My zebra TLP2844Z can not print because after fiew moments turn on the printer the light button becomes red. How to solv that?

You need to use the driver from
www.seagullscientific.com

try to update the firmware.

Autosence your printer by turning it off and then hold down the feed button while turning it on and release feed button when light flashes red.

Just go to your printer Propertie: in General\Printing Preference\Paper Size and Custom the size.
And change Paper left Margin

The red light means out of paper or ink ribbon. Some people chose not to use the ink ribbon and get thermal direct paper which requires no ink ribbon but The red light means out of paper or ink ribbon. Some people chose not to use the ink ribbon and get thermal direct paper which requires no ink ribbon but the printer has to be told by the driver not to expect ribbon or the red light will come on. Also not having the correct paper height set in the driver will make the red light come on as well so check the advanced tab in the properties of the driver then click printing defaults. In the ZDesigner driver height and width are entered there. In the zebra universal, its the same path but one extra click. Click paper output and enter the size.

TRY HOLDING THE BUTTON DOWN AND LET IT FLASH 5 TIMES. RELEASE. WHEN THE DIMENSIONS ARE AT THE CORRECT NUMBER PRESS THE BUTTON AGAIN.

Recalibrate the printer and you should be good to go. Do this by turning the printer off, press and hold the button and turn on the power. When the light flases red let go and it will calibrate, at the end it will do a printout. Reboot the printer and your fixed.

Check their website. It should let you download the user's manual after you've logged in.

http://www.zebra.com/id/zebra/na/en/index/products/printers/desktop/tlp2844z.4.tabs.html


I work with these at my work-work, and the manuals are pretty handy to have!

1: Is it a TLP2844 or a TLP2844Z.

Operationally they are completely different printers. TLP2844 uses ELP (Eltron Programming Language. but TLP2844Z uses ZPL (Zebra Programming Language). You need to calibrate the printer to the labels.

Calibration:
If its a TLP2844. Load media. Connect power.
Hold down feed key, power on, count one, two, release feed key. The printer will go through a calibtation routine and print config label. IMPORTANT - When it prints this label you must press the feed key and see the message OUT OF DUMP. Your printer will now be calibrated. Check this by hitting the feed key a few times and printer will feed one label each time feed is hit.

Calibration:
If its a TLP2844z.

Load media. Turn printer on and wait for green light (Approx 1 minute)
Press feed key and keep it pressed until green light blinks once, then twice, now release feed key.

Hold the feed button while turning on the printer. After a config label prints, turn the printer off and then on again, and try printing again.

Also, make sure the lid is closed far enough to engage the lid sensor. If the red light comes on again, press down a bit on the lid, hit the feed button and try to print again.