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Warranty Information 1. Printer Warranty ZEBRA ® printers, excluding thermal printheads which are warranted separately below, are warranted against defects in material or workmanship for six (6) months from the date of original shipment by ZEBRA Technolo-gies Corporation. This warranty does not cove...
A ll st at ement s, te chni cal i nf orma ti on and r ecom mendat i ons rel at i ng t o ZE B RA Pr oduct s ar e ba sedupon t est s bel i eved t o be r el i abl e but do not c onst it ut e a guar ant ee or w arr ant y. Z EB RA T EC HN OLO GIE S S H AL L NO T, UN DE R AN Y C IRC UM S T AN CE S W HA TS...
Table of Contents Warranty Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iZebra Software License Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii 1 Getting Started Unpacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
CANCEL Key Self Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42PAUSE Key Self Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42FEED Key Self Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
1 Getting Started C o ng r at ul at io n s! You h av e ju st pu r ch ased a h ig h -q u al it y th er mal d ema nd p r in t erma nu f act u re d by t h e i nd u str y l ead er i n qu al it y , ser v ic e, a nd v al u e–Z eb ra Tec hn o lo g ie sC o rp o r ati o n. Fo r ov er 2 5 y ear s, Zeb r a h a...
S tor ag e a n d R es h ipping I f y ou a re n ot p la cin g t he Zeb r a St r ip e Pr i nt er i nt o o pe ra ti on i mme di at ely , re pa ck ag e i tu sin g t he o ri g in al p ack in g ma ter i als. Th e Z eb ra Str i pe Pr in te r may b e st o re d un d er t hef o ll owi n g co nd i ti on s. • T...
Volt ag e Selec tion Th e Str ip e is a va il ab le fr o m t h e f act o ry p r eset f o r eit h er 1 00 - 1 20 VAC e lec tr ic al po wero r 2 20 - 2 40 VAC e lec tr ic al po wer . Ref er t o t he pr oduc t la bel o n t he ba ck o f t he pri nt er a nd m a ke sure t hat t he unit i s pro perl y co n...
Communications Th e Str ip e co mes wi th e it he r an El ect ro n ic s I nd u str i es Asso ci ati o n (E IA) R S- 2 32 se ri ald at a i nt er f ace or a f act or y - in sta ll ed p ar all el in t er fa ce. In b o th c ases, yo u mu st su pp l yt he r eq ui r ed in t er fa ce c ab le fo r y o ur a ...
Media and Ribbon Loading Media NOTE: A Media Calibration must be performed when media and ribbon (if used) are first in- stalled in the printer, or when a different type of media or ribbon is installed. See page 14. Media widths and thicknesses vary between applications. To maintain print quality fr...
Pe el - Of f Mode Media Loading (Peel-Off Option Required) Fi gu r e 6 i ll u str at es an S- 5 0 0 pr i nt er wi th t he Peel - Off Op t io n . To i n sur e pr o p er med i a l oa di n g, see Fig u re 6 an d f ol lo w t h e p r oc ed ur e be lo w. 1. Sl id e t he Med ia Su p p ly Gu id e, Me di a G...
R emoving th e L abel B ack ing M ater ial ( Pe el Off O p ti on Re q u i re d ) Wh en t h e am ou n t of b ac ki n g wou n d o n th e B ac ki n g Re win d Sp in d le re ach es f u llca pa cit y , t he B ack in g R ewi nd Sp i nd l e Fu ll Sen so r act iv at es, th e Pa pe r/ R ib b on l ig h tf la ...
Adjusting the Media Sensor Wh en t h e St ri p e p r in te r is p o wer ed ON, it p er fo r ms a sel f test an d co n f ig u re s it so p er ati n g ch ar act er ist ics. So me o f t he se ch ar ac ter i sti cs ar e de ter mi n ed b y th e p o sit io n o ft he Med ia Sen so r. See Fig u re 7 . Th e ...
Ribbon Loading Adj u st ing th e R ibbon Su pply S pindle R ibb on Su ppl y Sp in dl e: Normal Posi tion I n th e Nor ma l Po si ti on , th e “ Du al- Te nsi o n” R ib b o n Sup p ly Sp i nd l e p r ov i de s th ed esi re d amo u nt o f r ib b on b ac k- t en sio n f or d i ff er en t r ib b on wi d...
