Faster on-the-go label printing

I mapped our Sunquest reprint screen to a QR on my badge and paired a Zebra ZQ620 — scan once and it spits a 2x1 with MRN/spec/time in about 3 seconds, which shaved about 45 seconds per patient on 6 a.m. rounds. Anyone running an even quicker setup or a smarter template (auto time-stamp, tube color hint) to squeeze this down further?

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On ZQ620, bump speed to 4 ips and use RTC timestamp; add “SST” box. Firmware current?

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Pre-store your 2x1 as a ZPL format on the ZQ620 and call it from the QR (send only MRN/spec/time); that dropped me from about 3s to about 2s and smoothed BT hiccups. Switch to tear mode and disable sleep so it doesn’t pause before the first print. @juho121, did Wi‑Fi Direct beat BT for you too?

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That’s impressive! I use the ZQ620 too and find the QR setup saves time, but getting to 2 seconds sounds awesome. Have you tried tweaking the print density for better battery life? :sweat_smile:.

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