Manual Zebra Technologies S400

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    ii Zeb ra S 400 & S 600 User’s Guide 3URSULHWDU6WD WHPHQW This manual cont ains pr opriet ary informa tion of Zeb ra T echno logie s Corp orati on. I t is in tende d solel y for the informati on a nd use of par ties operating and maintaining t he equi pm e nt described herein . Such proprietary informati on may not be used , reproduce d, ...

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    vi Zebr a S 400 & S 600 User ’s Guide Connecting t he Printer a nd Computer .............. ........................... .................. ........ 23 RS-232 Interface Requireme nts ........................... ......... .................. ......... ........ 23 Parall el Interface Requi rements ......... ........................... ............ ...

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    Zebra S 400 & S 600 User ’s Guide vii Printer Di agnostics ................... .................. ........................... ........................... ...... 55 Power-On Self Test............................... ........................... ........................... ...... 55 Additional Pri nter Self Test s ................................ ...

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    Zebra S 400 & S 600 Us er’s Guide 1 ÏÃcØYÏ Congratul ations! Y ou have just pur chased a hi gh-quali ty thermal label printe r manufa ctured by the indust ry leade r in quali ty , service, and value. For over 25 years, Ze bra T echnolog ies Corporati on has pro vided customer s with the highest c aliber of products and s ...

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    2Z e b r a S 4 00 & S 600 User’s Guide 5HSRU W LQJ 'D PDJH If you di scover sh ipping damag e: • Immedia tely not ify the s hipping com pany and f ile a re port with the m. Zebra T ec hnologies Corporati on is not r esponsib le for any damage incurr ed duri ng shipment of the pr inter and wil l not cove r the r epair of this dama ge ...

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    Zebra S 400 & S 600 Us er’s Guide 3 6LWH5HTXLUHPHQWV CAUTION: T o ensure t hat the pr inter ha s proper v entilat ion and cooli ng, do no t place a ny padding or cu shioning mat erial unde r the u ni t as th is rest ricts air flo w . This pri nter may be install ed on any so lid, leve l surfac e of suf ficient size and str ength to accommo ...

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    4Z e b r a S 4 00 & S 600 User’s Guide In Fig ure 2 , the printe r is shown i n Peel-Of f mode. In Peel- Off , back ing materi al is peeled away fro m the label as it i s p rinte d. After this lab el is removed f rom the print er , the n ext one is print ed. T o load media i n Peel-Of f mode, see pag e 1 1. Figure 3 sh ows a prin ter t hat is ...

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    Zebra S 400 & S 600 Us er’s Guide 5 Figur e 4. Print er Components ...

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    Zebra S 400 & S 600 Us er’s Guide 7 lÏÏÍ/lAcáÍÏÍ-ÃÏ $ &3 RZHU& DEOH The AC power c able has a three-prong female conn ector on o ne end (see Figure 5) . This conn ector must be p lugged int o the mati ng connect or on the le ft si de of the print er . See F ig ure 6. The connec tor at t he other end ...

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    8Z e b r a S 4 00 & S 600 User’s Guide /RDG LQ JW KH0 HGLD Media widt hs and thickne sses vary between app licatio ns. T o maintain print q uality f rom one applica tion to a nother , see “Prin t Quality Adjustment s” beginn ing on page 38. NOTE: Zebra r ecommends u sing media t hat is outs ide wound (i.e., yo u can see t he labels ...

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    Zebra S 400 & S 600 Us er’s Guide 9 7HDU2II 0RGH 1. Refer t o Figure 7. Mov e the head o pen lever (a) count erclockwise to the op en po s ition to rais e the p r i nthea d (b) . 2. Slide t he media gui de (c) and the media s upply guide (d) as f ar out from the printer frame as pos sible. If you ar e loading r oll medi a in T ear -Off ...

