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  • Zebra Technologies S-500 - page 1

    Zebra T echnol ogies Corporation 333 C orpora te Wo ods P arkw ay Vernon H ill s, I llino is 60061-31 09 Phon e Numbe r: (847) 634- 6700 Tele fa x Num ber: (847) 913- 8766 Ze bra T ech no log ies E ur ope L imi te d Ze bra House , Th e Vall ey Centr e Go rdon R oad, High Wyc ombe Buckinghamshire HP13 6EQ Engl and Ph one N umb er: +4 4 (0) 1494 4728 ...

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    Pr oprie t ary Sta teme nt This m anua l con tai ns pr op riet ar y in for mation of Ze bra T ech nol ogies C or por atio n. It i s intended solely for th e information and use of parties operating and main taining the equ ipme nt de scr ibed he rein . S uch p rop riet ary inf o rm atio n ma y not be use d, re pro duce d, or disclosed to any other ...

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    W arranty In formation 1. Pri nter W arr anty ZEBR A ® printers, excl udin g thermal p r intheads w h ich ar e warr anted separ at ely b el ow, ar e war ranted ag ai nst defects in material or workmans hi p for six (6) months from th e date of origi nal shipmen t by ZEBRA Technol o- gies Co r por ation. This war rant y does not cover normal wear a ...

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    All statements, techni cal inf ormation and recom mendations relating to ZEBRA Products are ba sed upon tests believed to be reliable but do not constitute a guar antee or warranty. ZEB RA T EC HN OLOGIE S SH ALL NO T, UN DE R AN Y CIRC UM STAN CE S WHA TSO EV ER, BE LI ABLE TO BU YER OR AN Y OT HER PA RTY F OR LOS T PR OFITS, DIMI NU TION OF GO OD ...

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    Wa rranty Informat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i Zebra Softwar e License Agre ement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i i Unpacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Repo rting Dam ...

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    Ad just th e Me di a Re st Posi tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Ad just the Positi on of the Top of the Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Opera t ing You r Zebra Stripe Prin t er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Print er Operating Modes . . ...

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    CANCE L Key Se lf Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 PAUSE Key Self Tes t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 FE E D Ke y Se l f Te st . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 MODE Ke y Se l f ...

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    Bar Codes at Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Adju stin g the Printh ead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Printer Interfa ce ...

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    1 Getting S tarted Congra tulations ! Yo u have just p urcha se d a high- quali ty t herma l dem a n d printe r man ufactur ed by the indus try le ade r i n quali t y, se rvice, an d value– Z ebr a Tech nologies Corpora tion. For ove r 25 years, Zebra has prov i ded c ustomer s with the highe st caliber of pr oduct s a nd su pport. This m anual p ...

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    Storage a nd Resh ipping If you ar e not placi ng the Zebra Stripe P ri n ter in to oper a tio n immed iatel y, rep ackage it usin g t he orig inal p ackin g ma teri als. Th e Zeb ra Str i pe Pr inte r may be s to red under t he follo wing con ditions . • Tempe rature : -4 0° to 140° F (-20 t o 60° C) • Rela tive humi di ty: 5% to 85% no n-c ...

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    V o ltage Selec tion The Stri pe is av a ila ble from the factor y preset for eithe r 10 0-12 0 VAC el ect rical pow er or 220-24 0 VAC ele c tri cal powe r. Re fer to the product labe l on the back of th e pri nter a nd m ake s ure t hat t he unit is properl y conf igured fo r yo ur p ower req uire ments. AC Po w er C ab l e The AC Po wer Cable ha ...

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    Com munica t io ns The Stripe comes with e ither an El ectronics I ndustries Associ ation (EIA) RS- 232 serial dat a i nterf ace or a fact o ry-i nst alled pa rallel i nt erf ace. In both cas es, you m ust supply the req uir ed in ter face c able for yo ur a ppl icati on. See t h e App endi x f or spec if ic cab l e requi remen ts. CAUTION : Ze bra ...

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    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 ...

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    Fanfold Medi a L oa din g Fa nfold m e d ia, from outside th e pr i nte r, fee ds throu gh eit her the botto m or rear a cce ss slot. To load fanf old me dia, thread the medi a thro ugh the Printhea d Assembly as shown in Fi gure 4 . Adju st t he Med i a Sup ply Guid e a nd th e Med ia G uide ag ainst th e ou ter edg e of the medi a. T hese G uid e ...

