20 Most Recent Zebra TLP 2844-Z Thermal Label Printer - Page 7 Questions & Answers

Are you trying to program in ZPL? if you are then you don't need a driver, send the code directly to the port and it will print. I would firstly reset the defaults to make sure there are no corruptions in the settings. Just in case you not sure, press and hold the feed button, the green light will flash 1 then 2 etc on the 4th flash let the button go and it will calibrate and reset to the factory defaults.

Simple yeah. Printer calibration is the problem.
see this video , http://vodpod.com/watch/3948392-how-to-calibrate-zebra-tlp-2844-printer
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You need to use or order the zebra thermal printer cleaner. It is necessary to use these cleaners every few months.

Always check to make sure the printer is advancing one label at a time by itself before printing. If it does then you know the printer has a good read on the label size. Then if it misaligns when printing then you know the problem is in the printer driver because the printer is only going to do what it's told to do.

So best is to turn printer off, power up, press feed to see if one label feeds ok. If the label feed is off at this point then the printer needs to be calibrated which is done by pressing and holding FEED while turning the printer on.

Hope that helps !

hi

go to folowing link you will have your solution

http://www.experts-exchange.com/Programming/Languages/Pascal/Delphi/Q_20678459.html

When received or when a reset is performed, the default IP address is: 10.3.4.102. The best way to confirm this is to force the printing of a configuration label. Look at the configuration label that is printed. That will contain the "current" IP assigned to the printer. You can download the manuals for this from the Zebra web site using the model number to get to the printer specific page. Choose the download tab.

Dan

hold the green feed button down intill it flashes 4 time to default the printer and calibrate it

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.

You Have to set label size in the printers driver. A hundred diferent label sizes can be used but the driver must know the size to layout the bitmap correctly

Goto printers and faxes then right click on your zebra printer driver. Left click properties and then left click the advanced tab, then left click printing defaults button. In the zebra designer driver size is on this page. The Zebra Universal driver you click a few levels deeper by clicking paper output then paper size. If your size is not listed in the drop down arrow then click customize, then highlight user defigned on the upper left off the screen and enter your correct label size.

You need to buy the zebranet PS2 print server
P/N G46692 External PrintServer II. It will plug into the parallel port. they just stoped making them but they are still for sale at zebra resellers. here is one at random from google

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Just type the part number into google and you will get plenty of hits for sites selling that part number of zebra ribbon.
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You need to set the label size in the driver or it will not layout on the calibrated label correctly. the default zebra size is 2x4 so if you have a smaller label it will print across 2 labels as the driver thinks it has a 4 in long label

Is this unit in thermal transfer or thermal direct mode? Depending upon the usage of this machine, perhaps a new thermal head is required. If thermal direct, try a different roll of labels, it is possible to get a bad batch. In thermal transfer mode, the tape could be bad as well. Try a new one to test.

Let us know what you find.

Thanks,
Dan

labels face-up.

Check the drivers you are using, try downloading drivers from Nice Label or Segull Scientific. Setup the page size to fit all the text, use a ruler to measure the lables.

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first of all cahck your USB cable and power it's geting power

what u do is just un-install your drivers and try againe it will work smoothly

if not then change your USB cable

I dont think this model has a Windows 7 driver. You can check the Microsoft hardware compatability list to see if your printer is listed.