Zebra ZXP Series 1 & Series 3 are available in Linux

ZEBRA® Linux® Driver Specifications for ZXP Series 3™ and ZXP Series 1™ Card Printers

The Zebra ZXP Series 3 and ZXP Series 1 Linux driver enables high-quality card printing in the Linux software environment. Customers requiring a Linux driver can now enjoy a fully functional Common Unix Print System (CUPS) compatible print driver, which includes a core set of printer control functions that can be easily installed, tested and deployed for Linux-based enterprise card application deployments.

Highlighted Features

  • Printer USB Plug-In-Play (PNP)
  • Graphic UI-based installer and uninstaller support
  • Silent mode installation and uninstallation for non-GUI based OS deployments
  • Zebra card printer support for CUPS 1.4 or higher
  • Network or full USB 2.0 printer support (2.0 only)
  • 32-bit and 64-bit Linux OS
  • Zebra printer error handling support
  • Independent JAVA Card SDK

Linux Platform Distribution Support

  • Zebra ZXP Series 1 and ZXP Series 3 printer driver for Red Hat (RHEL) Linux support:
    – Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 32 bit
    – Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 64 bit
  • Zebra ZXP Series 1 and ZXP Series 3 printer driver for Ubuntu Linux support:
    – Ubuntu 12.04 (32 bit and 64 bit)
    – Ubuntu 13.04 and 13.10 (32 and 64 bit)
    – Ubuntu 14.04 (32 bit and 64 bit)

Supported Features

  • Printer Properties Definition (PPD) based basic settings and configurations (CUPS PPD based UI)
  • Zebra printer properties page
  • YMCK front/K back ribbon combination supported
  • Zebra Linux graphic user interface installer
  • Card print orientation: portrait/landscape
  • Select single-side or dual-side print
  • Magnetic encoding functionality (default macro processing only)
  • K (black) panel
  • Full overlay varnish
  • Number of copies
  • CUPS print test card
  • Printing mode