Zebra A100 manual

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    User's Guide A 10 0 Ze b r a Customer order #55501L Manufacturer part #55501LB © 1996 Zebra T echnologies Corporation Zebra House The V alley Centre, Gordon Road High W ycombe Buckinghamshire HP13 6EQ, UK T elephone +44 (0)1494 472872 Facsimile +44 (0)1494 450103 Zebra T echnologies Europe Limited 333 Corporate W oods Parkway V ernon Hills, I[...]

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    Ze br a ® A 100 User’ s Gu ide Custo mer o r de r # 55 501 L M an uf act ure r par t # 555 0 1L B Re v . 3 55501lr 3 Page - 3 W ednesda y , March 26, 1997 1:08 PM[...]

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    This ma n ual cont ai n s propri etary i nfor mati on of Z ebra T ec hn o l ogi es Co r por ation. It is in tend ed so le l y for the inf ormatio n and use of partie s o p er ating and mai ntai ni ng the e qui pm e nt descri be d herei n. Such proprietary in formati on may not be used, repro- d uced, o r d isc l o s ed to an y oth er p arties for a[...]

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    In trod u ct ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 U np ac king a nd Ins pec ti on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Ad d iti ona l Req uir e m e nt s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Se t[...]

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    F igure 1: P rinter Ove rvi e w Me dia c ove r Me dia h old er Me dia g uid es T e ar bar Prin t h ea d Prin t m echa n is m l atch e s Pe el- of f r oll er P ee l- of f d oor la tch es Pl at en ro l le r Po w e r/ f au l t li g h ts Fee d b utt on P rin the ad op en se ns or Pa per o u t se ns or L abel pres ent ation se nso r 55501lr 3 Page 0 Wed[...]

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    T his m a nua l pr ovi des al l of the in fo r ma tio n y ou w i ll n ee d t o o per ate y ou r p r i n ter on a da i l y b a si s. T o p r i n t l abel s, t ag s, o r ti cket s w i t h t he A 100 printer , re f er to the inst ru ct i o n s i n cl ud ed w it h th e so f tw are y o u are u si n g to creat e t h e l abel . Save t he c art o n and a l[...]

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    F igure 2: P arall el Co nn ec tio n 55501lr 3 Page 10 Wednes day, Ma r ch 26, 1997 1:08 PM[...]

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    Y ou wil l n eed t o i n stal l t he Z ebra A 100 Pri nte r Driv e r o n y ou r c o m puter b e f or e y ou ca n o p er ate y our pr in te r . Als o in cl uded fo r yo ur u se w i th t h e Ze bra A 100 prin ter is BAR -ONE s oft w are, a p ower f ul l abel d e si g n pro g ram. The Zebra A 10 0 s oft ware wo r ks wi th m o st I BM ® -com pat ible [...]

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    Th e A 100 print er uses a c u sto m d ri ver f or t he W i ndow s o perat ing s y stem t h a t allow s yo u r Wi ndows appl icati o n s t o pri n t t o i t. 1. Sta rt W i nd ow s. 2. In sert t he Z ebra A 100 Prin t e r Drive r d is kette i n yo u r flop py d i sk driv e ( A: or B: ). 3. In Pr ogr a m Ma nag er , cl i ck on th e Fi le menu . Sel e[...]

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    t he re u n til y ou hav e prin t ed s o me label s a nd se e a ne ed to c han ge it . Wh e n y ou ar e s a tis f i ed wit h y ou r set tin gs , Cli ck OK . Y o u can ret urn to the A 100’ s Set up D i al og at any time f rom t he P r int ers Con- tr o l Pa n e l (o r Pri n t er Set t i ng s i n W in dow s 95) an d f ro m t he p ri n t d i a log [...]

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    users: se l ect Run fr o m t he Start m en u.) 5. T ype A:SE T UP (o r B:SE TUP ) an d t h en p r e ss OK . 6 . F ol low the on- s cre en i nstr uc ti ons t o com pl ete the i ns ta lla ti on. T o cr e at e a lab el f or t he A 100 prin ter, y ou w ill n e e d t o d e s ign t h e label i n a W i ndows a pplicat io n ( such a s BAR -ONE) and use t[...]

