Manually Adjusting Print Darkness on ZD421 and ZD621

How to manually adjust the Print Darkess on the Zebra ZD420, ZD421, ZD620, ZD621

  • 1. The printer must be powered on and the label must be loaded.
  • 2. Press pause for 2 seconds to enter advanced mode.
  • 3. The staus indicator will show solid yellow, indicating mode is ”manual media calibration”.
  • 4. Press feed button twice until the data indicator is illuminated. 
  • 5. The printer is now in manual ”darkness adjustment mode”.
  • 6. Press pause once to start the adjustment
  • 7. The printer will print a test pattern showing the current darkness number and several barcode patterns and then pause momentarily. 
  • 8. When the printed label shows your desired darkness, press feed to set the darkness level.