Zebra ZP450 Thermal Label Printer Bundle (1,000 labels included)
Price: $269.99


Product Feature
- Brand new ZP 450 label printer complete
- 1,000 4"x6" direct thermal shipping labels ( included )
- 1 year warranty from Zebra
- Works with Windows XP, Windows Visa and Windows 7 32 and 64 bit
- Comes with All drivers and software
Product Description
The direct thermal ZP 450 bar code label printer was designed specifically to print labels. No toner, no ribbons, and a fixed media width optimize printing of labels. The compact sleek design and double-walled construction makes this desktop printer ideal for busy work environments. Connectivity interfaces are USB and Serial. The economical ZP 450 integrates easily into a variety of low-volume printing environments, including outgoing freight receiving areas, light manufacturing, offices and retail. Offering unparalleled ease-of-use, and, at 5 ips is one of the fastest direct thermal printers in its class. Thie ZP450 can shiping all types of labels ( UPS, FedEx, Endicia, Stamps.com, etc ) The ZP 450 printer is a replacement for the LP 2844 printer. This is a bundle that comes with the Printer and 1,000 labels included.Zebra ZP450 Thermal Label Printer Bundle (1,000 labels included) Review
I bought this label printer to serve as shipping label printer for Stamps.com and UPS packages.Setup has some learning curve as this printer is specifically designed for UPS shipping. But the driver UPS website has for this printer will work outside of UPS. I have previously checked with Stamps.com and they confirmed this printer will work with their shipping software and all that is needed is the driver from UPS website. Once installed, the printer will show up on the list of printer in Windows (I use Windows 7 64-bit). If it doesn't, don't panic. Try restarting the computer or turn the printer off and back on again. I've found the generic driver for this printer available through third-party isn't as good as the one supplied by UPS website so I uninstalled that driver in preference for the official UPS driver.
Once Windows finally recognized the printer's existence, I checked it with Stamps.com client software. The 4" X 6" label option appears once I set this printer as the default printer for Stamps.com. Everything printed perfectly. The printer's printing quality is superb, very sharp.
For UPS, once you've completed your shipping arrangement, you'd be given an option to use the thermal printer at the end when the website says it's ready to print your shipping label.
On that note, the extra 1,000 labels that come with this particular package are 4 rolls of 250 blanks. The "free" roll that comes with the actual printer has UPS logo printed on them already. If you switch out the label rolls, the printer will dispense 2 labels for alignment purpose and you can't roll them back. If you're using strictly for UPS, start using those and you don't even need to buy the extra 1,000 labels either since UPS will give you 4" X 6" thermal printer labels for free (with their company logo printed on the labels already of course). If you're going to use the printer for other shipping services, you might want to stick to the blank ones so you don't waste 2 labels every time you swap rolls.
I have also used graphic programs and word processors to create custom labels and message labels for the printer to print. Works great as well. Once Windows recognize the printer, it allows any program to print to it. You'll have to set the margin to 0.1" on all sides because the print quality gets sketchy passed that margin.
Supposedly this printer works with FedEx too but I have not tested it with FedEx website. FedEx also give out free thermal labels with their logo printed on them already of course.
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