Godex G 500

High-Tech Power with a Customer Friendly Price

"Twin-Sensor Technology" makes the GoDEX G500 perfect for printing on all types of specialty materials especially for retail and industrial applications

  • 300 meter ribbon plus the optional label stand provides maximum printing volume
  • "Twin-Sensor" technology allows you to use a broad range of labels
  • Available interface combinations include:
    USB2.0, Serial and Ethernet
    USB2.0 and Parallel
  • Strong and stable mechanism design for long term reliability
  • 203 DPI model

Product Specifications

Print Method Thermal Transfer / Direct Thermal
Resolution 203 dpi (8 dots/mm)
Print Speed 5IPS (127 mm/s)
Print Width 4.25" (108 mm)
Print Length Min. 0.16” (4 mm)**; Max. 68” (1727 mm)
Processor 32 Bit RISC CPU
Memory 8MB Flash (4MB for user storage) / 16MB SDRAM
Sensor Type Adjustable reflective sensor. Fixed transmissive sensor, central aligned
Media Types: Continuous form, gap labels, black mark sensing, and punched hole; label length set by auto sensing or programming
Width: 1” (25.4 mm) Min. - 4.64” (118 mm) Max.
Thickness: 0.0024” (0.06 mm) Min. - 0.01” (0.25 mm) Max.
Label roll diameter: Max. 5” (127 mm)
Core diameter: 1”, 1.5”, 3" (25.4 mm, 38.1 mm, 76.2 mm)
Ribbon Types: Wax, wax/resin, resin
Length: 981’ (300 m)
Width: 1.18” Min - 4.33” (30 mm - 110 mm) Max
Ribbon roll diameter.: 2.67“ (68 mm)
Core diameter: 1” (25.4 mm)
Printer Language EZPL, GEPL, GZPL auto switch
Software Label design software: GoLabel (for EZPL only)
Driver: MAC、 Linux、Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7, 8.1 and 10 , Windows Server 2003 & 2008
DLL: Win CE , .NET , Windows Mobile, Windows 2000 / XP / VISTA / Windows 7 / Windows 8.1 / Android
Resident Fonts Bitmap fonts: 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 18, 24, 30, 16X26 and OCR A & B
Bitmap fonts 90°, 180°, 270° rotatable, single characters 90°, 180°, 270° rotatable
Bitmap fonts 8 times expandable in horizontal and vertical directions
TTF fonts:TTF Fonts (Bold / Italic / Underline ). 0°,90°, 180°, 270° rotatable
Download Fonts Bitmap fonts: 90°, 180°, 270° rotatable, single characters 90°, 180°, 270° rotatable
Asian fonts: 16x16, 24x24. Traditional Chinese (BIG-5), Simplified Chinese(GB2312), Japanese (S-JIS), Korean (KS-X1001)90∘,180∘,270∘, rotatable and 8 times expandable in horizontal and vertical directions
TTF fonts:TTF Fonts (Bold / Italic / Underline ). 0°,90°, 180°, 270° rotatable
Barcodes 1-D Bar codes:
Code 39, Code 93, EAN-8, EAN-13, EAN 8/13 (with 2 & 5 digits extension), UPC-A, UPC-E, UPC-A and UPC-E with EAN 2 or 5 digit extension, Interleaved 2-of-5 (I 2 of 5), Interleaved 2- o-f 5 with Shipping Bearer Bars, Codabar, Code 128 (subset A, B, C), EAN 128, RPS 128, UCC 128, UCC/EAN-128 K-Mart, Random Weight, Postnet, ITF 14, China Postal Code, HIBC, MSI, Plessey, Telepen, FIM, GS1 DataBar, German Post Code, Planet 11 & 13 digit, Japanese Postnet, Standard 2 of 5, Industrial 2 of 5 , Logmars, Code 11, ISBT -128, Code 32
2-D Bar codes:
PDF417, Datamatrix code, MaxiCode, QR code, Micro PDF417, Micro QR code and Aztec code, Code 49, Codablock F , TLC 39
Code Pages CODEPAGE 437, 850, 851, 852, 855, 857, 860, 861, 862, 863, 865, 866, 869, 737
WINDOWS 1250, 1251, 1252, 1253, 1254, 1255, 1257
Unicode UTF8, UTF16BE, UTF16LE
Graphics Resident graphic file types are BMP and PCX, other graphic formats are downloadable from the software
Interfaces USB + Parallel Port
USB + Serial Port + Ethernet
Control Panel Two bi-color status-LEDs: Ready, Status
Control key: FEED
Power Auto Switching 100-240VAC, 50-60Hz
Environment Operation temperature: 41°F to 104°F (5°C to 40°C)
Storage temperature: -4°F to 122°F (-20°C to 50°C)
Humidity Operation: 30-85%, non-condensing.
Storage: 10-90%, non-condensing.
Agency Approvals CE (EMC), FCC Class A, CB, CCC, cUL, KCC, BIS, EAC
Dimension Length: 11.2” (285 mm)
Height: 6.8” (171 mm)
Width: 8.9” (226 mm)
Weight 5.51 lbs (2.5 Kg), excluding consumables
Options Cutter Module
Label Dispenser
External label roll holder for 10” (250 mm) O.D. label rolls
External label rewinder
Note * Specifications are subject to change without notice. All company and/or product names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
** Minimum print height and maximum print speed specification compliance can be dependent on non-standard material variables such as label type, thickness, spacing, liner construction, etc. GoDEX is pleased to test non-standard materials for minimum print height and maximum print speed capability.