Zebra Technologies P4T Bedienungsanleitung

© ZIH Corp . 2011 Ze br a P 4 T /RP 4 T™ Mo bi le P ri n t er S er ie s U s e r G u i d e Pr in te r Pr eparat ion pg. 7 C onnecti ng th e Pr in te r pg. 2 7 Rad io Regu lat or y In form at ion pg. 3 1 RP 4T P rin te rs pg. 3 5 Main tena nc e p g. 36 T rou bles hootin g pg. 38 Spec ica tion s pg. 4 3 Appendi ces pg. 46 Ind ex pg. 5 2 P 4T Ov [...]

P 4 T / RP 4 T U s e r G u i d e 2 Prop riet ar y Statemen t This ma nual cont ain s proprie t ar y infor mation o f Zebr a T echnolo gies C orp ora tion. It is in tende d sole ly for th e infor mation an d use o f par tie s oper at ing and maint aining th e equipmen t des cribe d here in. Such proprie t ar y infor mat ion may not be us ed, rep rod[...]

P 4 T / RP 4 T U s e r G u i d e 3 Documen t Con ven tions The follo wing con ventio ns are used througho ut this document to co nv ey cer t ain information : Ca ut ion • W ar ns y ou of t he pot ent ial f or electr osta tic d isc ha rg e. Ca ut ion • W ar ns y ou of a pot en ti al el ectric s hock s it ua tion. Ca utio n • W arn s you of a s[...]

4 P 4 T / RP 4 T U s e r G u i d e Thank y ou for choosing one o f our Zebra P4 T Series Mobile Print- ers . The P 4T Series consis t s of t wo models. The P 4 T can print on direct t hermal or thermal trans fer media. The RP 4T can print on direc t or thermal trans fer media and al so encode spe cial RFID media. Because these printers are made by [...]

5 P 4 T / RP 4 T U s e r G u i d e F igu re 1 a : P 4 T /RP 4 T Bottom Vie w Section Continues P 4 T /RP 4 T O v er v iew F igu re 1 : P 4T /RP 4 T Ill ust rat ed 1 P la te n Rol ler 2. Bar Se ns or 3. Medi a Su ppor t 4. Pr in thead 5 . RF ID Re ader /E nc oder (RP 4T o nly ) 6. Rib bon Cartri dge C ov er 7 . C ont rol Pa nel 8. Rib bon Cartri dge[...]

6 P 4 T / RP 4 T U s e r G u i d e The P 4T Series introduces several new tech nologies to the Zebra Mobile Printer prod uct line. Sm art Batte r y The P 4T Series b at ter y pack contains ele ct ronics which al low the printer to mon itor it s operating parameter s. A mong the se are the bat ter y ’ s charge s t ate, t he number o f charge cy cl[...]

P 4 T / RP 4 T U s e r G u i d e 7 Pr int er Prepar ation Batter y Safety The Ba t ter y Packs use d on Zebra Mobile Printer s contain a great deal o f energy and can c ause per sonal injur y or s t ar t a f ire i f use d impro perly or carele ssly . Please obser ve the f ollowing safet y prac tices : C a u t i o n • A v o i d a c c i d e n t a l[...]

P 4 T / RP 4 T U s e r G u i d e 8 Section Continues A pprov ed Chargers The follo wing t able list s ba t ter y charger s appro ved for use with the P 4T Series Printer . U s e o f c h a r g e r s n o t a p p r o v e d b y Z e b r a s p e c i f i c a l l y f o r u s e w i t h t h e P4 T S e r i e s w i l l v o i d t h e w a r r a n t y a n d c o u[...]

P 4 T / RP 4 T U s e r G u i d e 9 Ch arg ing B atte r y Pa cks wit h th e A T1 7 6 96 - x x LI 72 S ing le C ha rg er Plug the LI 72 into the appropriate A C wall recept acle, then i nser t the charge cable into the bat ter y p ack charger jack. The yello w/ green charge indicator LE D w ill ind icate the s t atu s of the charger as per the follow[...]

