Zebra Technologies RXi4 manual

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    © 2010 ZIH Corp. All product names and numbers are Zebra trademarks, and Zebra and th e Zebra logo are registered trademarks of ZIH Corp. All right s reserved. P1008806-002 3/8/10 Xi4™/RXi4™ Quick Reference Guide Use this guide to operate your pr inter on a dail y basis. For more detai led information, re fer to the User Guide . Printer Compon[...]

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    Control Panel 2 P1008806-002 Xi4™/RXi4™ Quick Reference Guide 3/8/10 Control Panel The control pa nel ( Figure 2 ) indicate s the printer’ s operati ng status and cont rols basic print er operation. Figure 2 • Control Panel 1 2 3 4 5 7 12 13 14 11 6 8 10 9 1 Power light On when the prin ter is on. 2 P AUSE light On when the printer is pause[...]

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    3 Control Panel 3/8/10 Xi4™/RXi4™ Quick Reference Guide P1008806-002 11 CALIB RA TE Calibrates the printer for the following: • Media length • Media type (c on tin uo us or non -c on tin uo u s) • Print method (d irect thermal or thermal t ransfer) • Sensor values 12 PA U S E Starts or stops printer operation when pressed. 13 FEED Force[...]

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    Preparing the Printer for Use 4 P1008806-002 Xi4™/RXi4™ Quick Reference Guide 3/8/10 Prep aring the Printer for Use After you have familiarized yourself with the printer components, prep are the printer for use . T o set up the printer , complete these step s: 1. Select a location for the prin ter that meets these conditions: • must be a soli[...]

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    5 Prep aring the Printer for Use 3/8/10 Xi4™/RXi4™ Quick Reference Guide P1008806-002 5. Plug the male end of the A/C power co rd int o an approp riate power ou tlet. 6. Connect the printer to a comp uter using one or more of the avai lable connections. The standard connect ions are shown here. Zebra Net wi red an d wire less print serve r opti[...]

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    Preparing the Printer for Use 6 P1008806-002 Xi4™/RXi4™ Quick Reference Guide 3/8/10 7. Raise the media door . 8. Load media into the printer (s ee Load Media on page 9 ). 9. When using th ermal transfer media, lo ad ribbon into t he printer (se e Load Ribbon on page 16 ). Direct thermal medi a does not use ribbon. 10. Tu r n o n ( I ) the prin[...]

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    7 Prep aring the Printer for Use 3/8/10 Xi4™/RXi4™ Quick Reference Guide P1008806-002 11 . T o verify that the media and ribbon are load ed correctly , print a printer configurat ion label. a. On the control panel, press SETUP/EXIT . b. Press PREVIOUS or NEXT /SA VE until you scroll to : 1[...]

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    Preparing the Printer for Use 8 P1008806-002 Xi4™/RXi4™ Quick Reference Guide 3/8/10 c. Press PLUS (+) to select PRINT . If the media and ribbon are loa ded correctly , a printer config uration label p rints. A sample label is shown here. d. T o ex i t Setup mode, press SETUP/EXIT , and then press NEXT/SA VE . 12. T o test the connection betwee[...]

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    9 Load Media 3/8/10 Xi4™/RXi4™ Quick Reference Guide P1008806-002 Load Media Use the instructio ns in this sectio n to load roll media in T ear-Of f mode ( Figure 3 ). For instructions for loadin g fanfold media or for lo ading in dif f erent print modes, refer to the User Guide . Figure 3 • T ear-Off Mode Media Path T o load roll media in T [...]

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    Load Media 10 P1008806-002 Xi4™/RXi4™ Quick Reference Guide 3/8/10 2. Follow the instruc tions for your p rinter model to insert media i nto the printer . 1 10Xi4/R1 10Xi4 600 d pi a. Place the roll of media on the media suppl y spin dle. Push the roll back as far as it will go. 1 10Xi4/R1 10Xi4 200 d pi and 300 d pi Other Xi4 Models a. Pull ou[...]

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    11 Load Media 3/8/10 Xi4™/RXi4™ Quick Reference Guide P1008806-002 3. c. Slide in the medi a su pply guide u ntil it touch es the edge of the roll. c. Flip up the media suppl y gu ide. d. Slide in the med ia supply gui de until it to uches the edge of the ro ll. 1 10Xi4/R1 10Xi4 200 d pi and 300 d pi Other Xi4 Models Caution • The printhead m[...]

