Printer Management Tools
Manage with ZebraLink™
Integrating and maintaining remote Zebra® printers in a distributed environment is easy with Zebra’s advanced centralized printer management tools—a range of networking solutions to meet the growing needs of evolving network environments. Leverage the power of ZebraLink Solutions.
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ZebraNet™ Bridge Enterprise
Leveraging the power of ZebraLink, ZebraNet Bridge Enterprise allows your IT staff to centrally configure and deploy, manage, and monitor your Zebra printers from a single PC screen anywhere on your global network. It includes the following tools to deploy, manage and monitor your Zebra printers:
• Deployment
» Automatic discovery—Find printers on a network.
» Create printer profiles—Create and save the “Golden Printer” for later use.
» Download printer profiles—Copy printer profiles one to one, or one to many or to a group.
» Create printer configurations—Quickly create a configuration file that can be copied to one or many printers—or quickly compressed into a single file that can be easily emailed.
» Font conversion wizard—Easily convert and download fonts.
» Wireless setup wizard—Set up wireless printers.
» Parallel/serial/USB support
» Copy printers—Copy alerts, settings and files from one printer to another.
• Management
» Group management—Manage printers in logical groups.
» Change settings—Change settings from a remote PC.
» Firmware and file download—Download firmware and files to a single Zebra printer.
» Resource management—Centrally manage printer files, firmware, fonts and graphics.
» File download—Download formats, fonts and graphics to a single Zebra printer or a group.
» Multiple user configurations—Manage multiple locations with different application settings.
• Monitoring
» Application heartbeat and status icons—Color-coded icons provide visual notification of issues.
» Quick status and network port status—Get a detailed view of print server and network port status.
» Detailed status—View detailed printer status for quick troubleshooting.
» Configure printer and print server alerts—Configure alerts on the printer and print server.
» Alert logging via SNMP and TCP/IP—Capture printer alerts over SNMP and TCP/IP.
» Alert filtering—device/group/severity—View events by printer, group or multiple groups.
» Visual alerts—See your entire printer enterprise at a glance.
Printer Management Tools
Zebra offers three easy-to-use printer management tools for your Zebra printers:
Zebra Setup Utilities
Quickly and easily configure select Zebra high-performance, midrange and desktop printers with this free tool that includes:
• Printer settings wizard—Steps you through the printer setting configuration process.
• Print quality wizard—Helps you set the best speed and darkness combination for your media.
• Connectivity wizard—Guides you through configuring Ethernet, wireless or Bluetooth® settings.
• Preloaded Microsoft®-certified Windows® driver—Automatically installs the printer driver when using USB plug-and-play.
• Quick tools—Provides printer diagnostic tools to test/confirm printer configurations and control printer functions.
• Font and graphics downloader—Saves font and graphic details for reuse or editing.
• File editor and terminal window—Enables you to create, edit and print commands from a single window.
• Automatically reconfigures your ZebraDesigner™ printer driver.
Mirror
Mirror is a free firmware feature that gives you the ability to centrally manage multiple Zebra printers’ settings and files, and monitor printing status using FTP communication. Important information (firmware, fonts, images, formats and printer settings) can be loaded once on a networked server and sent to printers on a network. The printers can be synchronized with the files maintained on a server:
• Automatically when printer is powered up
• At specified time intervals
• On command
GSA#: GS-35F-0268N
P1043844 (8/11)
Features at a Glance*
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Setup Utilities Mirror ZebraNet Bridge Enterprise
ZebraNet Bridge Enterprise Premium
Printer setup • • • •
Printer management • Single printer
• Single or multiple
printers
• Single or multiple
printers
• Single or multiple
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File editor • •Via file associations
•Via file associations
Firmware and file downloading • • • •Font and graphics converter • • •Change settings • • • •
Update configurations • • •Printer group management • • •Print server and port status views • •Font linking wizard • •Alert filtering • •Click and drag files to printers/groups • •Network printer searching • •Visual alerts and status icons • •Printer profile management • •Odometer view •Copy printers •Manage multiple user configurations •Visual alert •