P 4 T / RP 4 T U s e r G u i d e 10 F igu re 4: C har ging t he P 4 T Seri es Ba t tery wit h the L I 72 S ing le C ha rg er Ch arg ing B atte r y Pa cks wit h th e A T1 87 3 7 -xx LI 72 S ingl e Ch arge r Plug the LI 72 into the appropriate A C wall recept acle, then i nser t the charge cable into the bat ter y p ack charger jack. The amber / gree[...]

P 4 T / RP 4 T U s e r G u i d e 11 Charging the P 4 T Series Batter y with the P 1 0 2 6943- 1 A C Adapt er F igu re 4A : Ch arg ing t he P 4 T Seri es Batte r y wit h the A C Ada pter Section Continues • Open the protec tive co ver on the P 4T Series printer to expose the charger j ack and the comm unication por t s. • C onnect the appropriat[...]

P 4 T / RP 4 T U s e r G u i d e 12 Charging the P 4 T Series Batter y with the A T 1 8488 - 1 DC Adapter ( Customer order ing p / n A K 1 89 1 3 - 003 ) F igu re 4B : Cha rg ing th e P 4 T Serie s Batt er y wit h the DC Ad apt er Open th e pro tectiv e c ov er for a c ce ss to the c harg er rec eptac le P 4 T Seri es DC Ad apte r p/ n A T1 84 88 -[...]

P 4 T / RP 4 T U s e r G u i d e 13 Charging the P 4 T Series Batter y with the A T 1 8488 -2 DC Adapter ( Customer ord ering p / n A K 1 89 1 3 - 0 1 5 ) F igu re 4C: C ha rg in g the P 4 T Seri es Batte r y wit h the DC A dap te r ( V ehi cle C radl e ) DC P owe r Co rd ( open wi res ) P 4 T V ehi cle Cr adl e DC Ad apte r p/ n A T1 84 88 - 2 Ac [...]

P 4 T / RP 4 T U s e r G u i d e 14 C AU T I O N : I n s u r e t h a t t h e a d a p t e r a n d c a b l e y o u a r e u s i n g f o r t h i s i n s t a l l a t i o n a r e c l e a r l y l a b e l e d f o r u s e w i t h t h e v e h i c l e ' s v o l t a g e . Fa i l u r e t o m a t c h t h e a d a p t e r ' s c a p a c i t y t o t h e v [...]

P 4 T / RP 4 T U s e r G u i d e 15 Charging the P 4 T Series Batter y with the UCLI 7 2- 4 Q uad Charger The UCLI7 2- 4 Quad Charger i s d esigned to charge up to four bat ter y p acks simult ane - ously . Chargin g times are as follows : Batter y Sta tus Cha rging Time 80% charged 2.5 Hrs. F ull c harge 5 H rs. • Ensure that the charger has b e[...]

P 4 T / RP 4 T U s e r G u i d e 16 Installing the P 4 T Series Batter y Pack Imp o r ta nt • N ew b at te r y pa ck s are ship p e d un ch ar g e d . R e m ove any p r ote c t i ve s hr in k- w r a p a n d l a b e l s f r o m a n e w b a t t e r y p a c k pri or t o us e. A d d i t i o n a l b a t t e r y p a c k s m a y b e o r d e r e d us ing[...]

P 4 T / RP 4 T U s e r G u i d e 17 Load th e Media Section Continues P 4T ser ies pri nte rs are desi gned to pri nt eithe r cont in uou s ( jo urn al) media or label stock. 1 . Open th e Medi a Co ver Refer to Figu re 7 . 1 . • Press the la tch release but ton on the side of the printer a s shown a t “1 ” b elow . T he media cov er w ill op[...]

