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It is not. The DPI is part of the main board of the printer. if you change the print head, you must change the electronics. There is no reasonable way to do what you are asking. At least not cost effectively. It would be cheaper to buy a 300dpi printer.
Krishan, sorry there are no settings that will allow you to do this on the 105SL. If the printer code expecting a 203 DPI printhead and you have a 300 DPI Printer then your label will print out much smaller then normal.
If you are printing labels with a label printing package (such as Seagull Bartender for Windows) then all you need to do is to install the proper printer driver. If you have your printer attached to a system that is sending "straight" ZPL (Zebra Printing Language Code) then your out of luck.
Check to make sure you have a 105SL printer driver. Also check to see if you have chosen ZPL for the language as well as the proper resolution (203, 300 and 600 dpi).
Ok...two items to check:
1. slow print can be caused by using True-Type fonts like Arial, Times New Roman, etc...these fonts do not reside in the firmware of the printer so Bartender has to download the fonts to the printer's memory hence the long print time. Change any text fonts to Zebra's internal fonts which you should be able see as a choice from Bartender.
2. If the print is larger than you expect, then you are using a printer driver that is not correct for the dpi (dots per inch) of the printer than have. If your printer is a 203dpi printer but you use a 300dpi printer driver, then your print will be larger that you expect. Bartender will format the fields for 300dpi but because size is larger on a 203dpi, the print will be larger. The Z105SL comes in both sizes, 203 or 300. Just verify your printer to the driver being used.
This can happen if your page size in your driver is not set to the actual label size. It can happen if you have old .dll driver files mixed with your mew driver installation.
This is what I would do:
Uninstall the driver completely - delete the icon in Printers and Faxes. Drop down the file menu there and choose server properties and remove the driver for all Zebra printers from the Drivers tab. Go into the LCD menu of the printer and load defaults. Go back into the LCD meny and look at the page width setting. Your printer has 300 dots per inch, so a 4 inch label would be 1200 dots wide.
Another thing to consider is that you may be trying to printer to a 300 dpi printer from a 203 dpi driver. Make sure that you choose 300dpi when you reinstall. This should work.... If not, repost with more details about your application and driver. I can assure you that this is not a printer problem unless half of your printhead has failed.... unlikely, but possible....
This can happen if you have the wrong dpi setup. For instance the 105sl can be either 203dpi or 300dpi. If your printhead is 300dpi and the label you create is expecting 203dpi, then you will see shrunken label. Your situation doesn't exactly sound like this is the case but it may be worth checking.
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