Loadi n g t h e R ibbon To l o ad ribbon, see Figure 9 and follow the procedure below. Not e: Use rib bo n tha t is wide r th an th e me dia . T he smoo th ba ckin g of the rib bo n pr otec ts th e p rinth ea d fro m we ar a nd pr ematu re fa ilure du e to e xces sive a br asio n. F or Direct Th erm...
Initial Printer Test To i n sur e pr o p er sen sin g o f th e med ia an d r ib b on , pe rf o r m a Med ia Ca li br at io n . T hi sp r oc ed ur e esta bl ish es th e m ed ia pa ra met er s f or t h e p r in te r. I f lo ad in g t he p ri n ter wi thme di a a nd r i bb o n f or t h e f ir st ti me,...
C onfig u rat ion Mode Th e Co n f ig u ra ti on Mo d e a ll ows yo u t o fi n e- tu n e t he in t er na l p r in t er co n fi g ur at io nset ti n gs fo r y o ur a pp l ica ti on . In t h is m od e, y ou c an ch an g e t he f ol lo wi ng p ar am ete rs: • Pr in t in g d ar kn ess • R est p osi ti o...
2 Operation Operating Your Zebra Stripe Printer No w t ha t y o u r pr i nt er i s r ead y f or o p er at io n , h o w d oe s it wo r k? Th e Z eb ra Str i pe Pr in te ri s d esig n ed t o re cei ve in st ru ct io n s f r om a h o st co mp ut er , su ch a s an I B M-c om pa ti bl ePC . T o cr eat e ...
p r in ti n g. Th e PAPE R/ R IB B ON l ig h t f l ash es t o in d ica te th is co nd i ti on . To r emo v e t heb ack i ng f r o m t he R ewin d Sp in d le , see p ag e 9 . C u tt er Mode ( Fa ct o ry- In st a l l ed C u tt er O p ti o n Re q ui r ed ) Wh en t h e me di a i s i n th e r est ( id l ...
Fr ont Panel Keys PAUSE Key Starts and stops the printing process. - If the printer is not printing: no printing can occur- Printing: printing stops once the current label is complete FEED Key Forces the printer to feed one blank label.- Printer not printing: one blank label feeds immediately- Print...
Printer Status Sensors The Zebra Stripe Printer contains several status sensors. These sensors alert the operator tovarious conditions by either stopping the printing or turning on a light. Sensor What it monitors How it works Printhead Sensor Checks the open/closed statusof the Printhead lever. If ...
Sample ZPL II Label Formats ZPL I I ® is Zeb r a Te ch no l og i es C o rp o r ati o n’ s Z eb ra Pr og r amm in g Lan g u ag e I I la be l d esi gn l an g ua ge . ZPL I I let s y o u cr eat e a wid e v ar i ety o f l ab els fr o m t h e si mp le to t hev er y co mp le x, in cl u di n g tex t , b ar...
F orm at 2 : Sa vin g a L ab e l F or mat A s a G ra ph ic I mag e Line # Type this label format: You’ll get this printout: 123456 789 ^XA^LH30,30^FO20,10^AD^FDZEBRA^FS^FO20,60^B3N,Y,20,N^FDAAA001^FS^ISFORMAT2,N^XZ ^XA^ILFORMAT2^XZ (Same as Format 1, but this formatwas also saved in the printer’smem...
3 Routine Care and Adjustment Cleaning CAUT IO N : Use only the cleaning agents indicated below. Zebra Technologies Corporation will not be responsible for any other fluids being used on thisprinter. No lu br ic an ts are nee ded . Ta bl e 1 p r o vi d es a br i ef cl ean in g sch ed u le . Sp eci f...
C leaning th e Pr int h ead I n co nsi ste nt p r in t qu al it y , su ch as vo i ds in t he b ar co d e o r g ra ph i cs, m ay in d ic ate a d i rt yp r in th ea d. Fo r op t imu m pe rf o r man ce, Zeb r a r ec om men d s p er fo r mi ng t h e f o ll owi n gcl ean i ng p r o ced u re af te r ev er...