P 4 T / RP 4 T U s e r G u i d e 18 F igu re 7 .3- Load ing Medi a F rom An Ex te rna l Sup ply Section Continues 3. L oadi ng Media F rom A n E x te rna l Sup ply Refer to Figure 7 .3 . A P4 T S eries printer conf igured with t he Ex ternal Me dia option has a loading slot in the rear of the media compar t ment allowing yo u to use 4 .0 in. ( 1 0 [...]

P 4 T / RP 4 T U s e r G u i d e 19 F igu re 7 .4- Cl ose t he Medi a C ov er F igu re 7 .5 - In ser t Medi a int o Pee ler Section Continues 4. C lose t he Medi a Co ver: Refer to Figu re 7 .4 . • Pull the m edia out of the printer as shown at “1 . ” • Close the media cov er as shown at “2” , ensuri ng that it latches securely into pla[...]

P 4 T / RP 4 T U s e r G u i d e 20 Adjusting The Media Suppor t Disks Medi a Cor e Siz e Media supplied fo r the P 4T Se - ries printer s w ill hav e t wo pos- sible core sizes, dep ending on the me dia t yp e. Journal me dia an d most labe l med ia is su ppl ied with a 0. 75 ” [ 1 9. 1 mm ] diameter core to maxim ize the a mount of media contai[...]

P 4 T / RP 4 T U s e r G u i d e 21 Load th e Ribbon Cartri dge Section Continues I f y o u a r e u s i n g m e d i a t h at r e q u i r e s T h e r m a l T r a n s f e r m e d i a , p e r f o r m t h i s s t e p . I f y o u a r e u s i n g j o u r n a l s t o c k , o r m e d i a t h a t u s e s d i r e c t th erma l tec hno logy t o prin t label s[...]

P 4 T / RP 4 T U s e r G u i d e 22 Pr int er Contro ls Operat or Controls The printer control panel has but tons for the po wer on/ o f f a nd me dia feed functions and a display which provides information regard- ing printer functions and application pro mpts. T wo na vigation k eys provide easy selection of menu options. The “Scroll For ward?[...]

P 4 T / RP 4 T U s e r G u i d e 23 Progr ammable LCD Settings In addition to the st a tus icons, the LCD on the control panel c an display many o f the printer ’ s set tings and f unctions as tex t a s deter - mined b y the printer ’ s application. Applicat ions can be wri t ten to allow the user to view an d / or modif y the se set t ings usi[...]

P 4 T / RP 4 T U s e r G u i d e 24 Di sp la y F unction s Not C ont rol led from t he Ke ypad While the parameter s in this t able can appear on the display they can be set only by using a P C runnin g Zebra’ s L abel V is t a label cre - ation program a nd a dat a cable link to the printer . F unction Default setting Scrol l & Selec t Optio[...]

P 4 T / RP 4 T U s e r G u i d e 25 Adjustable Shoulder Str ap Refer to f igure abov e. Snap each end of the shoulder s trap int o t he ret aining feat ures on top of the printer . Hold the bu ckle and adjust the st rap as shown until y ou achiev e the desired length. F igu re 1 1 - Shou lder S tra p Section Continues Hold B uckle Pu ll S trap he r[...]

P 4 T / RP 4 T U s e r G u i d e 26 V erif y the Print er I s W orking Be fore you conne c t the printer to your comput er or por t able dat a terminal , make sure that the printer is in proper workin g order . Y ou can do this by printing a con- figuratio n label using the “ t wo ke y reset ” method. I f y ou can ’t get this label to prin t,[...]

P 4 T / RP 4 T U s e r G u i d e 27 Connecting t he Pr int er The printer must es t ablish commu nications w ith a hos t device which sends the da t a to be printed. C ommu nica tions occur in three basic ways : • By a c able bet ween the printer and it s host terminal using either RS232 C or USB protocols • By means o f a Bluetooth shor t-rang[...]

P 4 T / RP 4 T U s e r G u i d e 28 U SB P 4T Series Printer s also hav e a USB t y pe B por t locate d directly above a nd to the right of the RS 232C por t. (Refer to Figu re 1 3) The USB por t is conf igured wi th t he USB Open HCI inter face driver allowing it to commun icate wi th Windows ® ba sed devices. USB drivers are included in the Zebr[...]

