Turn on PDF Direct on your Zebra printer before you can print from the Visitor Management panel. See below for how to do this.
Option A: Use the printer's touchscreen (recommended)
This is the quickest way if your printer has a colour touchscreen. If it doesn't, use Option B.
On the home screen, open the menu.
Go to System > Program Language > Virtual Device.
Select PDF.
Restart the printer.
Option B: Use Zebra Setup Utilities
Use this if your printer has no touchscreen. You'll need a Windows computer connected to the printer by USB or on the same network.
Check whether PDF Direct is already on
Don't have Zebra Setup Utilities? Download it from zebra.com/setup.
Open Zebra Setup Utilities and select your printer in the list.
Click Open Communication With Printer. A window opens with two boxes: the top box is where you type commands, and the bottom box shows the printer's replies.
In the top box, type the following exactly, including the quotation marks. Press Enter, then click Send To Printer.
! U1 getvar "apl.enable"
The reply appears in the bottom box:
Reply | What it means |
"pdf" | PDF Direct is on. You do not need to do anything else. |
"none" | PDF Direct is off. Follow the next section to turn it on. |
Turn on PDF Direct
Do this if the reply above was not "pdf".
Clear the top box. Type the following exactly, press Enter, then click Send To Printer. The printer does not send a reply to this command.
! U1 setvar "apl.enable" "pdf"
Restart the printer. Turn it off, wait a few seconds, then turn it back on. The setting does not take effect until the printer restarts.
Confirm the change. Send the check command again:
! U1 getvar "apl.enable"
The bottom box should now show "pdf".