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    Figure 4 Fanfol d Med ia Load ing in T ear- Of f Mode Figu re 5 Cutte r Mo de Media Loadin g 1 Ge tting St arted 7 ...

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    Pe el - O f f Mode Medi a Loadin g (Peel-Off Option Re q uired) Fig ure 6 il lustra t es an S-500 printe r with th e Pe el-Off O ption. To insu re proper m edia lo ading , see Figur e 6 and foll ow the proce du re below . 1 . Slide t h e Medi a Suppl y Gui de, Media Gui de, and th e Outer Edge G uides on both the Pl a te n Guide Rod an d the Lowe r ...

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    Removing the L abel Backing Material ( Peel Off O ption Re qui red ) Whe n t he a m o unt of ba cking wo und on the Ba cking Rewi nd Spindle reac hes full capa cit y, t he B ackin g R ewi nd Spi ndl e Fu ll S enso r act iv ates, th e Pa per/ Ribb on l igh t flash es, and pri nting pau ses. To re m o ve the back i ng materi al, follow t hese step s ...

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    Adjus t ing the Media S e nsor Whe n t he S tripe printer is pow ered ON , it perf orms a se lf te st and c onfigures i ts op erati n g ch aract eris tics . S ome o f t he se char ac teri sti cs ar e de termi n ed b y th e po sit ion of the Me dia Sensor . See Figur e 7. The Media Sensor Assembly con sists of two sectio ns. The media passes between ...

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    Ribbon Loadi ng Adjusting the Ribbon Supply Spindle Ribb on Su pply Sp indl e: N ormal Posi tion In the Norm a l P osition, the “ Dua l-Ten sion” Ribbon Suppl y Spindle pro vides the desir ed amoun t of ribbon ba c k -tensi on for diffe rent ribbo n widths. To p lace th e Spi ndl e i n th e Nor mal Posit io n, f irm ly p ull the Spi ndl e End - ...

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    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 oced ur e bel ow . Note: Use rib bo n tha t is wide r than the me dia . The sm oot h backi ng of t he rib bon pr ot ect s the pri nth ead f rom wear a nd pr em atu re fa ilure du e to e xcessi ve abr asio n. For Direc t Thermal Print Meth od, ribbon is not u s ed and s ...

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    Init ial P rinte r T es t To insu re proper s ens ing of t he me dia and ribbo n, perform a Media Calib ration. Th is pr oced ure esta blis hes th e med ia para meter s f or t he p rin te r. I f lo adin g t he pri nter wi th med i a an d ri b bon for the fi rst tim e, or chang ing the typ e of me dia, perfo rm the Med i a Cali brat i on o n page 14 ...

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    Configuration Mode The Confi gur atio n Mode allo ws you to fine-t une the inte rnal pri nter c onf igura t ion sett i ng s for you r a p pl ic a tio n. I n this mo de, you can c hange th e foll owing para meters : • Pri nting da rkne ss • Rest p ositi on of t he me dia w ith res pec t to the “ web ” or “ i nter labe l gap ” • Posi t ...

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    3 . Turn t he power s wi tch ON . W hen the Po wer ON S elf T est i s comple te, t he POWE R an d P AUSE l ig hts w ill b e ON an d th e PRI NTHEA D ligh t w ill FLA SH. 4 . Press the MODE key 3 t i mes briefly. PAUSE and C ALIBRATE lights turn ON. 5 . Clo se the H ead Op en Lev er. 6 . Pr ess UP to calibrate. The printer feeds some media. The MODE ...

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    Ge tting St arted 16 ...

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    2 Operation Opera ting Y our Ze bra Strip e P rinter Now th a t your prin ter is rea dy fo r opera t ion, how does i t work ? The Zebr a St ripe Pri nter is desig ned to recei ve inst ruct ion s f rom a h os t co mput er, su ch a s an IB M-c ompati ble PC. To crea te a labe l, you will ei t her ne ed to writ e a form at in ZPL II, which is a progra ...

