This help article demonstrates how to connect your Zebra Printer to the YardsTech® Stick Reader and print EID's directly to the printer.


Note that these steps relate directly to the the Zebra ZQ511 printer. Other printers may also function correctly with thee settings.


Bluetooth Connectivity

To connect the YardsTech® Stick Reader to the Zebra printer via Bluetooth:


  1. Using the Zebra Setup Utilities configure the printers Bluetooth as shown below. 
  2. Using the YardsTech® App setup the Stick Reader as follows. 
  3. Apply the settings and then search for the Zebra printer. At this point you may see the following on the printer ... if so press the "tick" button to accept the pairing. 



Setting up your printed barcode

There are a number of ways in which you can print an EID as text and/or a barcode on Zebra printer. This is just one example.


  1. Using the Zebra Designer software create a label with a variable field on it.
  2. Save this label to the printer in the Internal Flash. Here are some articles that may help with these steps: https://supportcommunity.zebra.com/s/article/Store-Label-Format-and-Recall-for-Printing-using-ZebraDesigner?language=en_US and  https://supportcommunity.zebra.com/s/article/000022036?language=en_US
  3. Configure the YardsTech® Stick Reader to output the EID as "Code".
  4. Enter the code to send to the printer into the "Code to send" field.
  5. Inside the code use the placeholder "EID" to insert the read EID.


For example : You have saved your barcode label to the Zebra's internal flash and the file name is "YARDSTEC.ZPL". It contains one field identified as FN11. The code to send to the printer in such a situation might be :

^XA^XFE:YARDSTEC.ZPL^FS^FN11^FDEID^FS^XZ

Notice the use of the "EID" placeholder in the code. When the stick reader reads an EID it will insert it into the "EID" placeholder. Let's say we read tag 951 123456789012, it would alter the code send it to the Zebra printer as follows :

^XA^XFE:YARDSTEC.ZPL^FS^FN11^FD951 123456789012^FS^XZ