There are no official drivers from the manufacturer itself for setting up the printer on a Mac. The setup is done with the help of the CUPS (Common Unix Printing System) printer daemon.
To complete the setup, it is first necessary to start up the printer. To do this, follow the manufacturer's instructions for use by connecting the printer to the power supply and loading the roll media.
Here we have summarised the steps described in the official Zebra documentation:
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Print a test label by pressing and holding the feed button until the status indicator flashes once. Then release the button.
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Open the Terminal application on your Mac, for example by opening Spotlight Search with CMD + Spacebar and searching for "Terminal".
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Enter the following command in the terminal to activate the CUPS web interface:
cupsctl WebInterface=yes
- Open a browser window and navigate to the address http://localhost:631/ to access the CUPS web interface.
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Click on Administration in the top navigation bar.
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Click on Add Printer under Printers. If a login dialogue opens after the click, enter the user name and password of the user with whom you are currently logged in to your Mac and confirm with Sign in.
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Under Local Printers, select the Zebra printer that is connected via USB and click Continue.
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Now you can optionally give the printer a different name. Make sure that the option Share This Printer is activated. Click on Continue.
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Select Zebra ZPL Label Printer (en) as the Model and click Add Printer.
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Now select the size of the label paper used as Media Size and the value 203dpi as Resolution. Click on Set Default Options.
- Finally, the printer must be shared in your network. To do this, open System Preferences, select your Zebra printer on the left and activate the checkbox Share this printer on the network. You can also find more information about this step directly at Apple.
The printer should now be found directly in the Picking app.