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    pr inti ng. The P APE R/R IBBON lig ht f las hes t o indica te this co ndi ti on. To r emov e the bac ki n g from th e Rew ind Spindl e , se e page 9. Cutter Mode (F actory-Installed Cutter Option Required) When th e me dia i s i n th e rest ( idl e) p ositi on, th e s tart of the l abel to be pri nted is dir ec tly und er t he p rin thead . The p ...

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    Figure 11 AC P ower ON/OF F Switc h Figur e 12 Zeb ra S tripe Printer Front Panel 2 Operation 19 ...

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    Front P anel Keys P AUS E Key Starts and stop s the p rinting p rocess. - If the printer is not printin g: no printin g can occ ur - Pri n ting : printing s tops once the current lab el is complete FEED Key Forces the printer to feed one blan k lab el. - Pri n ter not prin ting: one bla nk label feeds imm ediately - Pri n ting : one blank lab el fe ...

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    P rinter Status Sensors The Zebra Stripe Printer c ontains several status sensors. These sensors alert the operator to various conditions by either stopping t he printing or turning on a light. Se nsor What it monitors Ho w it wo rks Printhe ad Sensor Che cks the open/cl osed sta tus o f the Printhead l ever . I f the printhe ad is open , the Print ...

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    Figu re 14 Backing Rewind S pind le Full Sens or Positi on Figur e 1 5 L abel Avail able Sens or P os iti on Operation 22 ...

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    Samp le ZPL II L abel Format s ZPL II ® is Zebra Techn ologies Cor poration ’s Zebra Pro gram ming L angua ge II lab e l desi gn l ang uage . ZPL II let s yo u cr eate a wid e var iety of l abels fro m th e si mple to the ver y co mple x, incl udi ng tex t, b ar co des , and graph ic s. This s ec t ion c ontains th ree sam ple labe l f ormats fo ...

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    For mat 2: Saving a Label Forma t As a Gr a phic Ima ge Lin e # T ype th is lab el format: Y ou ’ll get th is print out: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ^XA ^LH30,30 ^FO20,1 0^AD^FD ZEBRA ^FS ^FO20,60^B3N,Y , 20,N^FDAAA001^FS ^ISFORMA T2,N ^XZ ^XA ^ILFORMA T2 ^XZ (Sam e as Format 1, b ut this format wa s also s aved in th e printe r ’s memory as a grap hic i ...

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    3 Ro utine C a r e and Ad justment Clea n ing CAUTION : Use only the cleaning agents indicated be low . Zebra Technologies Corporation will not be re sponsible for any other fluids being used on this printer. No lubr ican ts are needed . Tab l e 1 prov ides a brie f cleani ng schedul e. Spec i fic clea ning pr ocedure s are pr ovide d on the follow ...

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    Cleaning the P r inthead Incon sisten t print quali ty, suc h as voids in the bar c ode or grap hics, may i ndicat e a dir ty print head. For optim um p e rform ance , Ze bra reco mme nds pe rf ormin g t he fol lowing cle anin g procedur e aft er every roll of ri bbon. NOTE: It is n ot necessary to tur n th e printer OFF be fore cleaning the printh ...

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    Cleaning the Cutter Module (F or Printer s Equippe d wit h the Optional Cutter) The Cut ter M od ule requi re s per iod ic cle an ing to r emove pa per dust and gum med l abel resid ue. The proc edur e on the followi ng pages s hould be pe rform ed by the ope rat or accor ding to the sche dule on pa ge 25. Howeve r, dep endin g on your appli cation ...

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    I. Remove the Cutter Module from the pr inter . 1. T urn the printer ’s AC pow er OFF . 2. Raise the printer ’s Media Ac cess Door and lower the printer ’s Fron t Door . See Figure 17. 3. Remove the Labe l Catch T ray by li fting it up and away from the f ront of the Cutter M odule. 4. See Figure 18. Gen tly pull stra ight do wn on the Cutter ...

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    II. Disa ssemble the C ut ter Module . 1. See Figure 20. Hol d the Cutter M odule a s illustrated. Put yo ur thu mbs on the two W ire Spring Loops and your index f ingers on the top of the R ear Cutter Blad e Guard. It may h elp to lay the Cutter Modul e on a table or other su rface through out this pr ocess. 2. T o rem ove th e Rear Cutter Blade G ...

