Zebra Technologies A300 manuale d’uso

User's Guide A 30 0 Ze br a Customer order #55530L Manufacturer part #55530LB © Zebra T echnologies Corporation ZEBRA PERSONAL PRINTER LINE DIRECT THERMAL PRINTER Zebra House The V alley Centre, Gordon Road High W ycombe Buckinghamshire HP13 6EQ, UK T elephone +44 (0)1494 472872 Facsimile +44 (0)1494 450103 Zebra T echnologies Europe Limit[...]

Ze br a ® A 300 User’ s Gu ide Custo mer o rder # 55 530 L M an uf act ure r par t # 5 55 3 0L B Re v . 4 55530lr4 Page - 3 Wednesda y, March 26, 1997 11:18 AM[...]

This manual contain s propri etary inf ormati on of Z ebra Techn ologies Corporati on. It is in tend ed so le ly for the inf o rmat i on and use of parties operating and mai ntaini ng the e quipm ent descri bed herei n. Such prop rietary in formation may not be used, repro- duced , o r di sclose d to an y oth er p arties for any oth er p urpo se wi[...]

In trodu ctio n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 U np ac kin g a nd Insp ec ti on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Ad d iti ona l Req ui re m ent s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Setti[...]

Figure 1: P r i nter Ove rvie w Me di a c ove r Me di a h old er Me di a g uid e s T ear bar Print hea d Print m echan ism l atche s P e el- of f roll er Pee l-o f f d oor la tch es Plat en ro lle r Po w e r/f au l t li g ht s Fee d butt on Pr in the ad op e n se ns or Pa per ou t se nsor L abel pres e n tation se nsor 55530lr 4 Page 0 Wednes day, [...]

T his ma nua l p rov i de s al l of the in for mati o n y o u wi ll n ee d t o o per a te y our prin ter o n a dai l y basis. T o p r in t label s, tags, or tick ets w ith the A 300 printer , ref er to th e ZPL I I Pr ogramming Guide (pa rt # 4 6469L ) or to the o n -li ne i nst ructions with the B AR-ONE software. T o o btain a c o p y o f t he ZP[...]

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Figure 2: P arallel Conn ectio n 55530lr 4 Page 10 Wednes day, March 26, 1997 11:18 AM[...]

Figure 3: Serial Conne cti on 55530lr 4 Page 11 Wednes day, March 26, 1997 11:18 AM[...]

No t e: If y ou plan t o use BAR -ONE soft wa re t o c re ate y our labels, you will nee d t o inst all the soft ware on y our compu t er before y ou c an opera te y ou r pr in t er . Y ou wi ll not n eed t o use BAR -ONE soft wa re i f y ou are p rinting l abel f or - mat s c r ea te d in ZP L I I . T o pr int Z P L I I , y ou m a y us e virt ual [...]

Th e A 300 printer uses BAR-ONE s oft ware or Z PL I I Programmi ng Lan- guag e sent f ro m a ny Wi nd ow s™ o r DOS applicat ion. 1. St art W indows. 2. I n se r t dis k 1 of th e BAR- ONE sof t war e in you r f l op py d is k dr ive ( A: or B: ). 3. I n Pr ogr a m Ma nag er , c li ck on th e File menu . Sel ec t Run . (Wind ow s 95 users: se le[...]

Lo ca te d on the r i ght - han d si de of the p r int er ne ar th e ba ck . Th e p ower s wit ch s hou l d b e tu r ned of f bef ore c onne ct i ng or dis c on - ne ct in g a ny cab le s . In n orma l use, pressing the F ee d Ke y o n ce when th e pr i nter is idl e (not printin g) wi ll cau se t he p rinte r to f ee d a blank label . Th e Feed K [...]

Zebra A 300 & T 300 User's Guide Addendum 1 C:A_SeriesA_T_Adden.vp Wed Aug 12 10:52:06 1998 Color profile: Disabled Composite Default screen[...]

Scope This addendum contains information about the new Calibration features added to the Zebra A 300 and Zebra T 300 printers when upgraded with the 25.8.1 and 23.8.1 versions of firmware respectively. Calibration Auto-Calibration The printer only auto-calibrates when using non-continuous media (a gap, notch, or black mark separates each label). Du[...]

Manual Calibration Manual calibration should be performed whenever you are using pre- printed labels or preprinted label backing, or if the printer will not auto calibrate. NOTE: Before performing a manual calibration, refer to your label preparation software user’s manual and set the printer for the media type (web or black mark). To manually ca[...]

© Zebra Technologies Corporation Part # 55560L Rev. 1 Figure 2. T 300 Sample Media Sensor Profile Figure 1. A 300 Sample Media Sensor Profile 4 C:A_SeriesA_T_Adden.vp Wed Aug 12 10:52:07 1998 Color profile: Disabled Composite Default screen[...]

