Zebra S-500 manual

Zebra T e chnologi es Corporation 333 C orpo ra te Wo ods P a rkwa y Ve rnon Hi ll s, I llino is 6006 1-3109 Phon e Numbe r: (847 ) 634-6700 Tel efax N umber: (847 ) 913-8766 Ze br a T e ch nolo g ies Eu ro pe Li mi te d Ze bra Hous e, Th e Va l le y Centr e Go rdon R oad, High Wyc ombe Buckingha m shire H P13 6E Q Engl a nd Ph one Numb er: +4 4 ( [...]

P ropr iet ary Sta te men t Thi s man ua l con tai n s pr op ri etar y in for ma tion of Z eb r a Tech nol ogi es C or po rat io n. It is intended solely for th e information and use of parties operating and ma in taining the e qui pmen t d e scr ibe d he rei n. Suc h p r op r ie ta ry inf orm ati on ma y no t be use d, re pro duce d , or disclosed[...]

W arranty In formation 1. P rin ter W arr anty Z EBR A ® printers , exclu di ng t hermal printheads which are war ranted separ ately b el ow, ar e war ranted ag ainst defects in material or workman shi p for six (6) months from th e date of origi n al shipmen t by ZEBR A T echnol o- gies Corpor at ion. T his w ar ranty do es not cover normal wear [...]

All stat ements, te chnical inf ormation and r ecom mendati ons relati ng to Z E BRA Product s are ba sed upon tests believed t o be r eli able but do not constitute a guar antee or warrant y. ZEB RA TEC HN O LO GIE S SH AL L NO T, UN DER AN Y C IRC UM S T AN CE S WHA TS O EV ER , BE LI AB LE T O BU YE R OR AN Y OT HER PA RT Y F OR LOST PR OF ITS, [...]

Wa rranty Inform ation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i Zebra Softwar e License Agre em ent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii Unpackin g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Repo rting Da[...]

Ad just the Me di a Re st Posi tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Ad just th e Positi on o f the T op of the Lab el . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Opera t ing You r Zebra Stripe Prin t er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Prin te r Operating Modes [...]

C ANCE L Ke y Self Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 PAUSE Key Se lf Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2 F E E D K ey Se l f T e s t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 MODE Key S [...]

Bar Cod es at Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Adju stin g the Print he a d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Prin ter Interfa[...]

1 Getti ng Start ed Con gratula t ions ! Yo u have j ust p urcha sed a hi gh-qua lity t herm al de man d pri nt er man ufac t ur e d by the i n dustry lea der in qua l ity, s ervice , and va l ue– Zebr a Tech nologi e s Cor poration . For ove r 25 yea rs, Ze bra ha s provide d cust omers wi th the hig hes t calib er of produc ts a nd su ppor t . [...]

Storage a nd R eshipping If yo u a r e not pl a ci ng the Ze bra Stri pe Prin t er in to oper a tio n immed iatel y, rep ackage it us ing t he o rig in al p ackin g ma ter i als. The Z eb ra S tri pe Pr in te r may be s t o red und er t he follo wing c ondit i o ns. • Tem perat ure: -4 0° to 140° F (-20 t o 60° C ) • Rela tive hum idity: 5% [...]

V olt age Selec tion The Stri pe is av a ilabl e from t he fa ctor y prese t for e ither 10 0-120 V AC elect rical powe r or 22 0-240 VA C e le ctrica l pow er. Refe r to th e p r o duct labe l on the b ack of th e pri nt er a nd m a ke su re t hat t he u nit i s p rop erl y co nf ig ured for yo ur powe r re quire ments. AC Pow e r C a b l e The AC[...]

Com m un ications The Str ipe comes with e ither an Electron ics I ndustri es Associatio n (EIA) RS- 232 se rial dat a i nt er face or a fact o ry-ins tal l ed pa ral l el inte rfac e. In bot h c as es , you m ust sup pl y t he r eq uir ed in t erfa ce c ab le fo r y o ur a pp l ica ti on. S ee t h e Ap pen di x f or sp ec if ic cabl e requi rem e [...]