C leaning th e C u tt er Module ( Fo r P ri n te rs E qu i pp ed w i t h th e O pt i o na l C u tt er ) Th e Cu t ter Mo d u le re qu i re s p er io d ic cle an in g to r em ov e pa pe r du st an d g um med l ab elr esi du e. Th e p r o ced u re o n th e f o ll o win g p ag es sh o ul d b e p er f o...
I . R e m o v e t h e C u t te r M o d u l e f ro m t h e p r i n t e r. 1. Turn the printer’s AC power OFF. 2. Raise the printer’s Media Access Door and lower the printer’s Front Door. See Figure 17. 3. Remove the Label Catch Tray by lifting it up and away from the front of the Cutter Module. 4. Se...
I I . D i s a s s e m b l e t h e C u tt e r Mo d u l e . 1. See Figure 20. Hold the Cutter Module as illustrated. Put your thumbs on the two Wire SpringLoops and your index fingers on the top of the Rear Cutter Blade Guard. It may help to lay theCutter Module on a table or other surface throughout ...
I V . R e a s s e m b l e th e Cu t t e r Mo d u l e . 1. See Figure 22. Position the two Wire Springs down against the Lower Cutter Blade. 2. Place the Rear Cutter Blade Guard over the Wire Springs, perpendicular to its final position.Place your thumbs on the top (flat) part of the Guard. NOTE: Ins...
V . R e i n s t a l l t h e C u t t e r M o d u l e . 1. See Figure 19. Position the Cutter Module above the Cutter Mounting Posts. Press down onthe Cutter Module until the Mounting Slots engage the Mounting Posts on the printer. 2. See Figure 18. Tighten the Mounting Screw in a clockwise direction ...
Mechanical Adjustments Th e Str ip e pr i nt er h as b ee n de sig n ed wit h mi ni mal o p er ato r ad j ust men t s r eq ui r ed . Pr in t Qu al ity A dju s tmen t s I n th e fa cto r y , t he Str i pe p ri n ter i s al ig n ed an d t este d usi n g Zeb r a’ s 5 31 9 r ib b o n an dZe br a’ s Z -T...
Tog g le Pr ess u r e A dju s tmen t Th e To gg l e Assem bl y pre sses t he pri n th ead a ga inst th e ri bbon (if used), t he med i a, a ndt he p lat en . Th e pr essu r e a pp l ied b y t he To g gl e Asse mb ly ma y ne ed to b e in cr ease d or r ed u cedwh en d if f er en t th ic kn esse s o r...
Medi a Sens or Pos it ion Adjus t ment Th i s p ro ce du r e wa s co v er ed in C h ap te r 1. See pa ge 1 0. R ibbon Su ppl y Spindl e A dju s tment Th i s p ro ce du r e wa s co v er ed in C h ap te r 1. See pa ge 1 1. B ack in g R ewi n d Power R oller Adju s tm en t ( Pe e l - O f f O p ti o n R...
Wh en t h e Po wer R o ll er is pr o p er ly ad j ust ed , t h e b ack i ng m ate ri al sh ou l d ha ve ev ent en sio n acr o ss i ts e nt ir e wid th a nd b e wra pp ed sn u g ly ar o u nd a ll Gu id es a nd R o ll er s. I ft he te nsi o n is n o t ev en , t he med i a/b ac ki n g mat er ial ma y s...
4 Troubleshooting and Diagnostics I f th e Zeb r a St ri p e Pr in t er o pe ra tes in an a bn o r mal f ash io n , co n su lt th e Tr ou b le sho o ti n gTa bl e b el o w. Th e Pri n ter Di ag n ost ic s f ol lo wi ng t h e Tr o u bl esh o ot in g Ta bl e m ay al soh el p yo u t o de ter mi n e t h...
Troub lesho ot ing Tab le S ympt om Diag nosi s Act ion Printer stops, PAUSE light ONand PAPER/ RIBBON lightFLASHING. Ribbon incorrectly or notloaded. Load ribbon correctly. SeeChapter 1. Malfunctioning Ribbon Sensor. Call a service technician. Printer stops, PAUSE lightON and PRINTHEAD lightFLASHIN...