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    Load Media 12 P1008806-002 Xi4™/RXi4™ Quick Reference Guide 3/8/10 4. Loosen the thumb screw (not visibl e from this angle) that is l ocated on the bottom of the outer media guide ( 1 ). 5. Slide the outer media guide ( 1 ) all the wa y out. 1 1[...]

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    13 Load Media 3/8/10 Xi4™/RXi4™ Quick Reference Guide P1008806-002 6. If your printer includ es a media dancer assembly ( 1 ), thread the media unde r the media dancer assembly roller . For all printers, thread the media unde r the media guide roller ( 2 ) and then the upper media sensor ( 3 ). 7. Push the medi a forward until it passes u nder [...]

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    Load Media 14 P1008806-002 Xi4™/RXi4™ Quick Reference Guide 3/8/10 8. Align the media with th e in ner media guide ( 1 ). Slide in the ou ter med ia g ui de ( 2 ) unt il i t just touches the edge of the media. 9. T ighten the thumb screw (not visibl e fr om this angle) that i s located on the bottom of the outer media guide ( 1 ). 1 2 1[...]

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    15 Load Media 3/8/10 Xi4™/RXi4™ Quick Reference Guide P1008806-002 10. Push down the prin thead assembly ( 1 ), and then rotate th e printhead-o pen lever ( 2 ) clockwise until it locks into place. 1 2[...]

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    Load Ribbon 16 P1008806-002 Xi4™/RXi4™ Quick Reference Guide 3/8/10 Load Ribbon Use the instructions i n this section to load ri bbon for use with the rmal transfer labels. For direct thermal label s, do not load ribbon in the printer. Remove used ribbon from the ribbon take-up spindle e ach time you ch ange the roll of ribbon (see Remove Used [...]

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    17 Load Ribbon 3/8/10 Xi4™/RXi4™ Quick Reference Guide P1008806-002 4. Place the roll of ri bbon on the r ibbon supply sp indle. Push th e roll back as far as it wi ll go. 5. A ribbon lea der make s ribbon loadin g and u nloadi ng easi er . Does yo ur roll of rib bon ha ve paper or something e lse at tached to the end to se rve as a ribbon lead[...]

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    Load Ribbon 18 P1008806-002 Xi4™/RXi4™ Quick Reference Guide 3/8/10 7. The ribbon path is slightly dif ferent for prin ters with ribbon dance r assemblies. Does your print er have a ribb on dancer assembly ? Without Ribbon Dancer With Ribbon Dancer If... Then... No Thread the ribbon over th e media dancer assembly ( 1 ) and under the ribbon gui[...]

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    19 Load Ribbon 3/8/10 Xi4™/RXi4™ Quick Reference Guide P1008806-002 8. Push the ribb on leader fo rward until it passes under the printhead a ssembly (1), ov er the snap plate (2), and then ov er the platen roller (3). Ye s a. Thread the ri bbon through the ribbon da ncer . The ribb on must go under the upper r oller ( 1 ) and then over the low[...]

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    Load Ribbon 20 P1008806-002 Xi4™/RXi4™ Quick Reference Guide 3/8/10 9. Bring the ribbon leader over the upper ribb on roller ( 1 ) and then toward the ribbon ta ke-up spindle ( 2 ). 10. W i nd the ribbon leader an d at tached ribbon coun tercl ockwise around the ri bbon take-up spindle. 11 . Rotate the spindle counterclockwise several t urns to[...]

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    21 Load Ribbon 3/8/10 Xi4™/RXi4™ Quick Reference Guide P1008806-002 12. Push down the prin thead assembly ( 1 ), and then rotate th e printhead-o pen lever ( 2 ) clockwise until it locks into place. 1 2[...]

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    Load Ribbon 22 P1008806-002 Xi4™/RXi4™ Quick Reference Guide 3/8/10 Remove Used Ribbon Remove used ribbon from the ribbon take -up spindl e each time you change the rol l of ribbon. T o remove used ribbon, complete these step s: 1. Has the ribb on run out? 2. While holdin g the ribbon take-up spindle, turn the ribbon rele ase knob clock wise un[...]