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    10 Zebra S 400 & S 600 User’s Guide 4. Adjust t he media sup ply guide a nd the media guide agai nst the o uter edge of the medi a. Thes e gui des must not caus e pr essur e or excessi ve drag on th e media. 5. Close th e head open l ever , and see “ Adjusting the Media Sen sor” on page 18 to adjus t the media sensor posit ion. For loadi ...

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    Zebra S 400 & S 600 Us er’s Guide 11 3HHO2II0 RGH (Peel- Off mode is opti onal). Refer t o Figure 9 a nd follow the p rocedure below . 1. Slide t he media supp ly guide ( a), media gu ide (b), a nd the oute r edge guides on both the p laten gui de rod (c) an d the lower guide rod ( d) as far out from the pr inte r frame as possible. 2. ...

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    12 Zebra S 400 & S 600 User’s Guide 9. Adjust al l of the guides: • Push the me dia supply guide inwar d until i t is jus t touchi ng the outer s ide of the me dia suppl y roll , then lock t he gui de in pla ce wit h its l oc king sc rew . The guide must not cause pr essur e or excess ive drag on th e media supply r oll. • Adjust the oute ...

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    Zebra S 400 & S 600 Us er’s Guide 13 5HPRYLQJWKH/DEHO%DFNLQJ0DWHULDO (Pee l-Of f option r equired) . When the amoun t of backi ng wound on th e backing r ewind spin dle reaches full cap acity , the ba cking rewind s pindle full sen sor acti vates, th e P APER/RIBBON li ght flash es, and pri nting paus es. T o remove the bac king m ...

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    14 Zebra S 400 & S 600 User’s Guide &XWWHU0 RGH (Cutter mode is opt ional). T o ensure prope r media loa ding, foll ow the dir ections for the T ear -Off mode with t he excepti on that the end of the media must be position ed on top of the pl aten r oller. Se e F igur e 10. W ith the end of t he media position ed directly on to p of th ...

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    Zebra S 400 & S 600 Us er’s Guide 15 /RDG LQ JW KH5 LEE RQ Before yo u load the ri bbon, make sur e the rib bon supply s pindle is adju sted prope rly . 5LEERQ6 XSSO6 SLQGOH 1RUPDO 3RVLWL RQ In the n ormal posit ion, the “ dual-ten sion” ri bbon supply spindle pr ovides the desi red amount of ribbon b ack te ns ...

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    16 Zebra S 400 & S 600 User’s Guide 5LEERQ/ RDGLQJ ,QVWUXFW LRQV NOTE: Zebra re commends th e us e of ri bbon tha t is wi der tha n the media. The smooth backi ng of the r ibbon prot ects the printhead from wear and prematur e failure due to exce ssive abr asion. (Fo r the dir ect ther mal print method, ribb on is not u sed and shou ld ...

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    Zebra S 400 & S 600 Us er’s Guide 17 5LEERQ5HPRYDO Refe r to Figu re 12 . When it’ s time to change the ribb on, cut the ribbon wher e it is str etched between t he upper r ibbon guide arm and the takeup spi ndle. T o remove ribbon f rom the ta keup spindl e, press t he relea se button (d) and sl ide the ribbon of f the spindl e. Figur e ...

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    18 Zebra S 400 & S 600 User’s Guide $GMXVWLQJWKH0HGLD 6HQVRU This adj ustment al igns the p osition o f the li ght sensor wit h the notc h or edge of the label, s o the p rinte r c an de termin e the c orrec t labe l s ize. See Figure 13. W ith the printhea d open, look th roug h the si de of the pri nt mechanism a nd locate the medi ...

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    Zebra S 400 & S 600 Us er’s Guide 19 1RQ&RQWLQXR XV0HGLD This typ e of media has s ome type of p hysical c haracteris tic (web, not ch, perfor ation, et c.) that i ndicate s the sta rt/end of ea ch label. The media s ensor must be properl y positi oned to sen se these indi cators a s descri bed above. The n, turn on t he printer ...

