overlay (x25) | £6.50 |
| P1031365-052 | QLn Serial Cable QL Plus Adapter (with strain relief, female DIN, allows QL Plus cables to be used with QLn) | £17.50 |
| P1031365-053 | QLn Serial Cable PC-DB9 (with strain relief - Equivalent to old RS232 cable) | £30.00 |
| P1031365-054 | Serial Cable (with strain relief) to MC9000 - Equivalent to QL cable CL17305-1 | £30.00 |
| P1031365-055 | PC-USB cable (with strain relief) - Equivalent to QL USB cable AT17010-1 | £17.50 |
| P1031365-056 | Serial Cable (with strain relief) to Telzon Adapter - Equivalent to QL cable BL11122-1 | £25.00 |
| P1031365-057 | Serial Cable (with strain relief) to LS2208 Scanner - Equivalent to QL serial cable AK18192-1 | £25.00 |
| P1031365-104 | Serial Cable (with strain relief) to LS2208 Scanner Extended | £25.00 |
| P1031365-058 | Serial Cable (with strain relief) to MC3000 - Equivalent to QL serial cable AK17591-345 | £52.50 |
| P1031365-060 | Serial Cable (with strain relief) to MC3000 - Equivalent to QL serial cable AK17708-1 | £52.50 |
| P1031365-061 | Serial DEX Cable (with strain relief) - Equivalent to QL serial cable BL16713-1 | £25.00 |
| P1031365-062 | Serial Cable (with strain relief) to RJ45 - Equivalent to QL cable BL12093-1 | £25.00 |
| P1050667-038 | QLn Desktop Stand | £35.00 |
| AN16618-1 | Fanfold Bin (includes media spacer and mounting hardware) | £50.00 |
| Part Number | Description | Price* |
| BA16625-1 | Media Spacer (for use with Fanfold slot) | £24.99 |
| P1050667-008 | QLn420 Linered Platen Kit | £17.50 |
| P1050667-006 | QLn420 Linerless Platen Kit | £65.00 |
| P1050667-009 | QLn420 Platen Gear 48P 22T (Qty 25) | £17.50 |
| P1050667-015 | QLn420 Packaging Kit | £6.50 |
| P1050667-007 | QLn420 Rubber Door, I/O (Qty 15) | £40.00 |
| P1050667-010 | QLn420 Rubber Door, DC Jack (Qty 15) | £15.00 |
| P1031365-028 | QLn Belt Clip Replacement Kit (Qty 20) | £30.00 |
| 105950-035 | Print Head Cleaning Pens x 12 | £30.00 |
| Part Number | Description | Price* |
| 3003060 | Z-Select 2000D Reduced Price Label 50.8mm x 38.1mm, box of 20 | £43.00 |
| 3003353 | Z-Select 2000D Reduced Price Label 60mm x 50mm, box of 16 | £66.40 |
| 3003349 | Z-Perform 1000D 110 Tag Shelf Edge Ticket 76.2mm x 38.1mm, box of 16 | £69.60 |
*Please note that all prices shown are exclusive of VAT
| Standard Features | Apple® iOS, Android, Windows Mobile and Blackberry® connectivity |
| Direct-thermal printing of barcodes, text and graphics | |
| CPCL, EPL and ZPL programming languages | |
| 256MB flash supports downloadable programs, receipt formats, fonts, and graphics | |
| 5.0Ahr battery | |
| Built-in battery charger | |
| Black mark and gap media sensing using fixed centre-position sensors | |
| Easy-to-use peel-and-present mode | |
| Label-present sensor for issuing labels one at a time | |
| Tear bar for easy dispensing | |
| Belt clip for unobtrusive and convenient printing | |
| Centre-loading media locking for variable roll widths | |
| Clamshell design for easy media loading | |
| Management: Mirror, SNMP, Web server (with customised HTML pages), Wavelink Avalanche® | |
| Large easy-to-read LCD control panel 240 x 128 pixels | |
| LCD can be customised using WML (text and icons) | |
| Five-way navigation buttons, two software-defined keys | |
| Printer alerts on the display, help menus | |
| Tolerance of multiple drops from 1829mm/6' to concrete | |
| IP43 dust- and water-resistance rating (IP54 with soft case) | |
| Label odometer | |
| Real-time clock | |
| Print Touch via NFC | |
| Printer Specifications | Resolution |
| 8 dots per mm/203dpi | |
| Memory | |
| 128MB RAM; 256MB flash (standard) | |
| Print width | |
| 104mm/4.1" | |
| Print length | |
| Min. 12.7mm/0.5" | |
| Max. 813mm/32" | |
| Print speed | |
| Up to 102mm/4" per second | |
| Media sensors | |
| Black mark and gap media sensing using fixed centre-position sensors; label-present sensor for issuing labels one at a time | |
| Operating Characteristics | Environment |
| Operating temperature: -20°C/-4°F to 50°C/122°F | |
| Storage/Transport environment: -25°C/-13°F to 65°C/158°F | |
| Operating humidity: 10% to 90% non-condensing | |