P 4 T / RP 4 T U s e r G u i d e 29 Connect the Print er by Radio If you r P 4T Series printer ha s a radio option , y ou c an connec t wirelessl y to eit her a terminal or a wireles s net work ( WL A N. ) Re fer to the Mobile Printer W ireless Conf iguration Guide ava ilable on the product CD or at w w w . zebra .com/ manuals for help on set ting [...]

P 4 T / RP 4 T U s e r G u i d e 30 Wireless Communications Wir eles s C omm uni cat ion s wit h Bluet ooth ® “ Bl ue to ot h” is a wo rl d w id e s t a nd ar d for t h e exchang e of d a t a bet ween t wo devices via radio f requencies. Bluetooth radios are relatively low powered to help prev ent inter ference w ith other de - vices runn ing [...]

P 4 T / RP 4 T U s e r G u i d e 31 Bluetoot h ZB R4 Radio The following sec tion only applies whe n the Bluetooth ZBR4 module is installed in a P 4T series printer . This radio conguration has demonstrated c ompliance to F C C regulations. P 4T series printers with this congura tion sold in Nor th America w ill hav e the FCC ID: I2 8 -MD - Z[...]

P 4 T / RP 4 T U s e r G u i d e 32 E uro pe – E U Decla rati on of C onfor mity This d evice compli es w ith t he es sen tial re quiremen t s of th e R& T TE Di rec ti ve 1 9 9 9/ 5/ EC. The fo llowing te s t met hods h ave been appli ed in orde r to prove pres umption o f complianc e wi th the R & T T E Dir ec tive 1 99 9/ 5/ EC : • E[...]

P 4 T / RP 4 T U s e r G u i d e 33 80 2. 1 1 b/ g and Bluetoot h Co - located Radio Modules The following sec tion only applies whe n the CF ( Compac t Flash ) WL AN module and Bluetooth ZBR4 module are installed in a P 4T printer . This co- located radio conguration has demonstrated complianc e to FC C regulations. P 4T printers with this c o [...]

P 4 T / RP 4 T U s e r G u i d e 34 RF ID E nco der The following sec tion only applies when the RFID encoder i s in- stall ed in an RP 4T pr in te r . The RFI D enc od er ma y be instal led in con- junction wi th either the Bluetooth or 8 02. 1 1 g radio options det ailed previously , but may not be ins t alled with the B luetooth/8 02. 1 1 g dual[...]

P 4 T / RP 4 T U s e r G u i d e 35 T h e i n f o r m a t i o n i n t h i s s e c t i o n i s p r o v i d e d f o r y o u r c o n v e n i e n c e o n l y a n d i s s u b j e c t t o c h a n g e . G o t o h t t p : / / w w w . e p c g l o b a l i n c . o r g f o r t h e l a t e s t E P C in forma tion . The RP 4T printer is equ ipped with an RFID e [...]

P 4 T / RP 4 T U s e r G u i d e 36 E x tending Batt er y Life • A v oid exposing the ba t ter y to direct sunl ight or temperatures ov er 1 0 4 ° F ( 4 0 °C) . • Al ways use a Zebra charger de signed sp ecif ic ally for Li thium- Ion b at teries. Use of any other k ind of charger may damage the bat ter y . C a u t i o n • D o n o t p r i n[...]

P 4 T / RP 4 T U s e r G u i d e 37 P 4 T S eries Cleaning C a u t i o n • T o a v o i d p o s s i b l e p e r s o n a l i n j u r y o r d a m a g e t o t h e p r i n t e r n e v e r i n s e r t s h a r p o r p o i n t e d o b j e c t s i n t o t h e p r i n t e r mec ha ni sm. Area Clea ning Meth od Int er val P r i n t h e ad E l e m e n t s Us[...]