Media and Ribbon Loading Media NOTE: A Media Calibration must be performed when media and ribbon (if used) ar e first in- stalled in the printer , or when a differ ent type of media or ribbon is installed. See page 14. Media widths and thicknesses vary between applications. T o maintain print quality fr om one application to another , r efer to the[...]

Fanfold Medi a L o adi ng Fa nfold med ia, from outside t h e print er, fee ds throu gh eithe r the botto m or rear a cces s slot. To load fa nf ol d medi a , thre a d the medi a thro ugh the Printhe ad Assembly as sh own i n Fi gur e 4 . Adj u st t h e Med i a Su p pl y G uid e a nd t he M edi a Guid e ag ain st th e out er ed g e of t he med i a.[...]

Figure 4 Fanfol d Media Load ing in T ear- Of f Mode Figu re 5 Cutte r Mo de M edia Lo adin g 1 Ge t tin g Started 7[...]

Pe e l - Of f Mode Med ia Lo adin g (Peel- Of f Option Re q uired) Fig ure 6 illust rates an S-500 prin t er w i th th e Pee l -Of f Option. To insu re prope r me di a lo ading , see Figur e 6 and fo llow the pro cedu re below . 1 . S l ide the Me dia S upply Gui de, Med ia Gui de, and the Outer E d ge Gui des on both the Pl aten G ui d e Rod an d [...]

Removing the L abel Back ing Material ( Peel Off O pti on Requ ire d ) Whe n the amo unt of ba c k i ng wo und on the Ba cking Rewi nd Spindl e r e ac hes ful l ca pacit y , t he B ack ing R ewi nd Sp i ndl e Fu ll S ens or act iv at es, the Pa pe r/ Rib b on l ig h t flash es, a nd print ing pau ses. To re move the ba cking m ateri al, fol l ow t [...]

Adjus t ing t he Me dia S e nsor Whe n the Str i pe pri nter i s powere d ON, i t perf orms a self te st and confi gures i ts op er ati n g char act er is t ics. Some o f t he se ch ar ac ter i sti cs ar e de termi ned by th e p o sit io n o f the Me dia Se nsor. Se e Figur e 7. The Med ia Sensor Asse mbly con sists o f two se ctio ns. The med ia p[...]

Ribbon Loa ding Adjusting the Ribbon Supply Spindle R ibb on Su ppl y Sp indl e: Nor mal Posi tion In the No rmal Positio n, the “ Dua l-T e n sion” Ribbon Su pply Spin dle pro vi d e s the des i r e d am ount of ribbo n back-te nsion fo r diffe rent ribbo n widths. To p l ace th e Sp i nd l e i n th e N or mal Po s it ion , f i rm ly p u ll th[...]

Loading the Ribbon T o l o a d ri bb on , see F ig ur e 9 an d f ol low th e pr oce d ur e bel ow. Note: Use rib bon tha t is w i de r than th e me di a . The sm oo th ba cki n g of t he ribbo n pr otec ts th e p rinth ead fr o m we ar a nd pr em atu re f a il ure du e to e xces sive a br asio n. For Dire ct Thermal Print Me thod, ribbon is no t us[...]

Init ia l Pr inter T es t To insu re prope r sens ing of the me dia and ri bbon, per form a Medi a Cal i b ration. This pr oc ed ure es ta bl ish es th e m ed ia pa ra met er s f or t h e pr in te r. I f lo adin g t he p rin ter wi th med ia and rib bon for the first t ime , or cha nging the typ e of medi a, perfo rm the M e d i a Cali bration on p[...]

Configuration Mo de The Confi gurat i on M ode allo ws y ou t o f ine-t une the i nt ern al pri nt er c onfigu ration se t ting s for you r a ppli catio n. I n this mo de, yo u c an c hange th e foll owin g parame ters : • Pri nt ing da rkne ss • Res t posi ti o n of t h e me di a wi th r esp ec t t o th e “ web ” or “ i nt erla b e l gap[...]