| Storage humidity: 10% to 90% non-condensing | |
| Agency approvals | |
| Emissions: FCC Part 15, Subpart B, EN55022 Class B, EN60950, EN55024 and VCCI Class B | |
| Susceptibility: EN55024, EN61000-4-2, EN61000-4-3, EN61000-4-4, and EN61000-4-5 | |
| Safety: CE, UL, TÜV, CSA | |
| Media Characteristics | Media width |
| 51mm (2.0")/ 112mm (4.4" ) | |
| Media length | |
| 12.7mm/0.5" to 813mm/32" or continuous | |
| Maximum media roll size | |
| 66mm/2.6" O.D. on a 19mm/0.75" or 34.9mm/1.375" I.D. core | |
| Media thickness | |
| 0.0813mm to 0.1905mm (3.2 mil to 7.5 mil) | |
| Media types | |
| Die-cut, roll-fed, fan-fold, receipt, linerless | |
| Physical Characteristics | Width: 165mm (6.5") |
| Height: 187mm (7.35") with beltclip | |
| Depth: 82.5mm (3.25") | |
| Weight: 1.1kg (2.45lb) with battery | |
| Link-OS Solutions | Software Tools |
| Document Design: Quickly design a customized print solution using your business data and Zebra’s intuitive, plug-and-print design tools. | |
| Device Integration: Zebra offers apps and products designed to help you integrate Zebra devices into your existing systems. | |
| Device Management: Manage your print operations locally and globally with Zebra’s suite of device management tools. | |
| Developer Tools: Provides you the tools you need to create your own apps, including documentation, source code, programming languages, templates and more. | |
| Firmware | |
| ZPL II™ | |
| CPCL, EPL | |
| Zebra Unicode Solution | |
| ZBI 2.0™ (optional) | |
| Fonts/Graphics/Symbologies | Fonts and character sets |
| Five resident scalable, rotatable fonts available from 12–48 pt. | |
| Downloadable soft fonts | |
| Optional international character sets | |
| Bar code symbologies | |
| Barcode ratios: 1.5:1, 2:1, 2.5:1, 3:1, 3.5:1 | |
| Linear barcode: Codabar (NW-7), Code 39, Code 93, Code 128, EAN-8, EAN-13, 2 and 5 digit add-on, Interleaved 2-of-5, UCC/EAN-128, UPC-A, UPC-E, 2 and 5 digit add-on | |
| Two-Dimensional: Aztec Code, Data Matrix, GS1 DataBar™ (RSS) family, MaxiCode, MicroPDF417, PDF417, QR Code, TLC39 | |
| Communication and Interface Capabilities | ZebraNet® 802.11n option – provides 802.11a/b/g/n WLAN support with: |
| - WEP (PSK only), TKIP and AES encryption | |
| - WPA and WPA2 | |
| - 802.1x (with WPA or WPA2 only) - EAP-FAST, EAP-TTLS, EAP-TLS, PEAP, LEAP |
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| - 802.11d and 802.11i | |
| - Simultaneous dual radio with Bluetooth 3.0 | |
| - Wi-Fi® Certification | |
| - Fast roaming using PMK caching, CCKM or Fast Session resumption | |
| Bluetooth 3.0 radio | |
| - Security modes 1 – 4 | |
| - “Made for iPod®/iPhone®/iPad®” certifi ed | |
| - Key Bonding | |
| 10/100 Ethernet support (via docking cradle) | |
| Cabled Communications Specifications | |
| USB 2.0 full-speed interface (12Mbps) | |
| Mini-B connector with optional strain relief | |
| Serial interface: 14-pin RS-232C port for communication to terminal or other host up to 115.2Kbps | |
| Options and Accessories | Charging Options |
| Charge the battery inside the printer using: | |
| AC adapter | |
| DC adapters for Forklift and road vehicles | |
| Charging and Ethernet cradle | |
| Vehicle cradle (DC power) | |
| Charge the battery outside the printer using: | |
| Single charger | |
| Quad charger | |
| Optional Features and Accessories | |
| Linerless printing (with silicone platen roller only) | |
| ZBI 2.x | |
| Spare batteries | |
| AC adapter | |
| SC2 smart battery single charger | |
| Quad battery charger | |
| QLn4-EC charging and Ethernet cradle | |
| QLn4-VC vehicle cradle for use with a QLn420 printer on a forklift for easy removal. Compatible with RAM arm (not included) | |
| QLn420 RAM mount for fi xed mounting of QLn420 to a forklift. Includes plate and RAM arm | |
| Heavy-duty forklift mount. Includes bin for fanfold media | |
| Mounting plate kits to enable old QL RAM Mount and Heavy-duty Forklift mounts to be adapted for use with QLn420 | |
| Shoulder strap | |
| Hand strap | |
| Soft case (IP54 rating when used) | |
| Serial and USB cables with strain relief | |
| Forklift battery eliminator |
* Specifications subject to change without notice.
