Zebra bar code printer common faults and solutions: bar code printer in the use of the process often encounter some problems, the following is our long-term sales, the use of bar code printer, encountered some common faults, the summary list is as follows, and give the adjustment method, I hope to help you use zebra machine.
A number of printer errors
There are several errors that can affect the printer’s ability to print properly. Some stop the printer’s operation, while others simply alert the operator and do not affect printing.
Opening the print head incorrectly causes the entire printer to stop printing. The low temperature of the print head will not affect the specific use. It can still operate normally.
Label run out error, carbon tape run out error, print head open error, cutter error
Used up label, used up carbon tape, wrong cutter. Causes the printer to stop printing. Then leave the error light on. The error light will blink when the print head is turned on incorrectly.
Once one or more of these errors occur, the printer’s Pause light will turn on. Then wait for the user to correct the error. Once the user has eliminated the error, the user can press the Pause button to put the printer in working order.
Of course, if the printer is in the state of printing labels before the error. The printer will continue printing after the error is cleared.
Print head too hot
When the print head gets too hot, all printing stops. Then the error light will flash slowly. Once the temperature of the print head has returned to normal, the printer resumes printing its task.
When the print head overheats, other functions of the printer remain normal. Such as Feed, and Calibrate are fairly normal.
The print head is too cold
A similar situation will occur in a printer when the temperature of the print head becomes low. But the difference is that the printer doesn’t stop printing. The error light flickers slowly. Therefore, too low temperature of the print head will not affect normal use.
The power is too hot
When the power supply gets very hot, all printing stops altogether. The error light will flicker slowly. When the temperature drops again, the printer will continue to print normally. It is similar to a print head overheating.
Here are some examples of ERROR in ERROR cases
The print head of the LED lamp on the panel is turned on. The carbon tape is used up. The label is used up
Error Fast blinking Steady on Slow blinking Slow blinking Slow blinking
Error prompt and error report on LED display:
Ribbon Out
Problem solution
In the heat transfer state, the carbon tape is not installed properly to reload the carbon tape
In the state of heat transfer, the carbon strip sensor does not measure the carbon strip value well. Reidentification of paper and carbon tape
In thermal mode, the carbon strip is not used. Remove carbon belt
Make sure the driver and software Settings are correct
Paper out
The paper is not loaded, or the paper is not loaded correctly
Sensor not moved to a better position move the reflector sensor to the appropriate position
The printer is set to discontinuous paper, but continuous paper is used to reset the printer to the appropriate paper type
Verify that the Settings in the printer driver are correct
To recognize the paper
Media sensor did not select sensor Select from the selection menu and select sensor again.
Head Open
The print head is not closed or closed
The carbon belt is not installed correctly. It covers the sensor of the print head and reinstalls the carbon belt
Ribbon In
Print method set the correct print method
Ensure that the software or driver Settings are correct
Go back to Print Method and set the correct print mode
Ensure that the software or driver Settings are correct
Out Of Memory
There is not enough memory to execute the next command please make sure your PCMCIA card and FLASH are installed or working properly.
3 printing quality problems
Partial position print missing print head broken needle. Replace print head
Clean the print head if there is dirt.
Wrong print position, wrong paper move. Printer sensor error Adjust the left and right sensor positions of the printer. Or seek technical expertise.
Printer paper type error, continuous paper or discontinuous paper setting error. Set to the correct type.
Carbon band corrugation. Reinstall the carbon tape when the paper is removed
Incorrect print depth setting Sets the temperature higher than the paper
Wrong print head pressure Resets print head pressure.
4. Solutions to software related problems frequently encountered
I could not print Chinese with BARONE, the random software of the ZEBRA machine.
A: Go to the installation directory of BARONE, and then go to the BIN directory. Modify setup.ini. Delete all semicolons before printer statements. These statements are:
TTFSizeThreshold=1
TTFROTATETHRESHOLD=1
Rotatethreshold=1
Then enter BarOne program can type Chinese. Remember to choose Chinese fonts.
My machine prints too light. It doesn’t meet my requirements
A: Go to the printer panel and adjust Darkness.
3 My printer speed suddenly has a retraction, much slower than before.
A: Go to the printer panel to see its print mode. Please make sure you choose tear off. If not, please change it to tear off. I can get rid of the retraction.
4 When my printer is in use, a dialog box indicating that the printer is short of paper appears on the computer.
Please check what light the printer is on. If it is an error light, please check whether the paper and carbon tape of the printer are installed correctly. If it is a pause light, just click again to print normally.
5 My printer has no response after printing.
Please confirm whether the print line is tightly inserted. If so, please connect a printer to another computer, and reinstall the printer driver and printing software. Please see if you can print it. If you can print, check the parallel port on your previous computer for damage.
Or you can Edit in mS-DOS mode on a previous computer
Enter the following text:
^XA
^ GB600, 0100
100 ^ ^ FO20, BEN, 60, Y, N ^ FD123456789012 ^ FS
^XZ
Failure to print a black block indicates a communication problem
6 My printer jumps paper. Cannot print properly.
Please first press the FEED button several times to see if each FEED is normal.
If not, enter manual Calibrate in the display menu. Identify paper. And make sure that the paper type in the printer’s driver is set correctly. And the Settings in the printer are correct.
If the paper works, please check whether the paper Settings in the software or the driver are correct.
The barcode printed by my printer cannot be scanned by the coding gun.
Please first make sure that the relevant Settings of your barcode gun are correct. The method of inspection can be in other bar code machine to make a same label for detection. If you can sweep out the bar code machine is proved to be the problem.
If the bar code machine is confirmed to be the problem, please make a long black bar. If there is a white bar in the black bar, it indicates that the printer appears broken needle. If the broken needle is not serious, you can try to avoid the bar code broken needle. Otherwise, we have to replace the print head. Please send it for repair.
All four lights come on when my printer is turned on. Nothing happened.
There is something wrong with your printer hardware, please send it for repair.
My printer keeps breaking its carbon tape.
Try turning the darkness of your printer down and reducing the print pressure. See related content for changes. Page 10.
10 My printer prints labels all the way out.
Please make sure that the labels of your printer are properly installed and that the back loading area is tightly clipped. And the upper limit of the paper path is correct.
11 My printer uses a serial port. But I couldn’t print it.
And make sure the parameters in the printer are the same as those in the mainframe computer. For printer serial port parameters, see pages 15-16.
12. My printer always uses the same specification of paper, SO I don’t want to waste my label paper by recognizing paper every time it starts up.
Please go to the panel and change the value of MEDIA POWER UP to FEED or NO MOTION.
P.S. its password is 1234. See previous content on page 17 for related operations
My bar code printer wants to print Japanese characters or other special characters.
Bar code printers can print any character you can type. But first you have to be able to have the software to be able to input the characters into the bar code printing software. After that, the operation is just like normal printing.
My bar code printer wants to make continuous paper.
If you are using BARONE, just check the label setup of File in your application before setting continuous Media.
My bar code printer prints on one side light or doesn’t print anything on that side.
Please adjust the pressure of the print head. To adjust pressure, please refer to the relevant content in the manual, page 10.
I want to use bar code machine in my own program.
Please find the random Zebra CD in the ZPL Guide directory barcode machine programming manual ZPLII, please refer to.
In case of special requirements please contact vendors, will provide the relevant interface and program.