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Contents Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Compliance Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 About This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Who Should Use This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 How This Docume
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Contents 6 Select a Site for the Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Select a Surface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Provide Proper Operating Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Allow Proper Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
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Contents 7 Additional Control Panel Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 RFID Control Panel Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 5 • Routine Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Replacing Printer Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Ordering Replacement
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Contents 8 Notes • ___________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________
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About This Document This section provides you with contact information, document structure and organization, and additional reference documents. Contents Who Should Use This Document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 How This Document Is Organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Contacts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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About This Document 10 Who Should Use This Document Who Should Use This Document This User Guide is intended for use by any person who needs to operate or to troubleshoot problems with the printer. How This Document Is Organized The User Guide is set up as follows: Section Description Introduction on page 15 This section shows the operational controls and location of major components used when loading media. Printer Setup on page 23 This section provides the tasks that you must complete and
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About This Document 11 Contacts Contacts You can contact Zebra Technologies Corporation at the following: Web Site http://www.zebra.com Technical Support via the Internet is available 24 hours per day, 365 days per year. Go to http://www.zebra.com/support. The Americas Regional Headquarters Technical Support Customer Service Dept. Zebra Technologies International, LLC T: +1 877 ASK ZEBRA (275 9327) For printers, parts, media, and ribbon, please 333 Corporate Woods Parkway F: +1 847 913 2578 ca
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About This Document 12 Document Conventions Document Conventions The following conventions are used throughout this document to convey certain information. Alternate Color (online only) Cross-references contain hot links to other sections in this guide. If you are viewing this guide online in .pdf format, you can click the cross-reference (blue text) to jump directly to its location. LCD Display Examples Text from a printer’s Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) appears in Bubbledot ICG font. Comm
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About This Document 13 Document Conventions Illustration Callouts Callouts are used when an illustration contains information that needs to be labeled and described. A table that contains the labels and descriptions follows the graphic. Figure 1 provides an example. Figure 1 • Sample Figure with Callouts 1 2 FEED button 1 CANCEL button 2 ® 6/6/08 Z Series /RZ™ Series User Guide 79695L-002 Rev. A
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About This Document 14 Document Conventions Notes • ___________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ ___
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1 Introduction This section shows the operational controls and location of major components used when loading media. Contents External View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Printer Media Compartment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Introduction 16 External View External View Figure 2 and Figure 3 show the components and connections on the outside of the printer. Figure 2 • Front of Printer 2 1 1 Control panel 2 Media door ® 79695L-002 Rev. A Z Series /RZ™ Series User Guide 6/6/08
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Introduction 17 External View Figure 3 • Rear of Printer (All Standard Connectors, Internal 10/100 Wired Print Server, and Wireless Plus Print Server Shown) 3 4 5 6 7 1 8 2 (All Standard Connectors, Internal 10/100 Wired Print Server, and Internal Wireless Plus Print Server Shown) 9 5 6 7 1 8 2 1 Power switch (O = off, I = on) 5 Serial port 2 AC power connector 6 Internal wired print server port (Ethernet option) Wireless card ejector button USB port 3 7 Parallel port 8 Wireless Plus print se
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Z Series /RZ™ Series
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© 2008 ZIH Corp. The copyrights in this manual and the software and/or firmware in the printer described therein are owned by ZIH Corp. Unauthorized reproduction of this manual or the software and/or firmware in the printer may result in imprisonment of up to one year and fines of up to $10,000 (17 U.S.C.506). Copyright violators may be subject to civil liability. ® ® ® 3® This product may contain ZPL , ZPL II , and ZebraLink™ programs; Element Energy Equalizer Circuit; E ; and Monotype Im
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Declaration of Conformity 3 Declaration of Conformity We have determined that the Zebra printers identified as the ® Z Series and RZ™ Series Z4M, Z6M, Z4Mplus, Z6Mplus, ZM400, ZM600, R4Mplus, RZ400, RZ600 manufactured by: Zebra Technologies Corporation 333 Corporate Woods Parkway Vernon Hills, Illinois 60061-3109 U.S.A. Have been shown to comply with the applicable technical standards of the FCC For Home, Office, Commercial, and Industrial use If no unauthorized change is made in the equipment,
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Compliance Information 4 Compliance Information Compliance Information FCC Compliance Statement This device complies with Part 15 rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1. This device may not cause harmful interference, and 2. This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. The user is cautioned that any changes or modifications not expressly approved by Zebra Technologies Corporation could void the user’s auth
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Introduction 18 Printer Media Compartment Printer Media Compartment Figure 4 shows the components inside the media compartment of your printer. Depending on installed options, your printer may look slightly different. Note • For optimal printing quality and proper printer performance across our product line, Zebra strongly recommends the use of genuine Zebra™ supplies as part of the total solution. Specifically, the ZM400, ZM600, RZ400, and RZ600 are designed to work only with genuine Zebra™
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Introduction 19 Control Panel Control Panel The control panel contains the lights that indicate basic operation and the buttons that you may need to press during basic operation. The control panel buttons and lights are labeled in Figure 5. Descriptions for each are located in Table 1 and Table 2. Figure 5 • Control Panel 1 2 3 4 5 12 6 11 10 7 9 8 1 Power LED 2 Pause LED 3 Error LED 4 Data LED 5 LCD 6 CANCEL button 7 PLUS (+) button 8 SETUP/EXIT button 9 MINUS (–) button 10 SELECT button 11 F
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Introduction 20 Control Panel Control Panel Buttons Table 1 • Control Panel Buttons Button Function FEED Forces the printer to feed one blank label each time the button is pressed. • Printer not printing: one blank label immediately feeds. • Printing: one blank label feeds after the current batch of labels is complete. PAUSE Starts and stops the printing process. • Printer not printing: no printing occurs. (Press PAUSE again to resume printing.) • Printing: printing stops after the current label