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    IV. Reas semble the Cutter Module. 1. See Figure 22. P o sition th e two Wi re Springs d own ag ainst the Low er Cutter Blade. 2. Plac e the Rear Cutter B lade Guard ove r the W ire Sp rings, perp endi cular to its fina l positio n. Place you r thumb s on the top (fla t) part of th e Guard . NOT E : Insu re th at th e end s of t h e Rear Cut te r B ...

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    Figur e 23 Re assembl ed Cut ter Module Figure 24 Cutter Module Rein stallatio n 3 Rou t ine Care a nd Adjus tment 31 ...

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    V. Reinstall the Cutter M odule. 1. See Figure 19. P o sition th e Cutter Modu le above th e Cutter Mou nting Posts. Press dow n on the Cu tter Modul e until the Moun ting Slots en ga ge the Mo unting P os ts on the printer . 2. Se e Figu re 18. Tight en t he Mount ing Screw in a cloc kwise direct ion to hold th e Cutt e r Mo dul e in P osit ion. 3 ...

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    Mech ani cal Adjus tment s The Stri pe prin t er ha s been designe d with min i ma l opera tor adju stments re qu ired. Print Qu ality Adjus tments In the fact ory, the St ripe pr i nte r is aligne d and te st ed us ing Ze bra’s 53 19 ribbon and Zeb ra’s Z-Tr a n s 6A full width, non- c o ntinuo us media to print therm al trans fer labels a t S ...

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    T oggle P ressure Adju stm ent The Tog g le Assemb l y presses th e printhe ad a g ainst the rib bon (if use d), the m edia, an d the plat en . The pressur e appl ied by t he Toggle Asse mbly may need to be increase d or reduced when di fferent thick nesses or widt hs of media a re use d in the pri nter . Bef ore i ncre asi ng T ogg le Pre s sure t ...

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    Media Sensor Position Adjust ment This pr ocedure was covere d in Chapt e r 1. See pag e 10. Ribbon Supply Spindle Adjustment This pr ocedure was covere d in Chapt e r 1. See pag e 11. Back ing R ewi nd Power R oller Adjus tmen t (P eel- Off Option R eq uire d ) NOTE: This Roller is only present on printers with the Peel-Off Op tio n. Ze bra preset ...

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    Whe n t he P owe r Rolle r is properl y adjuste d, the bac ki n g mat eria l sho uld hav e eve n tensi on across its en tire width an d be wrap ped s nugly a round all Gui des and Rol l ers . If the te nsio n is n ot ev en, t he med ia/b ac kin g mat erial ma y sli de (walk ) t o th e l eft or t o th e right as pri nting occur s. This can c aus e p ...

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    4 T roub lesho oting and Di agno stics If the Zebra Stripe P rinte r oper ates in a n abnorm al fashi on, consul t the Tro ublesh ooting Tab l e be l ow. The Print er Diagno stics foll owing the T roub leshoo ting Tab l e ma y also help you to d eterm i ne the pr oblem. The trou blesho oting of so m e pro blems ma y be beyon d t he a bilities of t ...

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    Troub lesho oting Tab le Sym ptom Dia gnos is Act ion P rinter s tops, P AUSE l ight ON and P APER/ RIBBON light FLASHING. Ribbon incorrectly or not loade d . Load ribbon corre ctly . See Chap ter 1. M a l f un ct i on in g R i b bo n S e n s or . Cal l a s er vice tec hnicia n. P rinter sto ps, P AUSE light ON and PRIN THEA D light FLASHING. Prin ...

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    Troub lesho oting Tab le Sym ptom Dia gnos is Act ion T runcat ed print , no p rint, or FEED Key o pera tes inco rrec tly whil e using non - conti nuous media. Media or ribbon improp erly loade d . See Media and Ri bbon Loadin g Instru ction s in Cha pter 1. Inco rrect Media Sen sor P osition or Sensit ivity . See Media S ensor P o sit i on Adjus t ...

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    Troub lesho oting Tab le Sym ptom Dia gnos is Act ion When using wide ribb on (o ver 2.4 "), the image gets ligh ter o r sme ars near the end o f t he roll of ribbon. Ribb on app ears to slow do wn or stop. T o o much bac k- tensi on on the ribbo n. See Chapter 1. Adju st the Ribbon Supp ly Spindle to provide low tensio n. ZPL was sent to pri ...