P 4 T / RP 4 T U s e r G u i d e 38 Pr in te r Pr eparat ion pg. 7 C onnecti ng th e Pr in te r pg. 2 7 Rad io Regu lat or y In form at ion pg. 3 1 RP 4T P rin te rs pg. 3 5 Main tena nc e p g. 36 T rou bles hootin g pg. 38 Spec ica tion s pg. 4 3 Appendi ces pg. 46 Ind ex pg. 5 2 P 4T Ov er view- pg. 5 Man ual In tr oductio n pg. 4 T roubleshoo[...]

P 4 T / RP 4 T U s e r G u i d e 39 Pr in te r Pr eparat ion pg. 7 C onnecti ng th e Pr in te r pg. 2 7 Rad io Regu lat or y In form at ion pg. 3 1 RP 4T P rin te rs pg. 3 5 Main tena nc e p g. 36 T rou bles hootin g pg. 38 Spec ica tion s pg. 4 3 Appendi ces pg. 46 Ind ex pg. 5 2 P 4T Ov er view- pg. 5 Man ual In tr oductio n pg. 4 4. P oor o r[...]

P 4 T / RP 4 T U s e r G u i d e 40 Pr in te r Pr eparat ion pg. 7 C onnecti ng th e Pr in te r pg. 2 7 Rad io Regu lat or y In form at ion pg. 3 1 RP 4T P rin te rs pg. 3 5 Main tena nc e p g. 36 T rou bles hootin g pg. 38 Spec ica tion s pg. 4 3 Appendi ces pg. 46 Ind ex pg. 5 2 P 4T Ov er view- pg. 5 Man ual In tr oductio n pg. 4 P rin tin g [...]

P 4 T / RP 4 T U s e r G u i d e 41 Pr in te r Pr eparat ion pg. 7 C onnecti ng th e Pr in te r pg. 2 7 Rad io Regu lat or y In form at ion pg. 3 1 RP 4T P rin te rs pg. 3 5 Main tena nc e p g. 36 T rou bles hootin g pg. 38 Spec ica tion s pg. 4 3 Appendi ces pg. 46 Ind ex pg. 5 2 P 4T Ov er view- pg. 5 Man ual In tr oductio n pg. 4 F igu re 1 8[...]

P 4 T / RP 4 T U s e r G u i d e 42 Pr in te r Pr eparat ion pg. 7 C onnecti ng th e Pr in te r pg. 2 7 Rad io Regu lat or y In form at ion pg. 3 1 RP 4T P rin te rs pg. 3 5 Main tena nc e p g. 36 T rou bles hootin g pg. 38 Spec ica tion s pg. 4 3 Appendi ces pg. 46 Ind ex pg. 5 2 P 4T Ov er view- pg. 5 Man ual In tr oductio n pg. 4 F igu re 1 8[...]

P 4 T / RP 4 T U s e r G u i d e 43 Specif icatio ns N o t e . - P r i n t e r s p e c i f i c a t i o n s a r e s u b j e c t t o c h a n g e w i t h o u t no ti ce . P rin tin g Speci cati on s Maximum P rint Wid th 4.09 in. [ 1 03 , 8 mm ] Pri nt Speed @ 30% den sity 2.0 in. / sec. [5 0,8 mm/s econd ] Direct Thermal mode 1 .5 in/ sec. [38, 1 [...]

P 4 T / RP 4 T U s e r G u i d e 44 P 4T Ser ies Medi a Speci ca tion s Media Width 2.0 in. to 4. 1 2 in. ( 50 ,8 to 1 04,6 mm ) M ax . c on t i n uo us re c e i p t ( w / s t d. m e mo ry ) Co ntin uous, dependent on in stalled memor y Int er-label Gap . 0 .0 8 in . t o 0. 1 6 in . ( 0. 1 2 in . pr ef err ed ) ( 2 mm t o 4 mm [3 mm pref erred])[...]