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    20 Zebra S 400 & S 600 User’s Guide 2SHUDWRU&RQWUROV )URQ W3D QHO %XWWRQ V Refer t o Figure 14. P AUSE Button • S tarts a nd stops t he printi ng proces s. • Th e first time t he butto n is p re ssed, any p a rtiall y prin ted la bel is complete d; then, t he printi ng process is stopp ed. • If the pri nter is idle when the ...

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    Zebra S 400 & S 600 Us er’s Guide 21 MODE Button • Puts the printer into the configur ation mode. • Used to ch ange print darkness and media posi tion, and to calibr ate the printe r . Fron t Panel LEDs Refe r to Figu re 14 . The front panel LEDs g ive you a qu ick indicat ion of th e printe r ’ s current status. Duri ng norm a l ope ra ...

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    22 Zebra S 400 & S 600 User’s Guide $ &3 RZHU2Q2II6ZLWFK This switc h is located on the left side of the pri nter near the AC power c ord and fuse ( see Figure 6 on page 8). The AC power s w it ch shou ld be tur ne d of f befo re connect ing or dis connecti ng any cabl es. T urni ng the swi tch on activa tes the p rinter a nd ...

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    Zebra S 400 & S 600 Us er’s Guide 23 &RQQHFWLQJWKH3ULQWHUDQG&RPSXWHU This prin ter come s with both a nin e-pin El ectr onics I ndustr ies Asso cia tion (EIA) RS-2 32 serial data int erface a nd an IEEE 1284 bi-dire ctional parall el data int erface. I n either ca se, you must s upply the req uired interf ace cabl e for y ...

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    24 Zebra S 400 & S 600 User’s Guide The other end of the paralle l interfac e cable c onnects t o the prin ter connecto r at the host compute r . For pinou t inf ormation, s ee “Paral lel Inte rface T echn ical Inf ormation” on page 69. 6HULDO DQG3D UDOOHO &DEOLQJ 5HTXLUHP HQWV Data cable s must b e full y shie ld ed an d ...

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    Zebra S 400 & S 600 Us er’s Guide 25 Defaulti ng th e Printe r: T o reset only the co mmun icati ons p aram eters on the pri nter to t he facto ry defaults (9600 ba ud, 8 bit word l ength, no pa rity , 1 stop bi t, and XON/XOFF), p ress and h old the P AUSE, FEED, and MODE butto ns wh ile tu rning o n the print er , then relea se the butto ns ...

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    26 Zebra S 400 & S 600 User’s Guide ^SC: Use the Set C ommunicatio ns ( ^SC ) command to change the communic ations se ttings o n the pr inter . W ith the h ost compu ter set a t the same c ommunication s settin gs as the p rinter , send t he ^SC command t o chan ge the print er to th e desi red se tting s. Th en, cha nge th e hos t com pute ...

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    Zebra S 400 & S 600 Us er’s Guide 27 /ØÏlÍAÃlÍAcÍc ØÆÏlÏÆ &OHDQLQJ CAUTION: Use onl y the cle aning agen ts indic ated below . Zebra T echnolog ies Corpor ation wil l not be resp onsible f or any other products being used on this prin ter . No lub ricants are needed. T able 1 pro vides a br ief clea n ...

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    28 Zebra S 400 & S 600 User’s Guide Figur e 15. Clean ing Locations ...

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    Zebra S 400 & S 600 Us er’s Guide 29 &OHDQLQJ WKH( [WHULRU The exter ior surf aces of t he print er may be cl eaned with a lint-f ree cloth. Do not use harsh or a brasive c leaning agent s or solv ents. If nec essary , a mild det erge nt soluti on or desk top cleane r may be use d sparingl y . &OHDQLQJ WKH,QWHU LRU Rem ...

