Honeywell PC42E-T 4-inch Desktop Printer

The Honeywell PC42E-T is a compact 4-inch desktop printer designed for businesses that need reliable, high-speed and high-resolution label printing in light to medium-volume environments. With support for both direct thermal and thermal transfer printing, the PC42E-T is a flexible solution for retail, transportation and logistics, warehousing, light manufacturing, parcel tracking, asset labelling and product marking. The PC42E-T is positioned as a practical desktop printer for organisations that need more flexibility than a direct thermal-only printer. Direct thermal operation is suitable for shorter-life labels and receipts, while thermal transfer printing with ribbon supports more durable label applications where longer readability or stronger resistance may be required. This makes the PC42E-T useful across a wider range of business processes than a basic direct thermal desktop model. Built on Honeywell Printer Edge, the PC42E-T provides a smart and connected printer platform with simplified setup, reliable output, enhanced security and a unified software toolkit for printer networks. This helps businesses deploy, configure and manage printers more efficiently, especially when multiple printers are used across retail, logistics, warehouse or manufacturing locations. Print quality and speed are central strengths of the PC42E-T. The printer is available with 203 dpi or 300 dpi print resolution. Maximum print width is 108 mm, while maximum print speed is up to 6 ips at 203 dpi and up to 5 ips at 300 dpi. The default print speed is 100 mm/s, or 4 ips. This allows the printer to produce sharp and stable labels for parcel tracking, asset identification, product marking and operational labelling. Media handling supports common 4-inch desktop workflows. The PC42E-T accepts media widths from 25.4 mm to 114 mm, media rolls up to 127 mm outside diameter and media core sizes of 25.4 mm or 38.1 mm. Supported media types include continuous label paper, non-continuous label paper, notch paper, black mark media and fan-fold media. Minimum label length is 9.6 mm, while maximum print length is 4826 mm at 203 dpi and 2159 mm at 300 dpi. Ribbon handling is an important differentiator for the PC42E-T. The printer supports coated-side-out ribbons with 0.5-inch and 1.0-inch ribbon cores. Maximum ribbon length is 300 m on a 1-inch core and 74 m on a 0.5-inch core, with ribbon widths from 25.4 mm to 110 mm. The ability to switch between 0.5-inch and 1-inch ribbon cores gives users more flexibility and helps the same printer serve different label applications. The compact design makes the PC42E-T suitable for both back-end and front-end environments. It measures 273 mm × 198 mm × 168 mm and weighs 2.04 kg, allowing it to fit on desks, packing stations, retail work areas and warehouse workstations. The large top window helps users monitor media and ribbon supply more easily, while the flat top design supports practical use in space-constrained work areas. The user interface is designed for simple daily operation. The PC42E-T includes one feed button, one ECO button and LED status indication. The ECO button enables economy mode, helping reduce label waste and calibration waiting time in suitable workflows. This supports more efficient operation in environments where users need fast, repeatable label printing without complex printer handling. Connectivity is suitable for both standard and more flexible deployment scenarios. Standard interfaces include USB Device, USB Host and factory-installed internal Ethernet. Optional interfaces include USB-to-serial cable and a Wi-Fi 5 / Bluetooth 5.0 module. Network protocol support includes TCP/IP, LPR/LPD, Telnet/SSH, FTP/SFTP, BOOTP, DHCP, HTTP/HTTPS and SMTP, with IPv4 and IPv6 support. This makes the printer easier to integrate into local, networked or wireless printing environments. The PC42E-T supports a broad set of software and printer command languages. Supported languages include Direct Protocol, DPL, ZSim2 for ZPL II compatibility, ESim for EPL compatibility, and XML support for SAP AII and Oracle WMS. Driver support includes InterDriver for Windows, CUPS driver for Linux, Honeywell Device Types for SAP, Honeywell label design and print package, and BarTender application support. Character set support includes English and Extended Latin, Arabic, Baltic, Cyrillic, Greek, Hebrew, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese and more through Monotype UFST and WorldType Layout Engine. The printer supports native 1-bit BMP, GIF, PCX and PNG graphics formats, and all major 1D and 2D barcode symbologies, including Aztec, Code 16K, Code 49, Data Matrix, Dot Code, EAN, UCC 128, Grid Matrix, HIBC, MaxiCode, PDF417, Micro PDF417 and QR Code. This makes it suitable for modern logistics, compliance, inventory and product identification workflows. Accessory options include cutter, peel-off and roller. These options help adapt the PC42E-T to workflows where labels need to be cut, dispensed or processed more efficiently. The printer is also described as backward-compatible with accessories from the earlier PC42T model, helping protect existing investments for customers already using that platform. The PC42E-T operates from +5°C to +40°C at 10% to 80% non-condensing relative humidity, and can be stored from -40°C to +60°C. It uses a 90–264 V input power supply with 24 V DC output. Memory is listed as 128 MB flash and 128 MB SDRAM. Warranty coverage is one year on the printer and one year on the printhead. Overall, the Honeywell PC42E-T is a compact and flexible 4-inch desktop printer for businesses that need both direct thermal and thermal transfer label printing in one platform. It is especially relevant for retail, logistics, light manufacturing and warehouse environments where reliable operation, Ethernet connectivity, optional wireless deployment, ribbon support and easy daily use are important.

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