How to print to a Zebra printer from Android
By: POSGuys Support - 11/28/2017

This video takes a look at how to print from your Android device to a Zebra label printer. We go over using the Zebra Printer Setup Utility app, and we print to the desktop ZD410 Bluetooth printer and the mobile ZQ520 Bluetooth printer.

For more information on the ZD410: https://posguys.com/barcode-printer_1/Zebra-ZD-410_2493/
For more information on the ZQ520: https://posguys.com/mobile-printers_55/Zebra-ZQ500_2541/

> Transcript: 
> hi travis from posguys.com today we're gonna go over
> printing in android either
> 
> using desktop printers or mobile printers
> using Bluetooth or Wi-Fi same
> 
> set of tools for doing either one and you can
> either pair from a multiple
> 
> device like a phone to a Bluetooth printer or
> you can print to the desktop
> 
> printer just doing a quick demo in here using
> the zebra app and it's going to
> 
> send a basic label to the desktop printer I'm
> also going to send a image
> 
> from my unit tech tablet here to the zebra
> printer so
> 
> so step one is to download the correct utility
> with the current version of
> 
> Android you're gonna want zebra printer you
> set up utility there's a few legacy
> 
> programs that are out there they don't work
> very well it appears that all the
> 
> things that you need to connect aren't in
> there but there's just a really tough
> 
> time connecting with the printer so I don't
> recommend using those use of zebra
> 
> printer setup utility if you have the
> conversion if you have a slightly older
> 
> version of OS there is a another utility out
> there it is called the zebra print
> 
> connect so that one works for like things
> running jellybean really old
> 
> versions of Android other than that none of
> the zebra print utility is really are
> 
> worth using so once you have it installed you
> open it and you can
> 
> connect your printer so if you've connected
> them before they'll show up in
> 
> the side here I'll say like recently connected
> printers you can select it and
> 
> then your printer will show up you can also
> use NFC if you haven't paired with
> 
> it before or if you have made a connection if
> you have made a connection
> 
> then when you touched it then it'll attempt to
> repair with that printer or
> 
> pair for the first time with a printer when
> you pair for the first time you'll
> 
> have to do a pairing with a code the printer
> will spit out a pairing code and
> 
> then you have to put that number into your
> phone and then you'll be paired
> 
> after that and you can use the touch to
> connect when you come into range if you
> 
> want to switch to a different printer you can
> either select it down from the
> 
> list or if it is prepared then you can just
> touch that printer instead so you
> 
> just kind of tap the printer that you want to
> print once you're connected
> 
> under the printer actions or available files
> they have uterine things but if
> 
> you have a format that you already have
> created you go ahead and send that to
> 
> the printer and once it receives the file
> it'll print it out so it's a very
> 
> basic and rudimentary way of printing it the
> label that I'm printing out I've
> 
> made in zebra ZZZ assignor it's free program
> that comes with any super
> 
> printer so you can design your labels in n0z
> designer and then when you print you
> 
> go to save to file save that file on to your
> android device device and then you
> 
> can just print that label over and over again
> using your
> 
> vice one hiccup on it is you can only print
> one label at a time so it's kind
> 
> of a as-needed type of thing
> 
> printer to the phone and a seed should pair
> them together
> 
> there goes finding the printer now and takes a
> moment when you pair for the
> 
> first time it's going to display a print code
> on the little widow in the printer
> 
> and if that happens you just have to verify
> that the code is correct so there
> 
> you can see my screen that I went ahead and
> switched over to the zq 520 to
> 
> switch back to the ZD 410 all I have to do is
> tap it and then do the same
> 
> process I'm going to print the exact same
> label on the zq 5 2002 10 it's in
> 
> the available file so I'll go down to that
> test label once again and I'll send
> 
> it to the printer and I'll print that same
> label that was designed for the z2
> 
> for 10 on the zq 520 there you go you can see
> that two labels are there next
> 
> to each other and they look fairly similar the
> labels themselves are
> 
> slightly different sizes but they basically
> did so that's kind of a basics
> 
> for Android printing to a zebra printer the
> touch connect to connect is kind of
> 
> a nice feature it's not necessary if you just
> do a standard bluetooth pairing or
> 
> Wi-Fi pairing with the printer then you can
> print to it as well and those are
> 
> just the basic apps that come with zebra or
> for free what you are going to want
> 
> to do is use the custom application right now
> there's not a lot of
> 
> out-of-the-box good printing applications for
> zebra printers using
> 
> that style of Android device seagull
> Enterprise is available if you want to
> 
> create labels in seal Enterprise and then
> print them through the browser of
> 
> your post that is one option for doing more
> elaborate printing and printing
> 
> quantities or putting in input values you also
> can create an app for your
> 
> inventory or asset traffic needs that has
> printing built in there is an SDK
> 
> available from zebra POS guys also does custom
> programming so if you would like
> 
> us to do the program for you go ahead and give
> sales a call at one eight
> 
> hundred nine oh three six five seven one and
> they'd be happy to walk you through
> 
> the process of submitting a custom application
> that would work just for you
> 
> and so it would be two specific label formats
> and kind of whatever criteria
> 
> you want if you want to scan in barcodes and
> then print them you can do that if
> 
> you want to take images and then print the
> image onto a label you can do that
> 
> as well so there's a lot of flexibility but
> with what you can do but the easy
> 
> pairing using the touch to connect is a very
> good way of switching between
> 
> different printers depending on where you are
> for more information please
> 
> visit us at posguys.com thanks

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