Zebra T300 manual

User's Guide T 30 0 Ze br a Customer order #547000L Manufacturer part #547000LB © Zebra T echnologies Corporation ZEBRA PERSONAL PRINTER LINE™ THERMAL TRANSFER PRINTER 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 L[...]

Zebra T 300 P rinter User’ s Gu ide Custo mer o rder # 54 700 0 L M an uf act ure r par t # 5 47 0 00 LB R e v . 1 547000r 1 Page -3 T ue sday, March 25, 1997 11:38 AM[...]

This manual contain s propri etary inf ormati on of Z ebra Techn ologies Corporati on. It is in tend ed so le ly for the inf o rmat i on and use of parties operating and mai ntaini ng the e quipm ent descri bed herei n. Such prop rietary in formation may not be used, repro- duced , o r di sclose d to an y oth er p arties for any oth er p urpo se wi[...]

In trodu ctio n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 U np ac kin g a nd Insp ec ti on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Ad d iti ona l Req ui re m ent s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Set t[...]

Fi gure 1. Pri nter O vervi e w Cov er lat ch es Medi a co ver Medi a s pin dle g u ide Pri nthe ad re l ease l e v er Medi a gu i de Pe el-o ff rel ease leve r Pe el ba r Pe el-o ff ro ller Pl at en roll er Prin t head Media width adjust. thum b wheel Th erm al t r an sf e r sw i tc h P owe r lig ht an d F e ed ke y Me di a se nsor s Me di a sp in[...]

T his ma nua l p rov i de s al l of the in for mati o n y o u wi ll n ee d t o o per a te y our printe r . T o prin t labe ls, t ags, o r t ickets w ith the Z ebra T 30 0 p r int er , r e f er t o the ins truct ions inc l ud e d wit h the s o f tw are y o u a r e u sin g t o cre ate the label . Save the c art on and all packi ng mate ria ls i n cas[...]

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Figu r e 2. Parall el Connec tion 547000r 1 Page 11 T uesday, March 25, 1997 11:38 AM[...]

Figure 3. Ser ial Conne cti o n 547000r 1 Page 12 T uesday, March 25, 1997 11:38 AM[...]

No t e: If y ou plan to use BAR-ONE™ so f tware to create your labels, y ou wi ll ne ed to i nsta ll th e so ftwa re on y our comp uter b ef or e y ou ca n o p er ate your prin t e r . Y o u wi ll not n eed t o use BAR -ONE soft wa re i f y ou are p rinting l abel f or - ma ts c r ea te d in ZP L I I . T o pr in t Z P L I I , y ou m a y us e vi r[...]

The Zebra T 3 00 pri nt er u ses t h e Win dows™ -based B AR-ONE software o r ZP L I I Progra mming L angu a ge co m mands. T o inst al l BAR-ONE software: 1. Sta rt W in d ow s. 2. Ins ert di sk 1 of th e B AR-O NE so ftw are in y our f loppy di sk dri v e ( A: or B: ). 3. In Pr og r a m Ma nag er , cli ck on th e Fi le menu . S el ec t Run . (W[...]

Lo ca te d on the r e ar of th e p rin t er . T he p owe r sw i tc h s hou ld b e tu r ned o f f b efore c onne ct ing or di sc onne ct ing any ca ble s . In n orma l use, pressing the F ee d Ke y o n ce wh en th e printer is idl e (not printin g) wi l l c ause the p rinte r to f ee d a blank label . Th e Fee d K e y also ac t ivat es a numb er of [...]

Turn t h e print er on by pressi ng the Pow e r Swi tc h on the rear of the prin ter. The Pow er lig ht w il l t u rn on . The prin ter perfo rms a set o f intern al di agn os - t ic s, and a f ter t he diag n ost ic s ha ve b e en c omp le ted ( wi thi n 1 - 10 s ec on ds ) the m ot or m ay start briefly . If l o a ding t he pri nte r with m edi a[...]

A s et s cr ew is l oc at e d on top of the Pr i nt hea d Carr ie r A s sem bly t hat c an b e a dju st ed t o cont r ol p r int q ual it y . This adj ustm ent is se t a t t he fa c to r y and w i ll prob abl y no t nee d f urth er a dju sting . H owev er, w ith differe nt t ypes and thi ck- nesse s of me dia, so me adj ustm ent m a y be n ece ssar[...]

Zebra A 300 & T 300 User's Guide Addendum 1 C:A_SeriesA_T_Adden.vp Wed Aug 12 10:52:06 1998 Color profile: Disabled Composite Default screen[...]

Scope Thi s addendu m contain s informatio n abou t th e ne w Calibratio n features adde d t o th e Zebr a A 30 0 an d Zebr a T 30 0 printer s whe n upgrade d wit h the 25.8. 1 an d 23.8. 1 and later version s o f firmwar e respectively. Calibration Auto-Calibration Th e printe r onl y auto-calibrate s whe n usin g non-continuou s medi a (a gap , n[...]