3 . T urn the power sw itch ON . Whe n the Po wer O N Self Test is c omplet e , t he POWE R an d PA USE l ig h ts w i ll b e ON an d the P RI N THEAD li gh t wil l FLASH. 4 . Press the MODE key 3 times briefly. PAUSE and CALIBRAT E lights turn ON. 5 . Clo se the He ad O pen Lev er . 6 . Press UP t o calibr ate. The printe r feeds some m e dia. The [...]

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2 Operation Opera t ing Y our Z ebra St rip e P rinter Now th at your prin t er is re ady fo r opera tion, how does i t work? T he Zebr a Strip e Pri nter i s d esig ned t o re cei ve ins t ruct io n s f rom a h o st co mp uter , su ch a s an I B M-c ompa ti bl e PC. T o cre ate a labe l, you wi ll eithe r need to wr i te a forma t in ZPL II, which[...]

pr in ti n g. Th e PA PE R/ R IBB ON l ig h t fl ashes t o ind ica te this co ndi ti o n. To r emov e t he bac king from t h e Rewi nd Spindl e, se e page 9. Cutter Mode (F act ory - Installed Cutt e r Op tion Require d ) When t h e me di a i s i n th e res t ( idl e) p osi ti o n, the start o f th e l abel to b e pri nt ed i s dir ec tl y un der t[...]

Figure 1 1 AC P o wer ON /OF F Switc h Figur e 12 Z ebra S trip e Printer Fron t P a ne l 2 Operation 19[...]

Front Pa nel Keys P AU SE Key Starts and stop s the printi ng p rocess. - If the p ri n ter is n ot printing : no pr inting c a n occ ur - Pri n tin g: printin g stops on ce th e curren t lab el i s co mplete F EED Key F orce s the p rinter to feed o ne blan k lab el. - Pri n ter not prin ting: on e blank label feeds i mm edia tely - Pri n tin g: o[...]

P rinter Status Se nsors The Zebra Stripe P rinter contains several status s ensors. These sensors alert the operator to various conditions by e ither stopping the print ing or turni ng on a l ight. S ensor Wh a t i t monitors H ow it work s Printhe ad Sensor C hecks the ope n/cl osed sta tus o f the Printhea d lever . I f the pri nthe ad is op en [...]

Figu re 14 Ba cking R ewind S p indle Full Se ns or P os iti on Fi gur e 15 L ab el Av ail able Se ns or P os iti on Operation 22[...]

Samp le ZP L II L abel Format s ZPL I I ® is Zebra Techn ologie s Corpora tion ’s Zebr a Pro gram m ing L anguage II lab e l des i gn l an g uage . ZPL II let s yo u creat e a wide v ar i ety o f l ab els fr om t h e si mple to t he ver y co mp le x, in cl udi n g tex t , b ar cod es , an d grap h ic s. This s ecti on contai ns thre e sa mple la[...]

For m at 2 : S a ving a Label Form at As a Graphic Image Lin e # T ype t his lab el f o rma t: Y ou’ ll get th is prin tout: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ^XA ^LH30, 30 ^FO20,1 0^A D^FD ZEBRA ^FS ^FO20,60^B 3N ,Y ,20 ,N^FDAAA001 ^FS ^ISFORMA T2 ,N ^XZ ^XA ^ILFORMA T2 ^XZ (Sam e as F o rmat 1 , but this f o rmat wa s also save d in the pr inter ’s memor y a[...]

3 Ro utine C are and Ad justment Clea ning CAUTION : Use only the cleaning agents indicated be low . Zebra Technologies Corporation will not be responsible for any other fluids be ing used on this printer. No lu br ic ants a re nee ded . Tab le 1 prov i des a brie f clea ning sc hedul e. Spe cific clea ning pr ocedure s are pr ovide d on the foll o[...]