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    30 Zebra S 400 & S 600 User’s Guide If pri nt quality h as not im proved after performi ng this pr ocedure, try clean ing th e prin thea d w ith Save-A-Print head clean ing fi lm. T his special ly coate d material r emoves conta mination bu ildup wit hout damaging t he print head. Call your authoriz ed Zebra di stributor for more infor mation ...

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    Zebra S 400 & S 600 Us er’s Guide 31 IMPOR T ANT : Do NOT exchange cutter modu les betwee n diff erent printe rs. The cut ter module adjustment s are optimiz ed during install ation to wo rk with a part icula r print er and m ay no t perfo rm corr ectly if the module is placed on a dif ferent p rinter . 5HPRYLQJWKH&XWWHU0RGXOH ...

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    32 Zebra S 400 & S 600 User’s Guide 3. Raise th e prin ter ’ s media ac cess cover and l ower the pr inter ’ s front cover . 4. See Figur e 18. Gentl y pull str aight down on the cut ter cable co nnector (a) to remove it fro m the mating s ocket on t he cutter module. 5. T urn the cutter m ounting screw (b) with a screwdri ver or by hand ...

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    Zebra S 400 & S 600 Us er’s Guide 33 6. See Figur e 19. Hold th e cutter modul e as shown. App ly gentle upward pressure to the le ft and ri ght ends whi le rais ing the cu tter module up a nd away from t he mounting p osts (a). I f necessa ry , rock the m odul e s ide to side to loos en it. Figur e 19. Cutter Module Remova l ...

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    34 Zebra S 400 & S 600 User’s Guide 'LVDVVHPEOLQJWKH&XWWHU0RGXOH 1. See Figur e 20. Hol d t he cut ter mod ule as illu st rated . Put yo ur thumbs on the t wo wire spri ng loops ( a) and your index fi ngers on th e top of the rear cutte r blade guard (b) . It may help to lay the cutte r module on a table or other surface t h ...

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    Zebra S 400 & S 600 Us er’s Guide 35 4. Observe t he ends of the rear cutter blad e guard and note t he small metal pi ns protru ding to ward the i nside. Duri ng the rea ssembly procedur e, these p ins are mounted into the correspon ding mounti ng slots in the cutter side p anel s. 5. T o provide compl ete access t o the area to be cleane d, ...

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    36 Zebra S 400 & S 600 User’s Guide Figur e 21. Cutter Module Reass embly Figur e 22. Cutter Module Reassembl y — Rear V iew ...

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    Zebra S 400 & S 600 Us er’s Guide 37 5HLQVWDOOLQJWKH&XWWHU0RGXOH 1. See Figur e 19. Posit ion the cu tter modul e above the cutter mou nting posts ( a). Pre ss down on th e cutter module un til the mou nting slo ts (b) engage t he mounting p osts on the prin ter . 2. See Figur e 18. T ighten the mount ing screw ( b) in a cl ockwi ...

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    38 Zebra S 400 & S 600 User’s Guide $ &3 RZHU)XVH 5HSODFHPHQW A user -replaceable AC po wer fuse ( see Figure 6) is lo cated just t o the lef t of the p ower on/of f swit ch. For use with both voltage r anges, the replac ement fuse i s a 5 x 20 f ast blow styl e rated a t 5 Amp/250 V AC. 1. Before r eplacing the fuse, turn the AC ...

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    Zebra S 400 & S 600 Us er’s Guide 39 &KHFNLQJWKH,QLWLDO3ULQW4XDOLW 1. Open the med ia access cover and front cove r on the pr inte r (see Figure 4 on page 5). 2. Load the r ecommended medi a and ribb on for your applicatio n and adju st the medi a sensor p osition. 3. Send a label fo rmat to the prin ter or act ivat e the P A ...

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    40 Zebra S 400 & S 600 User’s Guide 7RJJOH 3UHVVXUH$GM XVWPHQW The tog gle ass embl y pre sses the pr inthe ad ag ain st the ribbon ( if use d), the media, and the plate n. The press ure appli ed by the t oggle ass embly may need to be incr eased or reduced when dif ferent thicknes ses or widt hs of media are used in the print er . NOTE ...