Turn the prin t er on by pressi ng the Po we r Sw i tc h o n the rig ht side o f the pr inter . The Power and Fa ult lig hts wil l tur n on. The prin ter per for m s a set of i nte r na l dia gnos ti cs , a nd af t er t he dia gnos t ic s ha ve b e en co m pl et ed ( wi thi n 1 - 10 s econds) the F a ult l ight wi ll t u rn off. If y ou a re using [...]

6. Press an d rel ease t h e Fe ed Ke y. A profile of the m edia sensor setti ngs will print . W h en comple te , the printer w ill save the n e w set tings in memor y a nd the pr int er is r eady f or normal op era tion. If you are u si ng the print er ’ s serial port to tra ns fer da ta , y ou wi l l need to ma k e sur e tha t th e pr in te r a[...]

Here is the c omman d descri ptio n for the Set Co mmuni catio ns comm and (refer to y o ur ZPL I I Pr ogramming Guide fo r a d di tio nal prog ra mmi ng inf orm ati on): ^SCa,b,c,d,e,f wh ere a = bau d ra te ( 11 0 - 19200 baud) b = wor d le ngt h ( 7 or 8 da ta bi ts) c = pa rit y ( N = none , E = ev e n, O = odd) d = st op bit s ( 1 or 2 ) e = h[...]

CAUTION: Use o nly the clea ning agents indi cate d in t he f ollo wing t able. Ze b ra T echn olog ies Corp orat ion wi ll not b e r es pon si b le f or any ot her fl uid s bei ng us ed on t h is print er. Inco nsis te nt print qua lity , suc h a s vo ids in the bar c o de or gra phic s, ma y indi cate a dirt y printhe ad. Fo r best resu lts , per[...]

T able 4. T r oubl esho oting Pow e r light does not turn on when Power switch is turned on. Printer is not rec eiving power . Ma k e sure that the power supp ly is plugged into the p rinter and into a wa ll o utl et, power strip, or other source of power . Wh e n printer is fir st powered on, the F au lt lig ht remains on. Printer faile d an in te[...]

T o pr int out a l is ti ng of t he pr int er ’ s curren t c o nfi g ura t ion (con figurat ion labe l), re fer t o T able 1 , “F eed Ke y T ro ubles hooting Modes ,” o n p age 14. If the prin t er is exh ibi tin g unus ual s y mpt om s, su ch as skip- pin g a l abel , you ma y need to rec alibrat e the print er . See “Cal ibrat i on” o n[...]

Figure 6: Comm uni cati on s Diagnos tic s P rinto ut (Sample) 55530lr 4 Page 21 Wednes day, March 26, 1997 11:18 AM[...]

T abl e 5: Specifica t ions Print density 203 dots/inch 8 dots/mm Print wi dth 1 t o 4. 12 5 25.6 to 105.0 mm Print speed 2 /sec 51 mm/s ec Label width (inc luding b acking material, if any) 1 t o 4. 25 25 to 108 mm Label le ngth 0.5 to 1 8 12.7 to 457 m m Interlabe l gap 0.08 to 0.16 2 to 4 mm Label thickne ss (including ba cking material, if any)[...]

Media re quiremen ts Zebra rec ommen ds u s e of Zebra brand media. All media must be direct thermal m edia. Media may be continuo us, die-cu t, or notched. Notched media must have a no tch which is 1/4 wide 3/ l o ng located on the lef t side of the label as it feeds through the printer . Physical size (L W H) 9.7 7.0 6. 0 2 49 mm 179 m m 15 4 mm [...]

Figure 7 . 2 30 V AC Pow e r Line Cord Fi gure 8. Ex ample s of Intern at i onal Safe ty Organiz ations T ab le 6 . Pa ra l le l Pino ut s 1 Strobe 2-9 Da ta Bi ts 0 -7 10 Ac kno w le dge 11 B us y 12 Pape r en d 13 Select 1 4-17 No t us ed 1 8 +5 V @ 0. 75 A 19-30 Gro u nd 31 No t u s ed 32 Error/fault 33 Ground 34 No t u s ed 35 +5 V thro ugh 3 .[...]

The enclosed software and documentation are protected b y the United States copy right law and inter na tio n a l treaty , and there- fore you m ust treat them like a book, w i t h th e exception t hat you may ma ke copies to p rote ct you rsel f agai n s t loss of the orig i- nal. Y o u r right to use the enclo sed soft ware and docu men tatio n a[...]

1. Printe r W arranty ZEBRA printers, e x clu d ing thermal pri n theads w h ich are wa rranted separately bel ow , are warr anted against defects i n mater i a l or workman ship for twelve (12) months from the d ate of p urchase by the end u se r. Th is w a rranty does no t cover no rmal wear and tear an d shall be null and void if the eq u ipment[...]

User's Guide A 30 0 Ze br a Customer order #55530L Manufacturer part #55530LB © Zebra T echnologies Corporation ZEBRA PERSONAL PRINTER LINE DIRECT THERMAL PRINTER Zebra House The V alley Centre, Gordon Road High W ycombe Buckinghamshire HP13 6EQ, UK T elephone +44 (0)1494 472872 Facsimile +44 (0)1494 450103 Zebra T echnologies Europe Limit[...]