Become familiar with the printer’s major components. See Figure 2.
Top cover | Label roll |
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Label spool | USB |
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| connector | USB | 10101 |
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24VDC
DC power connector
Label release | Serial number |
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Label feed path | and status light |
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and tear bar |
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Figure 2
LabelWriter Printer Features
Your LabelWriter printer is a direct thermal printer and does not use ink or toner. Instead, the printer uses heat from a thermal print head to print on specially treated labels. Labels are the only supplies you will ever need to buy.
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The status light visually shows the current state of the printer:
•Solid blue - USB cable is connected and printer is ready to print.
•Solid green - Serial cable is connected and printer is ready to print.
•Dimmed blue or green - printer is in power saving mode.
•Flashing red - Labels are not loaded properly or the label roll is empty.
•Flashing green - Printer is in configuration mode. Refer to the Technical Reference Guide.
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