Cleaning the P r inthead Incon sist e n t print qua l ity, s uch as v oids in th e bar code or grap hics, ma y indica te a dir ty print head . For optim um per formanc e, Ze bra reco mmends perf ormin g the fol l o wing cle aning proc edur e after eve ry roll of ri bbon. NOTE: It is not n ec essary to tur n the pr inter OFF before cle a ning the p [...]

Cleaning the Cutter Module (F or Printers Equippe d wit h the Opt ional Cutter) The Cu t ter Mo du le re qui re s per io dic clean in g to r em ove pa pe r dust an d g ummed l ab el res i d ue. The proc edur e on the fol lowing pa ges shou l d be pe rform e d b y the opera tor acc ordin g t o the sche dule on pa ge 25. Howeve r, d e pen ding on you[...]

I. Rem ove the Cutt e r M odule fr om the printer. 1. T urn the printe r ’s AC power OFF . 2. Raise th e prin ter ’s Media Ac cess Door and lower the printe r ’s Fron t Door . See Figu re 17. 3. Remove the Label Catch T ray by li fting it up a nd a w ay from th e fron t o f the Cutter M odul e. 4. See Fig ure 18. Gentl y pu ll straig ht down [...]

II. Disa ssemble th e Cutter Module . 1. See Fig ure 20. Hold th e Cutter M odul e as illu stra ted. Put yo ur th umbs on th e two Wire Sp ri n g Loops a nd your in dex fi nge rs on the top of the Rea r Cutter Blad e Gu ard. It may h elp to lay th e Cutter Modu le on a tabl e or other surf ace thro ughou t this pr ocess. 2. T o rem ove the Rear Cut[...]

IV. Reas semble the Cutter Module. 1. See Fig ure 22. P o si tion the two Wi re Springs down a gain st the Low er Cutter Bla de. 2. Pla ce the Re ar Cutter B lade G u ard ove r the W ire Springs, perp en dicu lar to its fina l po sition. Pla ce your thum b s on the top (flat) part of th e Guard . NO TE: Insu r e th at the en ds o f th e Rear C ut t[...]

Figur e 23 R e asse mbled Cut ter Module Figure 2 4 Cutt er Module R einsta lla tion 3 Rou t i ne Ca r e a n d Ad justme nt 31[...]

V. Reinstall the Cutter M odule . 1. See Fig ure 19. P o si tion the Cu tter Modu le a bove th e Cutter M oun ting P o sts. Press dow n o n the Cu tter Modu le unti l the Mou nt ing Slots en ga g e the Mo untin g P os ts on the printer . 2. See Figu re 18 . Tighten the Mount ing Sc re w in a cloc kwise d irec tion t o hold t he C ut ter Modul e in [...]

Mec hani cal Ad jus tme nts The Stri pe prin t er ha s been desi gned wi t h min imal ope rator a djustm ents requ i red. Prin t Qual ity Adju stment s In the fac tory, the St ri pe pr inte r is ali gned and te sted using Ze bra’s 5319 ri bbon and Zeb ra’s Z- Tran s 6A f ull widt h, non- c onti nuous me dia to pri nt the rma l tran sfer la bels[...]

T oggle P ressu re Adjust me nt The T o g g le Assemb l y presses th e printhe ad against t h e rib bon (if used), th e me d ia, an d t he p lat en . The pressure a pplied b y t he To ggle Asse mbly ma y need to be incr eased or redu ced whe n differe nt thick ness e s or widt hs of med i a ar e used i n t he pri nter. Bef o re i ncre asin g T ogg [...]

Medi a Sensor P osit ion Adjust ment This pr ocedure was cove red i n Chapter 1. Se e pag e 10. Ribbon Supply Spindle Adjustment This pr ocedure was cove red i n Chapter 1. Se e pag e 11. Back in g R ewi nd Power R oller Adjus tm ent (Peel-Off Op tion Require d ) NOTE: This Roller is only pres ent on printers with the Peel- Off Op tio n. Ze b ra pr[...]