Troub lesho ot ing Tab le S ympt om Diag nosi s Act ion Printing stops.PAPER/RIBBON,PAUSE, andCANCEL lights on Out of media. Load media. See Chapter 1. Forprinterswith theCutterOptioninstalled. Media jammed in Cutter. Remove media, clean CutterModule if necessary. See page27. Connecting cable notcon...
CANCEL Ke y S el f Te st Th i s sel f test p r in ts th e p r in t er ’sco n f ig u ra ti on p ar am ete rs th at ar ecu r r en tl y sto r ed in C o n fi g ur at io n( EEPR OM) Mem or y . Se e Fi gu r e 2 7 . Th e co nf i gu r at io n may b e ch an ge dei th er t emp o r ar il y (f o r sp eci fi c l...
FEED Key Se lf Te s t Th e re sul ts of t h is se lf t est wil l b e use d to d et er min e th e b est Dar k n ess Set ti n g fo r asp eci f ic med ia /r ib b o n co mb in at io n . See Fig u r e 2 9 . Th e FEED Ke y Self T est lab el s wi ll p ri n t a t v ar i ou s p l us or m in u sDar k n ess se...
MODE Ke y Se l f Te st Th i s sel f test p la ces t h e p r in te r in aC o mmu n ica ti on s Di ag n ost ic s Mo de . I n th i s mo d e,t he p ri n ter p r in t s th e ASCI I ch ar ac ter s a nd t h eirco r r esp on d in g h ex ad eci mal v al ue s f or a ny d at ar ece iv ed f r om th e ho st co m...
5 Specifications No t e: Yo ur p r in t er may n o t ha ve al l o f t he o pt io n s d escr i be d in t he se sp eci f ica ti on s. General Specifications Height 13" 330mm Width 8.25" 209.6mm Depth 17" 431.8mm Weight (option-dependent) 17.25 lbs 72.21 kg Electrical 110 or 220 VAC +10%/ −...
Options (* Factory-Installed) • 512 KB RAM Expansion (for a total of 1 MB RAM) (S-500 only) • 2 5 6 KB RAM Ex pa nsi o n (f o r a t o tal o f 5 12 KB R AM) ( S- 30 0 o n ly ) • * 256 KB Battery Backed-Up RAM for label formats and graphics ( S- 50 0 o n ly ) • * Pee l- Of f Mod e wit h Ba ck in g -On...
Standard Printer Fonts Fo r mo r e i nf o r mat io n o n fo n ts, r ef er to y o u r ZPL I I Pr o gr am min g Gu id e. 8 Dot s/mm Pri nt head Font s Dot Matrix ( h x w ) ( D e f a u l t s ) Typ e* M in imum Charact er Si z e ( h x w) M ax Char / In A 9 x 5 U-L-D .044 ″ x .030 ″ 33.3 B 11 x 7 U .054 ...
Standa rd Printer Font Exa mples Figure 31 Default Printer Fonts (8 Dots/mm) Figure 32 Default Printer Fonts (6 Dots/mm) 5 S p e c i f i ca t i o n s 49
Optional Printer Fonts Th er e ar e ma ny o p ti o na l c ha ra cte r fo n ts th at can b e pu r ch ased f o r y ou r St ri p e i nad d it io n t o th o se wh ic h ar e st an da rd i n th e un i t. Fro m ti me t o ti me, ad d it io n s may b ema de to t h e l ist o f av ail ab le f on t s. C o nt ac...
Optional Printer Font Examples CG Tr iumvirate - Standar d 0123456789.,?!AaBbCc CG Triumvirat e - B old 0123456789.,?!AaBb CcDd CG Tr iumvirate - Itali c 0123456789.,?!AaBbCcDdEe CG Triumvirat e - B old It alic 0123456789.,? !AaBb CG Tim es - St andard 0123456789.,? !AaB bC cDdEeF fGg CG T...
Figure 35 Bitmap Smooth Fonts: Point Size Examples S p e c i f i ca t i o n s 52
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Tec h n ical S u pport Ser vice via Tel eph on e B ef o re y o u ca l l - Misunderstanding instructions or omitting a step are the most common sources of error. Please reread the manual and use the table of contents and appendixes for help. B e pr epa red - T o po ssi bl y av o id ex ce ss ti me an ...