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    Troub lesho oting Tab le Sym ptom Dia gnos is Act ion Printing sto ps. P APER/RI BBON , P AUSE, and CANC EL lights on Out o f media. L oad medi a. See C hapter 1. Fo r printers with the Cutter Option insta lled. Med ia jammed i n Cutter . Remove me dia, clean Cutter Module if neces sary . See page 27. Co nnecting ca ble not co nnected to Cu tter Mo ...

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    CANCEL K ey Self T est Thi s sel f test pr ints th e pr int er ’s confi guratio n para m et ers that a re curre ntly store d in Conf igurati on (EE PROM) Me mory. See Figure 27. The co nfi gurat io n may be chan ged eit her te mpora rily (for spe cific labe l forma ts or ribbon a nd label s t ock) , or perm anently (by sa ving the new para meters ...

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    FEE D Key Self T es t The resu l ts of this s e lf te st will be used to determ ine the be st Darknes s Setting for a spec ific m edi a /ri bbon com binati on. Se e Figure 29. The FE ED K e y Self Te st labels will pr i nt at various plu s or mi nus Darkne ss se tting s rela t ive to th e curr e n t darkn e ss s ett ing. The ope rator in spects the ...

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    MO DE K ey S elf T es t Thi s sel f test p la ces t he p rinte r in a Co mmun icati ons D iag nost ic s Mo de. I n th is mod e, the pri nter p rin ts the ASCI I ch arac ters and th eir corre spondi ng hexa decima l values fo r a n y data rece ived fr om th e host comp uter . S ee Fig ure 30. Note: Turn the power OFF to exit this self test. FEED Ke ...

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    Note: Y our printe r ma y not h a v e all of t h e op t ions describ e d in th ese s pec i fi catio ns. − ...

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    • Tear- off mode : Pr oduce d i n stri ps • Pe el-of f m o de ( S-500 only ): Dis pens ed an d peeled from the liner • Cutte r mode (S-500 onl y): P rinte d and indiv idual ly cut • Rewin d mode: L a b e ls exte rnal l y re wou nd (Require s optiona l re win der, not a vailable from Zeb ra Te chnol ogies C orpora t ion) • AC Power ON/ OFF ...

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    • 512 KB RA M Expansion (for a tot al of 1 MB RAM) (S -500 only) • 256 KB RA M Expan sion (for a tota l of 512 K B RAM) (S -300 only) • * 256 KB Batte ry B acke d- Up RAM for l ab el form a ts and gr ap hic s ( S- 50 0 o n ly ) • * P eel-Off Mode with B acking- Only R e wi nd fea t u re ( S-500 o nly) • * Cutte r with L abel Catc h Tray ( ...

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    For m ore in formation on f onts , refer t o your ZPL II Prog ramming G uide. 8 Dots/mm P rinthead Fonts D ot Matr ix (h x w) (Def au lts ) Typ e* Minim um Character S ize (h x w) Max Char /In ″ ″ ″ ″ ″ ″ ″ ″ ″ ″ ″ ″ ″ ″ 6 Dots/mm P rinthead Font D ot Matr ix (h x w) (Def au lts ) Typ e* Minim um Character S ize (h x w) ...

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    The re are many opt i on a l char a ct er fonts that ca n be p urchase d for your Str i pe in add itio n t o tho se wh ich are st anda rd i n the uni t. F rom ti me t o ti me, ad dit ion s may b e mad e to the l is t of avai lable fo nts. Con tact Zeb ra T ec hnologie s Corpo ration or yo ur sale s repres enta tive for furthe r i nf ormation. Only ...

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        CG Tim es  - Standard 0123 456789.,?!Aa B b C cDdEe F fGg CG Times  - Bold 012 3456789.,?! AaBbCc DdEeFfGgH h CG Ti mes  - Italic 01234 56789.,? ! AaBbCc DdEeFfGg HhIi CG Tim es  - Bold Ital ic 0 12345678 9.,? !AaBbC cDdEeF f            CG Times  - Bold 012 3456789.,?! AaBbCc DdEeFfGgH ...