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    T u rn th e print er on b y pressi ng the Po we r Sw i tc h o n t he rig ht s ide o f t h e pr int e r . T he P o wer and Fa u lt lig ht s will tu rn on. T he prin ter per f or m s a se t of i nte r na l dia gnos ti cs , a nd af ter t he dia gnos tic s ha ve be en co m p let ed ( wi thi n 1 - 1 0 s ec onds ) the Fa ult l ight wi ll t ur n of f. If [...]

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    CAUTION: Use o nly t h e c l ea nin g a ge nts i n d ica ted i n T a ble 1. Zeb r a T ech - nolo gies C o rpora t i o n w i ll n ot be r e spo nsibl e for a n y o t h e r f l u i ds being u se d on thi s pri n t e r . In con si st en t pr in t q ual it y , s uch as voi ds i n b ar cod es or gr a p h ic s, m a y i ndi - cate a d irt y prin t h ead. [...]

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    T able 2. T roubl e sho otin g Po wer light doe s not turn on when Power switch is tu rned on. Printer is not rec eiving p ower . M ake sure t hat the power supp ly is plug g e d into the p ri nter and into a wall o utl e t , po wer str ip, or other sou rce of power . W hen printer is fir st powered on, the Fault li g ht rema i ns on. Printer fail [...]

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    Print den si ty 203 do ts/inc h 8 do t s/mm Print wi dth 1 t o 4.12 5 2 5 .6 to 10 5.0 mm Print speed 2 /sec 51 mm/sec Label wi dth (in cl u ding backing material, if any ) 1 t o 4.25 2 5 to 10 8 mm Label l e ngth 0 . 5 to 8 1 2 . 7 to 20 3 mm Interlabe l gap 0 . 08 t o 0. 16 2 to 4 mm Label t hickne ss (inc l uding ba cking material, if any ) 0. 0[...]

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    Agen cy ap prova ls • UL 5 44 Med ical Equ i pment S tan dard Part 42 . 5 • CS A 22.2 No. 950 Can adian Safety S ta n dard • IEC 95 0/E N 60 9 50 In ter national S afety Standa r d • F CC Part 15 S ub part B level A El e c t ro magn etic Rad ia - t i on S tan dard • AAM E 4.3.2 M edica l S t a n dard • UL 195 0 Domestic Safety S tand ar[...]

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    T a ble 3 . Pa ral le l Pino ut s 1S t r o b e 2- 9 Data Bit s 0 -7 10 Ack nowled g e 1 1 Busy 12 Pape r en d 1 3 Select 1 4-17 No t use d 1 8 +5 V @ 0.75 A 1 9-30 Grou n d 3 1 N ot use d 3 2 Error/fault 33 Grou n d 3 4 N ot use d 3 5 + 5 V throu gh 3.3 K 3 6 Select 55501lr 3 Page 20 Wednes day, Ma r ch 26, 1997 1:08 PM[...]

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    Th e enclosed software and documentation are protected b y the U nited States cop yr i ght law a nd i nte r na t i o n a l treaty , and there- fore yo u m ust treat them like a bo ok, wi t h th e exception that you may m ake cop ies to p r ot ect yo u rsel f agai n s t los s of the or i g i- nal . Y o u r r i g ht to u se the enclo sed so ftw a re [...]

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    1. Pr i nte r W arranty ZE B R A pri nters, exc l u ding thermal prin thead s which are wa rranted separatel y bel ow , are warra n ted against defects i n mater i a l or wo r kman s h ip for twe l v e ( 1 2 ) months fr om the date of p urchase by t h e en d u ser . T his wa rranty do e s no t co v er no r ma l w e ar and tear a nd shal l be n u ll[...]

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    User's Guide A 10 0 Ze b r a Customer order #55501L Manufacturer part #55501LB © 1996 Zebra T echnologies Corporation Zebra House The V alley Centre, Gordon Road High W ycombe Buckinghamshire HP13 6EQ, UK T elephone +44 (0)1494 472872 Facsimile +44 (0)1494 450103 Zebra T echnologies Europe Limited 333 Corporate W oods Parkway V ernon Hills, I[...]