Whe n the Powe r Roller i s p roperly a djuste d, the ba cking ma teria l sho uld hav e eve n tensi on ac ross its en tire widt h and be wrap ped snugl y aroun d all Guide s and Rol lers. If t he te nsi o n is n o t ev en, t he medi a/bac ki ng mat er ial ma y sli de ( walk ) t o th e l ef t or t o th e right as pri nting o ccur s. Thi s ca n cau s[...]

4 T ro ubl esho otin g an d Di agno stics If the Ze bra S t r i pe P rinte r oper a te s in a n a b normal fa shion, c onsult t he Tro ublesh ooting Tab le below. The Pr i nte r Diagno stics fo llowin g t he T rouble shooti ng Table m ay a lso help you t o d e te rmine the probl e m. The trou blesho oting of so m e pro blems m ay be beyon d the abi[...]

Troub lesho ot ing Ta ble Sy mpt om Dia g nosi s Act ion P rinte r sto p s, P AUSE l ight ON a n d P APER/ R I BBON light FLASHING. Ribbon inc orrectly or not load ed. Load ribbon corre ctly . Se e Chap ter 1. M a l f un ct i on in g R i b b o n S e n s or . Cal l a servic e te chnicia n. P rinte r stops, P AUSE light ON and PR INTHE AD l ight FLAS[...]

Troub lesho ot ing Ta ble Sy mpt om Dia g nosi s Act ion T runcat ed p rint, no pr int, or FEED Key o pera tes i n corr ec tly whil e using non-conti nuous media. Med ia or ribbon i mprop erly load ed. See Media and R ibbon Loading Instr ucti on s in Cha pter 1. Inco rrect Media Sensor P ositio n o r Sensit ivity . Se e Me dia Sens or P o sit ion A[...]

Troub lesho ot ing Ta ble Sy mpt om Dia g nosi s Act ion When u s i n g wide ri bb on (o ver 2.4 "), the image get s ligh ter or sm ears ne ar th e en d of t he roll of ribbon. Ribbon appea rs to slow do wn or stop. T o o mu ch b a c k -tension on the ribbo n. See Chapter 1. Adjust th e Ribbon Supp ly Spindle to provide low tension. ZPL was se[...]

Troub lesho ot ing Ta ble Sy mpt om Dia g nosi s Act ion P r in ting sto ps. P APER/ RIBBON , P AUS E , and CANC EL li ghts on Out o f med ia. L oad me d i a. See Chapt er 1 . Fo r printers with the Cutter Option in stalle d. Med ia jam med i n Cutte r . Remove me dia, cl ean Cutter Modul e i f neces sary . See p age 27 . Co nnec ting ca ble n ot c[...]

CANCEL K ey Self T est Thi s sel f tes t p rin ts th e pr in t er ’s confi gurat i o n parame ters t hat are curre ntly store d in Conf i gura tion (EE PROM) M emory. See Fig ure 27. The confi gu r at ion may b e ch an ged eit her tem porarily (for s pecif ic labe l for m at s or rib bon and l a b e l stoc k), or perm ane nt ly (by savi ng t he n[...]

FE ED Key Se lf T es t The resu lts of thi s self tes t will be u sed to dete rmine the best Da rkness S etting for a spe cific medi a/ribbon combi nation. Se e Fi gure 29. T he FE ED Key Sel f T es t la bels wil l print a t va rious plu s o r m inus Da rkness s etting s rel ative t o t h e curr ent da rkn e ss s ett i n g. The operat or inspe cts [...]

MO DE K ey Se lf T est Thi s sel f test p la ces t he p r in te r in a Co mmu nica tions Di ag n ost ic s M ode . I n thi s mo de, t he p ri n ter pr in t s the ASCII ch ar ac ter s a nd t heir corre spo nding hexa dec i ma l values fo r any da ta rece iv ed f rom th e hos t co mpu ter . See F i gur e 30. Note: Turn the power OFF to exit this self [...]