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    Zebra S 400 & S 600 Us er’s Guide 41 0HGLD 5HVW3 RVLWLRQ$G MXVWPHQW This proc edure set s the end- of-labe l position r elative to the T ear -Of f plate or cutt er . Adjust th is if your labe l is not b eing torn or cut at the corr ect point. 1. Briefl y press th e MODE button twi ce. The P AUSE and POSITION LEDs turn o n. 2. Press U ...

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    42 Zebra S 400 & S 600 User’s Guide %DFNLQJ5HZLQG3 RZHU5ROOHU$GMXVWPHQW (Pee l-Of f option r equired) . NOTE: This roller is only pr esent on pr inters with the Pe el-Of f option. Zebra pres ets this roller during ma nufactur e for prop er operati on with most applicat ions. Only adjust this roller when necessa ry . In the Peel -O ...

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    Zebra S 400 & S 600 Us er’s Guide 43 Figure 24 illust rates an improperly adjusted backing re wind power r oller (a). O n the le ft side , the ba ckin g mat er ial (b ) is not conta c ting t he pow er roller . The backi ng has more tens ion on the right edg e (c) tha n on the le ft edge (d). Use a coin o r s crew drive r to tu rn the po wer r ...

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    Zebra S 400 & S 600 Us er’s Guide 45 2 Ã ØOlÆÏ If the printer operates in an abnor mal fashi on, consult th e trouble shooting table b elow . The print er diagnosti cs foll owing th e troubleshoo ting tabl e may also h elp you to d etermine t he proble m. The troub leshooti ng of some pr oblems may be b eyond the a ...

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    46 Zebra S 400 & S 600 User’s Guide Sympto m Diagnosis Ac tio n Printer stops, P AUSE LED and P APER/RI BBON LED bot h on. Media incorrect ly or not loaded. Load media correctly , then turn the printer off and on. See page 8. Cutter error . Clear jam, then op en and close the printhead. Calibration error . Re-calibrate printer . Misadjusted m ...

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    Zebra S 400 & S 600 Us er’s Guide 47 Sympto m Diagnosis Ac tio n DA T A LED is single fl ashing. CANCEL button was pressed and a format was deleted. No action required. P AUSE LED and DA T A LED alternately flashing, but all other LEDs on. Firmware error. Call a service technician for instructions on how to download and inst all firmware. DA ...

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    48 Zebra S 400 & S 600 User’s Guide Sympto m Diagnosis Ac tio n Truncated print, no print, or FEED button operates incorr ectly while using non-continuous media. Media or ribbon improperly loaded. See “Loading t he Media” on page 8 and “Loading the Ribbon” on page 15. Incorrect m edia sensor position or se nsi tiv ity . See “Adjusti ...

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    Zebra S 400 & S 600 Us er’s Guide 49 Sympto m Diagnosis Ac tio n Changes in parameter settings did not take effect. Par amete rs ar e se t or sav ed i ncor rec tly . Reload the factory def ault s (see “ P AUSE Key Self T est” on page 58 and “FEED Key Self T est” on page 59), calibrate the print er , then cycle the power on/off switch. ...

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    50 Zebra S 400 & S 600 User’s Guide Sympto m Diagnosis Ac tio n In cutter mode, skewed, stuck, improperly cut or partially cut labels. Cutter is dirty . See “Cleaning the Cutter Module” on page 30. Cutter blades ar e dul l. Call a service technician. The cutter is jamming up with labels, or labels are being cut more than once. Cutter is d ...

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    Zebra S 400 & S 600 Us er’s Guide 51 3 ULQWHU6WDWXV6HQV RUV The print er conta ins sever al status s ensors. These sen sors aler t the operato r to vario us condi tions by eithe r stop pin g the pr intin g or tur ning on an LED. Sensor What it Monito rs How it Works Printhead se nsor Checks t he open/closed status of the printhead lever ...