Manual Calibration Manual calibration should be performed whenever you are using pre- printed labels or preprinted label backing, or if the printer will not auto calibrate. NOTE: Before performing a manual calibration, refer to your label preparation software user’s manual and set the printer for the media type (web or black mark). To manually ca[...]

© Zebra Technologies Corporation Part # 55560L Rev. 1 Figure 2. T 300 Sample Media Sensor Profile Figure 1. A 300 Sample Media Sensor Profile 4 C:A_SeriesA_T_Adden.vp Wed Aug 12 10:52:07 1998 Color profile: Disabled Composite Default screen[...]

Thi s calibrat i on p roc edu re sh oul d be perf orm ed the f irs t ti me y o u use the pr in t er an d a ny ti m e yo u cha nge th e ty p e of me dia i n th e pr in t er . 1. T urn the printer po we r on if it is not alre ad y on. 2. Re move s ev er a l lab el s f r o m a sec ti on o f ba c king mat er i al s o th a t onl y the back ing m ateri a[...]

9600 baud, 8 bit word leng th, no parit y , an d 1 s top bit . Then, set t he comm unic ation s param eters on your compu te r t o match this. • If you ne ed t o u se d if fer ent s ett ings than the de faults ( f or e xa mpl e, i f you are u sin g a m ode m wit h cert ain requi re me n ts), y o u have two opti ons for set t ing th e comm un ica [...]

CAUTION: Use o nly th e clea ning agents ind ica ted i n T a ble 4. Zeb ra T ec h- nolo gies Corpo ratio n will not be res p onsi ble for d a m age cause d b y any ot her fl uids be ing use d on this pr inter . In co ns i st en t pr in t q ual it y , s uch as voi ds i n b ar cod es or g rap h ic s, ma y i ndi - cate a dirt y printh ea d. Fo r best [...]

T able 5. T r oubl esho oting Pow e r light does not turn on when Power switch is turned on. Printer is no t re ceiving po wer . Mak e sure that the power sup ply is plu gged into the printer and into a wall outlet, power stri p, or other sou rce of power . Wh e n printer is first powere d on, the Power lig ht flashes every 3 secon ds. Printer fail[...]

T o pr int out a l is ti ng of t he pr int er ’ s curren t c o nfi g ura t ion (con figurat ion labe l), re fer t o T able 2 , “F eed Ke y T ro ubles hooting Modes ,” o n p age 15 . If the prin t er is exh ibi tin g unus ual s y mpt om s, su ch as skip- pin g a l abel , you ma y need to rec alibrat e the print er . See “Cal ibrat i on” o [...]

Figure 8: Comm uni cati on s Diagnos tic s P rinto ut (Sample) 547000r 1 Page 23 T uesday, March 25, 1997 11:38 AM[...]

Print density 20 3 dots/inch 8 dots/mm Print wi dth 1 to 4.12 5 25.4 mm to 105 .0 mm Print speed 2 /s ec, 1.5 /sec 51 mm/sec, 38 mm/sec Label width (inc luding b ack- ing material, if any) 1 to 4.65 25 mm to 1 18 mm Label le ngth 0.5 t o 18 13 mm to 457 mm Interlabe l gap 0.08 to 0. 16 2 mm to 4 m m Label thickne ss (including backing material, if [...]

Ribbon re quiremen ts Ze bra recomme nds use of Zebra -brand ribb on which is inked on the inside surfac e. (Use tape to see which side is inked.) Fonts available • CG T riumv irate Bold Condensed (6, 8, 10, 12 , 14, 18 pt.) • Zebra fonts A, B, C, D, E, H, GS, IBM C o de Page 8 5 0 Inter- national Characters, Grap hics symbols Bar code s availa[...]

Figure 9 . 2 30 V AC P o we r Line Cord Figure 1 0. Exam ples of Internatio nal Safety Organi zati on s T ab le 6 . Pa ra l le l Pino ut s 1 Strobe 2-9 Da ta Bi ts 0-7 10 Ac kno w le dge 11 B us y 12 Pape r en d 13 Select 1 4-17 No t us ed 1 8 +5 V @ 0. 75 A 19-30 Gro u nd 31 No t us ed 32 Error/fault 33 Ground 34 No t us ed 35 +5 V thro ugh 3 .3 K[...]

The enclosed software and documentation are protected b y the United States copy right law and inter na tio n a l treaty , and there- fore you m ust treat them like a book, w i t h th e exception t hat you may ma ke copies to p rote ct you rsel f agai n s t loss of the orig i- nal. Y o u r right to use the enclo sed soft ware and docu men tatio n a[...]

1. Printe r W arranty ZEBRA printers, e x clu d ing thermal pri n theads w h ich are wa rranted separately bel ow , are warr anted against defects i n mater i a l or workman ship for twelve (12) months from the d ate of p urchase by the end u se r. Th is w a rranty does no t cover no rmal wear and tear an d shall be null and void if the eq u ipment[...]

User's Guide T 30 0 Ze br a Customer order #547000L Manufacturer part #547000LB © Zebra T echnologies Corporation ZEBRA PERSONAL PRINTER LINE™ THERMAL TRANSFER PRINTER 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 L[...]