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    6 Supp ort Serv ices How to Reach Us Which number d o you need? Ze bra T ech nol ogies Corpor a tio n, USA Zebra T echno logie s Euro pe Li m i ted , U K Inq uir y Depa rtm ent : For lite rature and distributo r information . (8 47) 634- 6700 +44 ( 0) 1 494 47 28 72 Custome r Service: Printers, parts, me- dia, and ribbon: cal l your distributor or ...

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    T e chn ical Support Service via T el ephone Befor e you call - M isunderstanding in struction s or omitting a step are the most commo n sources of error. Please reread the manual a n d use the ta b le of contents and appendix es for help. Be pr epa red - To poss ibly a void e xcess tim e and exp e n se of a long-d i st ance pho ne ca ll, ple ase c ...

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    Zebra Tec hn ologi es C orpo rat ion Serv ice For m Zebra T echnol ogies Corporation 333 Corpor ate Woo ds Parkwa y Vernon H ills, Illi nois 60061 -3109 Phone N umber: ( 847) 913-2 259 Telef ax Nu m b e r:(8 47) 91 3-2578 Zebra T echnol ogies Europe Limited Zebr a H ouse, The V all ey Centr e Gord on Road, Hig h W y comb e Buckinghamshire HP13 6EQ ...

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    Product Servi ce and Support Programs At Ze bra Techno logies , our se rvice and s upport goa l is to ke ep your pr inte r perfor ming optim all y. Zebr a Tech ni ca l and Re pair S ervic es prov ide a broa d range of se rvice op t ions and a re y our expe rt source s for your supp ort and main tena nce needs . If yo u are in ne ed of techn ical a ...

  • Zebra Technologies S-500 - page 65

    W ang Customer Serv i ces Division Zeb ra Te chnologi es’ Auth orized N ational Serv ice Suppl ier provid e s On- Site Mai nten ance of the c ompl et e lin e of Zebr a pri nt ers. W ang and Zebr a wo rk tog ether t o pr ovi de th e Total Car e  S ervice P rogra m for our cus tom e r s. Tot a lCa re  is a com prehensi ve p a cka ge of sup po ...

  • Zebra Technologies S-500 - page 66

    and tr a ini ng. Take a dvantag e of our ye ars of e xperi e n ce a nd give your t echn i cia ns the adva ntage of compr e h ens ive fa ctor y t rai ning. Tra i ning i s con ducted a t Ze bra’s Cor porat e fac ility lo c at ed a shor t drive away fr om Chic a g o’s O’H are Interna tiona l air port. A full range of subj e ct s are offered from ...

  • Zebra Technologies S-500 - page 67

    Ze bra T rai ning P rogr ams At Ze bra Techno logies , our tr a ini ng goal is to pr ovide qua lity tra ining progra ms that enha nce the va l ue of yo ur Zeb ra ® prin ters. We r ea lize t wo of the m ost i mport an t as pects of succ essful prin t er ope ration and ma i n tena nce are e xperien c e a nd t r aini ng. Now you can tak e ad vant age ...

  • Zebra Technologies S-500 - page 68

    Operations and M a intenance Cours es Each O perat ions and Mai nt ena nce Cour se first introdu c es the st udent to vari ous bar code c o ncep t s a nd term inol ogy. Topi cs inc l ud e dire ct th erma l/t herm a l tra nsfer printi ng, cont i nu ous a nd non -cont i nu ous m edia , thin fil m the rmal print heads, a nd se rial and para l le l com ...

  • Zebra Technologies S-500 - page 69

    Bar Co des at W ork This on e day cour se present s an introdu ction to Bar Co ding. Thi s course will di scu ss bar cod e ter mino log y, sp ec ific ati ons, and app licat io ns as soci ate d wit h sele cted, oft en- used bar c odes. In orde r to gain a be t ter unde rstandin g of labeling probl ems and sol utions , the se l ec tion and ma tching ...

  • Zebra Technologies S-500 - page 70

    Support Serv ices 62 ...

  • Zebra Technologies S-500 - page 71

    Appe ndix Adjus t ing the Prin t head Only ad just the pri nthead pos i tio n if you have done the fol low ing and are s till expe riencing un satisf a ct ory print qua l ity (the pro cedure s f or these adjustm ents are loc ate d in Ch apter 3 .) : 1 . Ch eck t he in i tial pr int qu ali ty. 2 . Adjust the pri nt darkness. 3 . Adjus t the togg l e ...