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    52 Zebra S 400 & S 600 User’s Guide Figur e 25. Label A vailable Sensor Figur e 26. Backi ng Rewind Spindle Ful l Sensor ...

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    Zebra S 400 & S 600 Us er’s Guide 53 0DQXDO&DO LEUDWLRQ Perform a manua l calibra tion if you ar e using pre- printed media, i f the p rinte r is in manua l cali brat io n mo d e, or if the prin ter does n ot auto ca librate. During th is proced ure, th e media typ e, label l ength, media and ribbo n sensor s ettings, and printin g met ...

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    54 Zebra S 400 & S 600 User’s Guide 8. When the PRINTHEAD LED f lashes, rel oad the ribbo n. 9. Make sure t he media se nsor is pr operly posi tioned. 10. Cl ose the pr inthead. 1 1. A media and r ibbon sens or profi le print s. NOTE: T o return to Auto Calibr ation, pr ess and hol d the P AUSE, CANCEL, and MODE button s when you tu rn on the ...

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    Zebra S 400 & S 600 Us er’s Guide 55 5HVHWWLQJ 5LEERQ 3DUDP HWHUV If it is ever ne cessary t o reset the ribbon parameters t o the fac tory default values, fol lo w this procedure: 1. T urn of f the print er . 2. O pen the print head an d rem o ve the ribbo n . 3. T urn on the printe r while pr essing and hol ding the F EED, CANCE ...

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    56 Zebra S 400 & S 600 User’s Guide $GGLWLRQD O3ULQW HU6HOI7 HVWV These sel f tests produce s ample label s and provide specifi c information that he lp the oper ator det ermine the operati ng conditi ons for t he printe r . Each sel f test is e nabled by ho lding in a specific f ront panel bu tton while turning the power s witch on. ...

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    Zebra S 400 & S 600 Us er’s Guide 57 &$1&(/ .H6HOI 7HVW This self te st prin ts the print er ’ s c onfig urat ion pa ramete rs (fo r exam p le, printi ng dar knes s, la bel le ngth, a nd media type) that a re curre ntly s to red i n configu ration ( Flash) mem ory . See Figure 27. 1. Press t he CANCEL button whi le turni n ...

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    58 Zebra S 400 & S 600 User’s Guide 3$86( .H6HOI 7HVW This sel f test can b e used to pr ovide the test label s requir ed when making adjustm ents to the print er ’ s mecha nical ass emblies. Se e Figure 2 8. 1. Press t he P AUSE butto n while tur ning on th e printer . 2. Release the butto n when the fr ont panel LEDs turn on. 3. ...

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    Zebra S 400 & S 600 Us er’s Guide 59 )((' .H6HOI 7HVW The resul ts of th is self test are used to de termin e the best dar kness setting for a sp ecific me dia/ribb on combinati on. Refer to Figure 2 9. 1. Press t he FEED butt on while turni ng on th e prin ter . 2. Release the butto n when the front pane l LEDs t urn o n. 3. T ...

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    60 Zebra S 400 & S 600 User’s Guide 02'( .H6 HOI7HVW This self test place s the p ri nte r in a commun ic ations d iag nos ti cs m ode . In this mode , the prin ter prin ts the ASCII charact ers and th eir corr esponding hexadeci mal values for any da ta recei ved from th e host comput er . See Figure 30 . 1. Press t he MODE bu ...

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    Zebra S 400 & S 600 Us er’s Guide 61 0®lYyYA ÏÆ NOTE: Prin ter sp ecific ation s are su bjec t to ch ange witho ut no tice. In addit ion, your p rinter ma y not have a ll of the opt ions desc ribed in thes e speci fications . *HQHUDO6SHFL ILFDWLRQV Height 13" 330 mm Width 8.25" 210 mm Depth 17" 432 mm Weigh ...

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