Zebra ZebraNet 802.11ac Wireless Card USA and Canada for ZT Series Industrial Printers P1083320-037A

Key Features

• Genuine Zebra part, listed by exact part number in Zebra's own ZT600 Series Parts Catalog.
• This is the USA and Canada regulatory build. It must not be sold or deployed outside that region.
• 802.11ac dual-band Wi-Fi with Bluetooth 4.2.
• Fits all ZT111, ZT211, ZT231, ZT411, ZT421, ZT510 and ZT600 Series (ZT610 and ZT620) printers.
• Also fits the ZT410 and ZT420, but only on firmware V75.20.14Z or later.
• Adds wireless to a printer ordered without it, so a wired unit does not have to be replaced.
• It is not P1083320-038, -039 or -040. Those are the applicator, Ethernet and other option cards.

Key Specifications

• Part class: Internal wireless print server option card kit
• Radio: 802.11ac (Wi-Fi 5) dual band, with Bluetooth 4.2
• Region: USA and Canada regulatory variant only
• Fits: ZT111, ZT211, ZT231, ZT411, ZT421, ZT510, ZT610, ZT620
• Also fits: ZT410 and ZT420 on firmware V75.20.14Z or later
• Not this part: P1083320-038 applicator interface, -039 internal Ethernet print server
• Genuine Zebra: Yes, in Zebra's ZT600 Series Parts Catalog by exact part number

Check the region

Zebra's own description of this card reads for USA and Canada, and that is a regulatory statement rather than a shipping convenience. Radio hardware is certified per region, and a card certified for North America is not lawful to deploy in Europe or Asia even though it would physically fit and electrically work. For a US customer that is simply the right part and there is nothing to do. For a US business fitting a printer that will be shipped abroad, or supporting an overseas site, it is the wrong part and Zebra publishes regional equivalents. This is the single most likely way to get this order wrong.

Which printers it fits

Four independently worded reads across three sources returned the same list: all ZT111, ZT211, ZT231, ZT411, ZT421, ZT510 and ZT600 Series printers, meaning the ZT610 and ZT620. That is unusually broad coverage for a single option card and it spans Zebra's entry, mid and high industrial tiers. There is one conditional entry worth reading carefully: the ZT410 and ZT420 are supported, but only when running firmware V75.20.14Z or later. An older ZT410 needs a firmware update before the card will work, which is free but is a step, and it should be planned into the install rather than discovered during it.

What it adds

This card turns a wired industrial printer into a wireless one, and the reason that matters is that Zebra sells wireless as a factory option on a different part number. A site that bought its printers with USB, serial and Ethernet, then moved to a layout where running cable is impractical would otherwise be looking at replacing the hardware. This card is the alternative, and at the price of a card rather than a printer. It brings both 802.11ac dual-band Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.2, so the printer can join a corporate wireless network and also be configured from a phone or tablet standing next to it.

Two cautions

First, the Bluetooth exclusion caveat is not published here because Zebra's own sources disagree about it. Two reads print that BT4.2 is unavailable on the ZT111, ZT211 and ZT231; one prints the ZT111 and ZT231 only; a third carries no caveat at all. Rather than pick one, this listing states what is consistent and leaves the exclusion list to be confirmed with Zebra for a specific printer. Second, this part number has near neighbours that are entirely different products: Zebra's ZT600 Series Parts Catalog shows P1083320-038 as an applicator interface card and P1083320-039 as an internal Ethernet print server. Order by the full part number.

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