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P4T / R P4T Q uick Star t Guide 1 Intr oduction Get ting S tar ted Using the Printe r T rouble shooting Cont act Us Introduction Thank y ou for choosi ng one of our Zebra P 4T Series Mobile Printers. The P 4T Series con- sist s o f t wo models. The P4T can print on direct thermal or thermal trans fer media. The R P4T can print on d irect or thermal[...]
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2 Intr oduction Get ting S tar ted Using the Printe r T rouble shooting Cont act Us P4T / R P4T Q uick Star t Guide Charge the Batt er y Pa ck Using the A C Adapter If the B at ter y Pack is new , remov e it s protecti v e wrapping and discard the warning label co v ering the bat ter y cont act s. Ins t all the Bat ter y Pack in the printer . Inser[...]
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3 Intr oduction Get ting S tar ted Using the Printe r T rouble shooting Cont act Us P4T / R P4T Q uick Star t Guide UCLI 7 2- 4 Q uad Charger The UCLI72 - 4 uad Charger is an optional accessor y k it allowing sim ult aneous chargi ng of up to four bat ter y packs. The UCLI72 - 4 Q uad Charger is designed to cha rge up to fou r bat ter y packs simul[...]
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4 Intr oduction Get ting S tar ted Using the Printe r T rouble shooting Cont act Us P4T / R P4T Q uick Star t Guide Install the Batt er y Pack Section Continues Alwa y s use Zebra appro ved batter y packs and media f or max imum per for mance and superior pr intin g resul ts. P4T Ser ies printe rs will not oper ate w ith non-Z ebra bat ter ies . Ba[...]
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5 Intr oduction Get ting S tar ted Using the Printe r T rouble shooting Cont act Us P4T / R P4T Q uick Star t Guide Load the Media Section Continues 1 . Open the Media Cov er Press dow n on the Med ia Cov er Lat ch Le ver 2 . Load the Media Roll Pul l Media S upports apart where sho wn. L oad Med ia Ro ll Note d irecti on medi a pul ls of f the rol[...]
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6 Intr oduction Get ting S tar ted Using the Printe r T rouble shooting Cont act Us P4T / R P4T Q uick Star t Guide Load the T hermal T ra nsfer Ribbon Cartrid ge Use the Therm al T ra ns fer Ribbon Car tri dge only w hen using ther mal tr ansfer or R FID media. Section Continues 2 . Load the Ribbon Car tridge Car tridge 3. Close the Printer Cov er[...]
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7 Intr oduction Get ting S tar ted Using the Printe r T rouble shooting Cont act Us P4T / R P4T Q uick Star t Guide Connect the Prin ter Connect The Printer With a Ca ble Y ou c an con nec t y our printer to a term inal or a PC using either RS232C o r USB protocols. Refer to the L abel Vis t a ™ application av ailable at w w w .ze bra. com / so f[...]
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8 Intr oduction Get ting S tar ted Using the Printe r T rouble shooting Cont act Us P4T / R P4T Q uick Star t Guide Pri nt er Controls LCD and K eypad Refer to t he P4 T / RP4 T User Guide for compl ete inf orma tion. Section Continues Pr int er Sta tu s Icons Refer to t he T roubleshoot in g section for mor e infor mati on on th e statu s icons . [...]
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9 Intr oduction Get ting S tar ted Using the Printe r T rouble shooting Cont act Us P4T / R P4T Q uick Star t Guide Adjustable Shoulder Str ap An adjust able shoulder strap i s supplied with each printer . I ts u se is det ailed below . • Snapeachendoftheshoulderstrapintotheret ainingfeaturesontopofthe[...]
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10 Intr oduction Get ting S tar ted Using the Printe r T rouble shooting Cont act Us P4T / R P4T Q uick Star t Guide Cleaning the Pr int er Caution•T oavoidposs iblepersonalinjur yordamag etot heprin terne verinser tsharporpoint edobjectsint othepr interm echanism. Area Cleaning M[...]
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11 Intr oduction Get ting S tar ted Using the Printe r T rouble shooting Cont act Us P4T / R P4T Q uick Star t Guide T roubleshooting LCD Control Panel The top of the display shows icons i ndicating the s ta tus of various printer functions. Check the icon’ s st at us and refer to the re ferenced T roubleshooting topic o n the follo wing pages. I[...]
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12 Intr oduction Get ting S tar ted Using the Printe r T rouble shooting Cont act Us P4T / R P4T Q uick Star t Guide 3 . Media does not feed : • Besureprintheadisclosedandlatched. • Checkmediasuppor tcompone nt sforan ybindin g. • Ifunitisequippedwi thlabelpresences ensor ,?[...]
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13 Intr oduction Get ting S tar ted Using the Printe r T rouble shooting Cont act Us P4T / R P4T Q uick Star t Guide 1 3 . Communi cation Er ror : • Checkthatmediaisloaded,headisclosedandallerrori ndicator sareof f . • Replacecabletotermina l. 1 4 . Screen blank • Noapplicationloa[...]
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14 Intr oduction Get ting S tar ted Using the Printe r T rouble shooting Cont act Us P4T / R P4T Q uick Star t Guide Conta ct Us For prod uct suppor t, and th e latest v ersions o f all cu stomer doc umentat ion , contact Zebra T echn olog ies at : w w w .zebra. com Refer to App endix D in the P 4T /RP4 T User Guide for more d et ailed contac t inf[...]