Nutritics Print Driver

The Nutritics Print Driver has been designed to work in conjunction with Nutritics and the Nutritics Label Magic solution. The application is designed to sit silently on your android device and handle all of your printing needs.

The print application allows you to operate a fully mobile, end to end print solution, all the way from Nutritics, through Label Magic and finally printing from your Nutritics approved mobile printer. Once installed and configured, the application will inherit any settings needed from the Nutritics system to facilitate the print job.

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• Device Requirements
• Installing the App
• Connecting a Printer via Bluetooth
• Connecting a Printer via WiFi
• Connecting to an Android device
• Setting up the Driver for Printing

Device Requirements

The Nutritics Print Driver application has been designed to operate with Android devices and is available via the Google Play Store. The requirements to run the application include:

• Android 6.0 and up
• Screen size of 6 inches and up

Printer Connectivity

The application shall facilitate a connection into the following printers:

• Brother TD2120
• Brother TD2130
• Brother TD4550DNWB
• Brother TD4510D
• Brother TD4510TN
• Brother TD4750TNWB
• Zebra ZD420
• Zebra ZD421
• Zebra ZD421t
• Zebra ZD620
• Zebra ZD621

Installation

Firstly, install the Nutritics Print Driver application. The application is available from the Google Play Store.

The application can be found by searching for ‘Nutritics Print Driver’ or using the link below:

LINK TO INSTALL

Set Up Permissions

Once you have installed the application, open the application and accept all necessary permissions:

Connect To A Printer via Bluetooth

Automatic Connection

To connect your printer to the Nutritics Print Driver application via Bluetooth, please follow the steps below:

1. Put your printer into pairing mode, so that it can be discovered
2. In the Nutritics Print Driver, select the relevant printer make and model. The print app shall then search for available devices nearby (image 1 below)
3. Once discovered, select the printer that you are attempting to connect to (image 2 below). To check that it is the correct device, confirm the serial number and MAC Address of the printer
4. When prompted to do so, ensure that the code displayed on screen matches the code printed/displayed by your printer and select ‘pair’ (see image 3 below):

Manual Connection

If you are unable to connect automatically, you can use the ‘Add Manually’ button which will allow you to enter the MAC address of the printer that you would like to connect to:

Connect to a Printer via WiFi

Firstly, ensure that your printer is connected to a WiFi connection – this should be the same connection that your Android device is connected to

Depending on the device, there are different ways to connect to WiFi. However, please see the below guides, which may be of assistance:

• Zebra – can be configured using the Printer Setup Utility app on this LINK
• Brother – can be connected using the buttons and screen on the printer. Alternatively, it can be connected by configuring the WiFi settings via USB via this LINK

Connect Your Printer to an Android Device

Within the Nutritics Print Driver, please follow the steps below:

1. Select ‘WiFi’ in the ‘Port’ setting
2. Select the printer make and model
3. When prompted, enter the IP Address of the printer. If you do not receive a prompt, select the ‘Add Manually’ button
4. Once you have entered the IP Address, select the ‘Add’ button

Confirmation of Connection

Once your printer is connected, the status light at the bottom of the screen will show as a blue button and with the status showing as ‘connected’:

We then also advise using the ‘test print’ option at the bottom of the application screen to ensure that the connection is active.

Setting up the Driver for Printing Labels

Once your application is installed and the printer connected, you can apply the necessary settings on the application:

Printer Make

Available options:

• Brother
• Zebra

Please select the model number which corresponds to your printer.

Printer Model

The available options depend on which ‘printer make’ that was selected. Please select the model number which corresponds to your printer.

Port

Available options:

• Bluetooth
• WiFi

Please select the option which corresponds to your chosen communication method. The default option is bluetooth.

Label Type

Available options:

• Die-Cut – these are pre cut labels, where there is a small gap between each label on the roll
• Continuous – this is a continuous roll of label and requires a cutter
• Transmissive – the label gaps are denoted by small black marks

Please select the option which corresponds to your chosen label roll.

Cut Settings

Available options:

• None – used when using die-cut labels
• Dynamic – used where a cutter is attached to the printer and ‘continuous’ labels are being used

Please select the option which corresponds to your chosen cut settings. The default is ‘none’.

Paper Size

Available options:

• Auto – the print driver matches the label size that is sent from Nutritics
• A4
• A3
• Letter
• Label

Please select the option which corresponds to your chosen label size. The default is ‘Auto’ and we recommend using this setting.

Rotation

Available options:

• 0
• 90
• 180
• 270

This allows you to add a standard rotation to your labels before printing. 

Please select the option which corresponds to your chosen rotation. The default is ‘0’.

Darkness Enhancement

Available options:

• 0 – lightest
• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5
• 6
• 7
• 8
• 9
• 10 – darkest

The darkness helps to enhance the quality of the print. The darkness can also be set as part of Label Magic.

Please select the option which corresponds to your chosen darkness settings.

DPI Settings

Available options:

• 203
• 300

The DPI refers to ‘dots per inch’ and it is a measure of the quality of the printer. The higher the value, the better quality the printer.

Please select the option which corresponds to your chosen printer.