P 4 T / RP 4 T U s e r G u i d e 45 P h ysic al/ En vi ron menta l/Electr ica l Speci cati on s P 4T Series W ei gh t w / batt ery , an d T T ri bbo n ex cl ud i n g m ed i a a nd ra d io op t i o n 2.9 l bs. ( 1 , 3 2 Kg. ) Operating T emperature D ir ect The rm al : - 4 °F to 1 22 °F ( - 20 °C to 50 °C) The rma l T ra n sfe r: 3 2 °F to 1[...]

P 4 T / RP 4 T U s e r G u i d e 46 Interface C ables Par t Number AK 1 7 4 6 3 - 0 0 8 ; RW Mod Plug t o 9 - Pin DB PC C able Par t Number AK 1 8 6 6 6 - 1 ; RW Mod Plug to USB A Cable Par t Number A T 1 70 1 0 - 1 ; USB A to USB Mini B Cable C o n t a c t t h e F a c t o r y o r y o u r Z e b r a S a l e s R e p r e s e n t a t i v e f o r m o r [...]

P 4 T / RP 4 T U s e r G u i d e 47 Media Supplies T o insure maximum printer life and consis tent print qualit y and per formance for your individual application, i t i s recommended that only media produced b y Zebra be u sed. Advantages include : • Consis tent qualit y and reliabi lit y o f media product s. • L arge range of stocked and stan[...]

P 4 T / RP 4 T U s e r G u i d e 48 Product Support When call ing with a specific pro ble m rega rdin g y ou r pri nter , please hav e the following information o n hand : • Model number / t ype (e .g . P4 T , RP 4T ) • Unit serial number • Product Conf iguration Code (PCC) For on -line produ ct suppor t and the most recent versio ns of down-[...]

P 4 T / RP 4 T U s e r G u i d e 49 Ba t te r y Di spo sal The EP A cer ti f ied RBRC ® Bat ter y Recyclin g Seal on the Li thium - I on (Li -ion) ba t te r y su pplie d wi th your p rint er indicates Zebra T e chnolog ies Corpora tion is volu nt arily pa r tic ipat in g in an in du s tr y pro gra m to col lect and re cy cl e these b at teries at [...]

P 4 T / RP 4 T U s e r G u i d e 50 U si ng zebr a.c om The fol lowing e xamples use the searc h functions on Z ebra’ s W eb site for finding specif ic documents . Exampl e 1 : Fin d the M obi le P rin ter Wi rel es s C ong urat ion Guid e. Go to w w w.zeb ra.com /manuals . Selec t as a manual ty pe “N et working Manual” then click on “S[...]

P 4 T / RP 4 T U s e r G u i d e 51 A ppendix G - P at ents D 2 7 5 , 2 8 6 D 3 4 7 , 0 2 1 D 3 8 9 , 1 7 8 D 4 3 0 , 1 9 9 D 4 3 3 , 7 0 2 D 5 4 9 , 7 6 8 3 , 9 6 4 , 6 7 3 4 , 0 1 9 , 6 7 6 4 , 0 4 4 , 9 4 6 4 , 3 6 0 , 7 9 8 4 , 3 6 9 , 3 6 1 4 , 3 8 7 , 2 9 7 4 , 4 6 0 , 1 2 0 4 , 4 9 6 , 8 3 1 4 , 5 9 3 , 1 8 6 4 , 6 0 7 , 1 5 6 4 , 6 7 3 , 8 [...]

P 4 T / RP 4 T U s e r G u i d e 52 Inde x B Bat ter y pack ins t al ling 16 li fe, ti ps fo r ex t endi ng 3 6 rec ond it ionin g 22 Smar t B at te r y , f ea tur es 6 C Cable C ommu nications 27 Comb ina ti on Por t 2 7 USB 2 8 Charger , b at ter y AC Adapt er 1 1 , 1 2 , 1 3 LI72 sin gle ch ar ger 8 A T1 769 6 -x x 9 , 10 A T1 87 37- x x 10 Lis [...]

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