What is Zebra’s Print DNA?

What is Zebra’s print DNA? It’s a suite of applications to manage your printers.  Zebra bill their Print DNA as a ‘revolution’ in on demand label printing – but what does it mean for you – someone who prints labels with Zebra printers?  How will it help you – how will it make your life easier?

Not only is Print DNA software, Print DNA includes how the printers are built – the design philosophy behind the printers. The user experience that makes using a Zebra printer common across the various models.

Print DNA makes it easier to set up, remotely manage and integrate Zebra printers. Print DNA includes innovative applications, utilities and developer tools.

Print DNA takes advantage of the Cloud to talk to printers.

Zebra Savanna

Print DNA is part of Zebra’s Savanna concept.  Zebra Savanna is a data intelligence platform that collects data from all kinds of Zebra devices (scanners,  handheld terminals and Internet of Things) and printers and with specially written software, you can use it to power your business decisions.

Link OS

Print DNA depends on Zebra Printers’ Link OS printer ‘operating system’.  Link OS runs on all modern printers – no matter what type of material it prints – receipts, labels or RFID.  Link OS helps you configure the printer and diagnose problems.  It also secures the printer and enables the printer to interpret other printer brands languages, so a Zebra can easily replace a TEC printer for example.

Print DNA means you can easily set up your printers to talk directly to databases and computers on your network – without the need for label design software.  Useful if you have a standardised print requirement.

Profile Manager Enterprise

For anyone who has more than a handful of Zebra printers – PME is going to make your life a whole lot easier.  Using PME you can see which of your Zebra printers is working – which have run out of paper or ribbons.  Filter your fleet to see particular models or printers in a particular location.  Use PME to schedule firmware updates, schedule maintenance – all through your printers’ internet connection. 

One idea was to schedule a test label print for 7am.  When staff arrive in at 8am there’s a test label printed on their printer.  If there are any problems with the label, the user is instructed to contact IT and arrange for the printer to be cleaned or repaired.

Printer Security – PrintSecure

For more information about Zebra’s Print Secure – visit this page.

Any printer connected to your network through it’s Ethernet connection has the potential to be hacked.  Once the hacker has access to your printer they are able to log labels being printed and send themselves that data.  If you’re printing information like names and addresses, they can collect all your customer records. 

At a more mundane level, operators have been known to access a printer and set up different printer languages and other settings – for their own convenience. 

Using PrintSecure you can limit access to printers and selectively switch off  different communication features.  Disable Bluetooth, block FTP access and lots of other communication settings.