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Oper ati ons an d Ma in tena nce Cour ses Ea ch Op er ati o ns an d Main t en an ce C o u rse f ir st in tr o d uc es t he stu d en t to v ar io u s b arco d e c on ce pt s an d t er min o lo g y . To p ic s in cl u de d ir ect t he rm al/ th er ma l t r an sfe r pr i nt in g ,co n ti n uo u s an d ...
Appendix Adjusting the Printhead On ly a dj u st t h e p r in th ea d po si ti on i f y ou h av e do n e t h e f o ll owi n g an d ar e st il lex p er ie nc in g u nsa ti sfa cto r y p ri n t q u al it y (t h e p r oc ed ur es fo r t he se ad j ust men t s ar el oc ate d in C h ap ter 3 .) : 1. C h ...
15. Re-install the Printhead Support Bracket using the two mounting screws. 16. Press PAUSE and observe the test labels to insure consistent print quality and proper parallelism across the top of the labels. Repeat procedure if required. 17. If, after adjusting printhead position, one side of the la...
Printer Interface Technical Information R S -2 32 I n ter f ace Si g nal L eve ls Fo r al l R S- 2 32 i n pu t an d o ut p ut si gn al s, t h e St ri p e p r in te r fo l lo ws b o th t he El ect ro n ic sI n du s t ri es A s s o ci at io n ( EI A ) RS- 2 3 2 an d th e C o n s ul ta ti ve C om mit t...
R S -2 32 Cabl ing R equir ement s The required cable must have a 25-pin “ D” Type (DB25P) connector on one end, which isplugged into the mating (DB25S) connector located inside the access opening on the leftside of the printer. (Refer to Figure 11 on page 19 for the location of this cable.) Th e ot...
Parallel Interface Th e pa ra ll el in te rf ac e p r ov i de s a m ean s o f co mmu n ic ati o n whi ch i s ty p ic all y f aste r th ant he p re vi o usl y men t io n ed ser ia l i n ter f ace met h od . In t h is m eth o d , t he b it s o f da ta whi chma ke u p a ch ar ac ter a re sen t all at o...
S ig n al Des cri ption s Th e fo l lo win g ch ar t p ro v id es a d escr i pt io n o f eac h of t h e p in s i n th e pa ra ll el co nn ec to r .A st an d ar d pa ra ll el da ta cab le wil l pr o v id e t h e r eq u ir ed i nt er co n ne cti o n be twee n th eco mp u te r an d th e St r ip e p r i...
Glossary a lpha num eri c I n d ica ti ng l et ter s, n u mer al s, an d ch ar ac ter s su ch a sp u nc tu at io n mar k s. ba ckf eed B ack f eed i s wh en th e pr i nt er p u ll s th e med ia an d r ib b on ( i f use d)b ack war d i nt o th e pr i nt er so t ha t t h eb eg in n in g o f th e lab e...
r ecy cl ed b y th e en d- u ser s. L ab elb ack i ng ( o r li n er ) ha s a n o n -st ic ksu r fa ce wh i ch al lo ws t he la be l t o b eea sil y re mo ve d by t h e en d - use r an dp la ced i n th e d esi r ed lo ca ti on . m edia Mate ri al o nt o wh ich d at a i s p r in te d b y th e pr i nt ...
A AC Po wer, 3 , 1 8AC Po wer C a bl e, 3AC Po wer Fu se , 3 2Ad ju st men t s Me d ia Sen so r Po sit io n , 1 0 , 3 3 , 3 5Pr i nt d ar k n ess, 33Pr i nt Qu al it y, 33Pr i nt h ea d Posi ti o n, 3 3, 6 3B a ck in g R ewi n d Powe r R ol le r Ad ju stm en t, 3 5To gg l e Pr e ssur e , 3 3 -3 4 AS...
Me di a Ca li b ra ti o n, 1 4Me di a Gui d e, 5Me di a Sen so rs, 1 0, 2 6Me di a Sup p ly Gu i de , 5MODE Key, 2 0 N Nu ll Mo d em, 6 7 O Op er a ti ng Mo d es C u tt er, 1 8Pe el - Off, 1 7R e win d ( Ex te rn a l) , 6 , 18Tea r- Off, 5 , 1 7 Op er a to r C on t ro l s, 4 6Op ti o n Swit ch es, 1...
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