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Z E B R A P E R S O N A L P R I N T E R L I N E A300 Zebra D I R E C T T H E R M A L P R I N T E R...
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Zebra A300 ® User’s Guide Customer order # 55530L Manufacturer part # 55530LB Rev. 4...
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This manual contains proprietary information of Zebra Technologies Corporation. It is intended solely for the information and use of parties operating and maintaining the equipment described herein. Such proprietary information may not be used, repro- duced, or disclosed to any other parties for any other purpose without the expressed written permission of Zebra Technologies Corporation.
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Additional Requirements........1 Setting Up the Zebra A300 Printer ....... . 2 Setting Up the Software .
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Media cover Media holder Media guides Tear bar Printhead Print mechanism latches Peel-off roller Figure 1: Printer Overview Peel-off door latches Platen roller Power/fault lights Feed button Printhead open sensor Paper out sensor Label presentation sensor...
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This manual provides all of the information you will need to operate your printer on a daily basis. To print labels, tags, or tickets with the A300 printer, refer to the ZPL II Programming Guide (part # 46469L) or to the on-line instructions with the BAR-ONE software.
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Note: If you plan to use BAR-ONE software to create your labels, you will need to install the software on your computer before you can operate your printer. You will not need to use BAR-ONE software if you are printing label for- mats created in ZPL II.
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Type A:\SETUP (or B:\SETUP) and then press OK. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. To create a label for the A300, you may either use the BAR-ONE software to create the label format or write one in ZPL II , which is Zebra’s programming language for creating labels.
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Located on the right-hand side of the printer near the back. The power switch should be turned off before connecting or discon- necting any cables. In normal use, pressing the Feed Key once when the printer is idle (not printing) will cause the printer to feed a blank label. The Feed Key also activates a number of specialized functions which are described in Table 1.
Scope This addendum contains information about the new Calibration features added to the Zebra A300 and Zebra T300 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).
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Table 2: Printer Indicator Lights Power is off or printer not receiving power Power is on Paper out or not sensed or Printhead is open Printhead is over temperature Turn the printer on by pressing the Power Switch on the right side of the printer.
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Press and release the Feed Key. A profile of the media sensor settings will print. When complete, the printer will save the new settings in memory and the printer is ready for normal operation. Figure 4: Sample Media Sensor Profile If you are using the printer’s serial port to transfer data, you will need to make sure that the printer and the computer have identical communication parameter settings.
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Or, if you are using ZPL II, send the ^MD (Media Darkness) ZPL II command. You may choose to network your Zebra A300 printer. Contact your distribu- tor for information about ZebraNet™ micro print server—ethernet connec-...
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CAUTION: Use only the cleaning agents indicated in the following table. Zebra Technologies Corporation will not be responsible for any other fluids being used on this printer. Inconsistent print quality, such as voids in the bar code or graphics, may indicate a dirty printhead.
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Power light does not Printer is not receiving turn on when Power power. switch is turned on. When printer is first Printer failed an inter- powered on, the Fault nal diagnostic test. light remains on. Fault light is flashing. Printhead is open. Out of media or media incorrectly loaded.
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To print out a listing of the printer’s current configuration (configuration label), refer to Table 1, “Feed Key Troubleshooting Modes,” on page 14. Figure 5: Configuration Label (Sample) If the printer is exhibiting unusual symptoms, such as skip- ping a label, you may need to recalibrate the printer. See “Calibration” on page 15.
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Print density Print width Print speed Label width (including backing material, if any) Label length Interlabel gap Label thickness (including backing material, if any) Label roll size Maximum outer diameter Minimum inner core diameter Registration toler- Horizontal ance Vertical First dot location (from outer media edge) Fonts available Bar codes available...
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36-pin Centronics -compatible parallel port and RS-232 serial port; contact your distributor for information about ZebraNet™—ethernet connectivity for the A300. • UL 544 Medical Equipment Standard Part 42.5 • CSA 22.2 No. 950 Canadian Safety Standard • Carries the CE mark of compliance.
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Figure 7. 230 VAC Power Line Cord Figure 8. Examples of International Safety Organizations Table 6. Parallel Pinouts Strobe Data Bits 0-7 Acknowledge Busy Paper end Select 14-17 Not used +5 V @ 0.75 A 19-30 Ground Not used Error/fault Ground Not used +5 V through 3.3 K...
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By using this software, you agree to be bound by these terms. Zebra Technologies Corporation (“Zebra”) warrants the enclosed diskette to be free of defects in material and workmanship for a period of 60 days from the date of purchase. In the event of notification within the warranty period of defects in material and workmanship, Zebra will replace the defective diskette or documentation.
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(media), to the extent it is determined that the use of other supplies (media) shall have caused any defect to the thermal printhead for which a warranty claim is made, the user shall be responsible for ZEBRA Technologies’ customary charges for labor and materials to repair such defect.
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