Hi, I have a Zebra 140xi2 printer. When I print, everything is shifted to the left. I checked the PRINT WIDTH (set at 127 4/8 MM), and the LEFT POSITION (set at 0000) in the printer configuration. Is there a setting that I'm forgetting to check? What would solve this problem?

In printer control panel menu check the print width of the label according to the size mean to say if you have 4 inch label the print width set to maximum value if print width set minimum then cutts off the print.


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please check the port the printer its connected, and test dif cable. let me know.

Go to "Printer Settings" and set the size/width/start/end. There will be numbers in MM that you can set everything up by.

First check printer. Change setting "Print Width" to maximum width, save. Switch off. Hold down pause key while switching on (untill all but power light turns off). the subsequent prints should print across the full width. If this is OK fault is with label format.

If you are using windows printer driver check settings there this can over ride printer settings. If using ZPL the problem is most likely in the label format.

The extra 10mm would be on the right side. The printer is left justified. Left justify your format and you should be ok.
This isn't adjustable.

One of two situations exists:
1. If the printing stops with clear stopping edge, then the PRINT WIDTH setting has been changed from the default full width setting of 104mm.
Best way to check this is to take your tallest and widest label and print out a configuration label. This is done by turning off the priner, pressing the CANCEL key and holding while turning on the printer. Release the button when the calibrate led turns off. A config label will print and you can check the setting for PRINT WIDTH.

2. If the printing stops by fading away to the right side, then that is caused by a pressure imbalance across the printhead. There is more pressure on the left side than the right side. There are two toggles the press down on the printhead and the pressure can be adjusted on each by turning the knob on top. Readjust the right side until printing returns across the label.

Hope that helps !

OK, to make this clearer, I had the same problem on my HP C7180. It seems to be rampant throughout their Multifunction printers.

My Fix, combining several others:

1. Go to Printers and Faxes on your Start Menu. In the Printers window, select Server Properties from the File menu. Use the Forms tab of the Print Server Properties dialog box to view printer forms. You may also see lots of forms that you wish your printer could see, but don't worry, it'll see the one you create now. And be sure when you create your form that you use the narrower dimension for the width and the longer dimension for the height. Usually for envelopes you will print in landscape mode.
2. Select the Create A New Form check box.
3. Enter a new name for the Form in the Form Description For field.
4. Use the fields in the Measurements area to set the paper size and margins. *Use the narrower dimension for the width and the longer dimension for the height*.
5. Choose the Save Form button to save the form. The Save Form button only gets pick-able when you type in a different name than what's there already.

Now go to your document program, such as Word. Make sure the window for the document you want to print is the active window. Select File/Page Setup..., Paper Size Tab, and there select the form you just created from the dropdown list

Still in your document program, select File/Print... then Properties. Select the Features tab, which may be differently named. Under Resizing Options/Size dropdown, select More... and there you'll find your newly created form down at the bottom, under Custom. Pick it.

If you're printing envelopes or other things where the way you view it it's wider side-to-side than it is tall, be sure and select "landscape" in both "page setup..." on your document program and in File/Print.../Properties/Features?Basic Options.

When I did all this methodically, I was able to print my Christmas envelopes. Yay!

From a Windows Operating System:

1. From the computer, open the document to be printed within an application program.
2. Click on [File] on the toolbar, and then click [Print]. The Print window will be displayed.
3. Click on the [Properties] button, or the [Printing Preferences] button. The Properties or Printing Preferences window will be displayed.
4. Click on the [Paper / Quality] tab.
   
   NOTE: Most applications will automatically provide the page size information to the driver. If not, steps 8 - 10 describe how to create a custom page size.
   
   
5. Select the required paper size from the Document Size pull down menu, if available.
6. If the required custom paper size is not available click on the [My Customer Sizes…] button.
7. To create a new custom paper size setting click on the [New] button.
8. In the Name field enter the name to be given to the custom paper size. For example 127 mm x 394 mm (5 in. x 10 in.)
9. In the Width field enter the width of the custom paper size.
   
   NOTE: The width should always be the short edge of the paper. For example, if the custom size is 127 mm by 394 mm (5 inches by 10 inches), the width must be set to 127 mm (5 inches) regardless of the orientation of the document or the feed method on the printer.
   
   
10. In the Height field enter the height of the custom paper size.
    
    NOTE: The height should always be the long edge of the paper. For example, if the custom size is 127 mm by 394 mm (5 inches by 10 inches), the height must be set to 394 mm (10 inches) regardless of the orientation of the document or the feed method on the printer.
    
    
11. Click on [Save]
12. Click on [Close].
13. Select the required paper size from the Document Size pull down menu.
14. Click on [OK] twice to print

From a Mac OSx:

1. Click on [File] on the application toolbar, and then click on [Page Setup]. The Page Setup window will be displayed.
2. From the Printer Description pull-down menu, select the correct PPD file for your printer.
3. Select the custom paper size for your document from the Paper Size pull-down menu.
4. If the required custom paper size is not available click on the [Manage Custom Sizes…]. The Custom Page Sizes window will be displayed
5. To create a new custom paper size setting click on the [+] button.
6. Double click on [Untitled] and enter the name to be given to the custom paper size.
7. At the Page Size field enter the width and height of the custom paper size.
8. Click on [OK] twice.

I had the same issue.

I'm using the seagull scientific drivers.
It turns out that the printer did not react well to changes made to it through the software.

I deleted the printer and added it again.
I made all my changes immediately through the software (creating a custom label size of 4in x 1in and portrait 180)

My print width setting on the printer is still 099 6/8 but everything prints fine.

Verify your LCD Display Print Width setting is set wider than your actual label width. The printer will only print to the width of the PRINT WIDTH setting. Also verify any driver or software settings as these override your printer settings.