  • Zebra Technologies S-500 - page 72

    15. Re -insta ll the Printhea d Support Brack et using th e two mounti ng screw s. 16. Press P AUSE and ob serve the test label s to insure con sistent print qual ity and proper paral lelism acro ss the top of the labels. R epeat proc edure if required . 17. I f, a fter adjus ting pr inthead pos ition, on e si d e of t he label i s print ing lighte ...

  • Zebra Technologies S-500 - page 73

    Printer In terface T ec hnica l Informa tion RS - 232 Inte rfac e Sig nal Leve ls For a ll RS-23 2 input and ou tput signa ls, the Str i pe pri nter follow s both the E lec troni c s Industr i es Assoc i ation (E IA) RS-232 and the Consu ltative Comm ittee for Intern ational Tele graph and T elepho ne ( CCITT ) V.24 stand ard sign al leve l specif ...

  • Zebra Technologies S-500 - page 74

    RS -232 Cabling Requirements The require d cable must ha ve a 25-pi n “ D” Type (DB25P) conne ctor on one e nd, whic h is plugged into the m ating (DB25S) connec tor locate d inside t he ac cess opening on the left side of the printer. (Refer t o Figure 11 on page 19 for the location of this cable.) The other e nd of the Sign al Inter face Cabl ...

  • Zebra Technologies S-500 - page 75

    Para llel I nterface The pa rall el inte rfac e pr ovi des a mean s o f co mmun ic atio n w hich is typ icall y faste r than the pr e v ious ly me ntione d se rial inte rfac e me t ho d. In thi s met hod, the bits of dat a wh i ch make up a char ac ter a re sen t all at o ne t ime o ver sev eral wires in the cab le, o ne b it p er wire. Data signal ...

  • Zebra Technologies S-500 - page 76

    Signa l Desc ripti ons The fol lo wing char t prov ides a d escr ipt ion of eac h of th e pin s i n th e para llel co nnec tor . A standard paral l el data cable will p rovide the requi red in terconn e ct ion bet ween t he com puter a nd the Stripe pri nter. Pin N o. P ara lle l Connec tor Pinou t 1T h e STROBE printer input h a s int erna l 3.3K ...

  • Zebra Technologies S-500 - page 77

    Glo ssary alphanumeric I nd icati ng l et ters, nu meral s, an d ch arac ter s su ch a s punct uation ma rks. back feed B ackf eed i s wh en th e print er pulls t he me dia and ribbo n (if used ) ba ckwa rd in to the p rinte r so th at the begi nning of the labe l to be pr inte d is prope rly positio ned behin d t he print head. Bac kfeed oc curs w ...

  • Zebra Technologies S-500 - page 78

    recy cled b y th e en d-u sers . L abel bac ki n g (or line r) has a non- stick sur fa ce whi ch allo ws t he labe l t o b e easi l y r emov e d b y the end-us er a nd pla ced in the d esi red loca ti on. med ia Mat e r ial on to whic h data is print ed by the pri nter . T ypes of m edia incl ude: tagst ock, conti nuous, fan fold, roll, etc. med ia ...

  • Zebra Technologies S-500 - page 79

    A AC Power, 3, 18 AC Power C able, 3 AC Power Fu se, 32 Adju st men ts Media Se nsor Positi on, 10, 33, 35 Prin t darkne ss, 33 Pr in t Qu a li ty , 3 3 Prin thead Po sition, 33 , 63 Backing Rewind Power Roller Adjustm ent, 35 T oggle P ressu re , 33- 34 ASCII Cont rol Code s XOF F (DC3), 67 XON (DC1), 67 B Baud Ra t e, 13 C CANCEL Ke y, 20 Cauti o ...

  • Zebra Technologies S-500 - page 80

    Me dia Cali bra ti on, 14 Media Guide, 5 Media Sensor s, 10 , 26 Media Suppl y Guide, 5 MODE Key , 20 N Null Mo dem, 6 7 O Operat i n g Mode s Cu tter, 1 8 Peel-Of f, 17 Rewind (E xternal), 6, 18 T ear-Of f, 5, 17 Operat or Controls, 46 Opti o n Swit ches, 13 Option al Fo nt s, 50 P Par allel Int erfac e, 68 Parity, 13 P AUSE Key , 20 Power ON/OFF ...

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