Operation

Printer Status Sensors

Zebra XiII-Series printer contains several status sensors. These sensors alert the operator to various conditions by either stopping the printing or turning on a light. Sensors are described in Table 3.

Table 3. Printer Status Sensors

Sensor:

What it monitors:

How it works:

Printhead

Checks the open/closed status of the

If the printhead is open, the Error light flashes.

Position Sensor

printhead lever.

 

 

 

 

 

 

If the printhead is too cold, the front panel dis-

Printhead

 

play indicates this condition and printing contin-

Checks the temperature of the print-

ues while the printhead warms up. If the

Temperature

head.

printhead is too hot, printing stops while the

Sensor

 

printhead cools to standard operating tempera-

 

 

 

 

ture.

 

 

 

 

Checks for proper media loading.

The Paper Out light will turn on if you run out of

Transmissive

If non-continuous media is used,

media. This condition will also occur if you are

Media Sensor

this sensor detects the label length

using non-continuous media and the media does

 

for individual labels.

not move because it is jammed.

 

 

 

Reflective

Detects the presence of black marks

If it detects a black mark, the printer knows that

Media Sensor

on the back of black-mark media.

it is at the beginning of a label.

 

 

 

Ribbon

Monitors the presence of ribbon.

If you run out of ribbon, the Check Ribbon light

Sensor

turns on.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Once a label prints, it will pass between the two

Label

In Peel-Off Mode, it checks to see if

parts of this sensor and cause the printer to

Available

pause. The Take Label light turns on. When the

a label is available.

Sensor

label is removed, printing resumes and the light

 

 

 

turns off.

 

 

 

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