Note : Your pri nter ma y not hav e a ll of the op tions de scrib e d i n t h ese s pecifi catio ns. −[...]

• Tea r-off m ode: Pr oduced in st rips • Pe e l -off mo de (S-500 o nly): Di spens ed and pe eled from the line r • Cutte r mode (S -500 onl y): Prin ted and in dividu a l ly cut • Rew i n d mode : Label s externa lly rew ound (Re quires optiona l rewin der, no t a vailab le from Z ebra Te chnol ogies Corpo ration) • AC Power ON/ OFF Swi[...]

• 512 KB RAM Expansion (for a tot al of 1 MB RAM) (S-500 only) • 256 KB R AM E xpan sion (for a total of 51 2 KB RAM) (S -300 onl y) • * 256 KB B atte ry Bac ke d- Up RAM for l abel forma ts a nd gr ap hics ( S - 5 0 0 o n l y ) • * Peel-O ff Mo de wi t h B a cki ng-Only R e wind featu re ( S-500 only ) • * Cutte r with La bel Catc h Tra [...]

For m ore inform ation on font s, refe r to your ZP L II P rogra m m ing Gui de. 8 Dots/mm P ri nthead Fonts D ot Matr ix (h x w) (D ef au lts ) Typ e* Mi nimu m Character S i ze (h x w ) Max Char /I n ″ ″ ″ ″ ″ ″ ″ ″ ″ ″ ″ ″ ″ ″ 6 Dots/mm P ri nthead Fo nt D ot Matr ix (h x w) (D ef au lts ) Typ e* Mi nimu m Character S[...]

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The re are m any opt i on al ch a r acter f onts tha t c an be purc hase d for your S t r ipe in add itio n t o th ose wh ich are s tan d a rd i n th e uni t. From time t o ti me, add itio ns may be mad e to the lis t of a vaila ble fo nts. Con tac t Z e b ra Te chnologi es Corpo rati on or your sa l e s repre senta tive for f urther inf orma tion.[...]

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6 Supp ort Servic es How to Reach Us Whi ch number do you need? Ze br a T ech nol og ies Corpor ation, U SA Zeb r a T echno l o gies Eu rope Li m i ted , U K Inq ui ry De pa rtm en t: For lit eratur e and d istri b utor in formation . (8 47 ) 63 4-67 00 +4 4 (0) 1 49 4 47 28 72 Custom er Servic e: Printers, parts, me- d ia, and ribbo n: call your d[...]

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Operations a nd Ma intenance Co ur ses Eac h Opera tions and Ma intena nce Course fi rst introdu c es th e stude nt to va rious ba r code conc e p ts and te rminol ogy. T opics inc lude dire ct ther mal/t hermal t rans fer p rinti ng, cont inuous a nd non-c ontinu ous med i a, thin fil m the rma l print heads , and se rial an d para llel com m u ni[...]

Bar Co des at W ork This on e day c ourse pr esent s an introdu c tio n t o Bar Co ding. This c o urse will discu ss bar cod e t er mi nol og y, s p ec ific atio ns, an d app li cat io n s ass o ci ate d wit h sele cte d, o ft en- use d bar c odes. In orde r to gain a better unde rstan di ng of la bel ing probl ems a nd solut i on s, the se lecti o[...]

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Ap pendix Adjus t ing t he P rinthea d Onl y a d just the printhe ad posit i o n i f yo u have done the follo wing and are still expe rien c ing un satisf act ory print qua lity (the procedu res for th e se a djustm ents a re l ocate d in C hap ter 3 .) : 1 . Ch eck t he in i ti al pri nt q uali ty. 2 . Adjust the print d arkness. 3 . Adjust t he t[...]

15. Re -in stall th e P r in thea d Sup port Brack et using the two mo unti ng s crew s. 16. Press P AU SE and ob serve the test label s to insure c onsistent print qua lity an d prope r para llelism acro ss the top of the l abels. Repeat proc edu re if required . 17. If , a fte r adjust ing pr inthead po sition, o ne s ide o f t he label i s pri n[...]

P rin ter Interf ac e T ech nica l Inf ormati on RS -23 2 Inte rface Si gnal Leve ls For a l l RS -232 inp ut and ou tput sig nals, t he Str ipe pri nter foll ows both th e Elec t r onics Ind ust rie s Associati on (EIA) RS -232 and the Consu l tativ e Comm ittee for Intern a tio nal Tel egraph a nd Te l epho ne (CCIT T) V. 24 stand a r d signal le[...]

RS - 2 32 Cabling Requirements The re qui red c a ble m ust have a 25-pin “ D” Type (DB25P) connect or on one e nd, whic h i s plugged into the mating (DB25S) c onnector locate d i nside t he acce s s opening on the left side of the print er. (Refer t o Figure 11 on page 19 for the location of t hi s cable.) The othe r end of t he Sign a l Int [...]

Para llel Int er fa ce The para ll el in te rfac e pr ovi de s a m ean s of co mmu n ic ati o n whi ch i s ty p ic all y f aste r th an the pr eviou sly menti oned se rial int erfac e metho d. I n t his me thod, th e bits of data whic h ma ke u p a ch arac ter a re sen t all at o ne t ime o ve r s ever al w ires i n th e cab le , o n e b it per wir[...]

Sign al D escr i pt ion s The fol low in g ch ar t p rov id es a d es cri ptio n o f eac h of t he p ins i n th e pa rall el co nnec tor . A standa rd p aralle l d a ta ca ble w ill p rovide the requi red interc onnec tion b e twe en t he com puter and the Stripe pri nter. Pin N o. P ara llel Connec tor Pinou t 1T h e STRO B E pr inter input h as i[...]

Gl o ssary alphanum eric In dica ting l et ters, nu mer al s, and ch ar ac ter s s uch a s pun c tua tion ma rks. ba ckf eed B ack f eed i s wh en the print er pulls t he medi a and ribbo n (i f us e d ) ba ck wa rd in to th e p rinte r so th at the begi nning of t he la bel to be pr inted is pro perly pos i tio ned be hi n d the print head . Bac k[...]

recy cl ed b y the end-u s ers . L ab el bac king (or l i ner) has a non-s t ick su r face w h i ch al lows t he la be l t o be easi ly r emov e d by the end-u ser a nd pla ced i n th e des i r ed lo ca ti on. med ia Ma teria l onto w hic h data is pri nted by th e pri nt er . T ypes of m ed ia in cl ude: tagst ock, c onti nuous, fan fold, roll , e[...]

A AC Power, 3, 18 AC Power C a ble, 3 AC Power Fu se , 32 Ad ju st men t s Media Se nsor Posi tion, 10, 33, 35 Prin t darkne ss, 33 Pr int Qua lity , 3 3 Prin t head Po sition, 33, 63 Backi ng Re wind Po wer Ro ller Adju stm ent, 35 T oggle P re ssu re, 33- 34 ASCII Cont rol C odes XOF F (D C3), 67 XON (DC1), 67 B Baud Ra te, 13 C CANCEL Key , 20 C[...]

Me di a Ca li bra ti o n, 1 4 Media Guide, 5 Med i a S ensor s, 10 , 26 Med i a Su pply Guid e , 5 MODE Key , 20 N Nu ll Mo d em, 6 7 O Ope ra tin g Modes Cu tt er, 18 Peel-Of f, 17 Rewind (E xter na l), 6, 18 T ear-O ff , 5, 17 Ope ra tor Co ntrols, 46 Op ti o n Swit ch es, 1 3 Opt i on a l Fo nt s, 50 P Par a lle l Inter fa ce, 68 Pari ty , 1 3 P[...]