Zebra Technologies S-300 manual Printer Status Sensors, Sensor What it monitors How it works

Operation

Printer Status Sensors

The Zebra Stripe Printer contains several status sensors. These sensors alert the operator to various conditions by either stopping the printing or turning on a light.

	Sensor	What it monitors	How it works
Printhead Sensor		Checks the open/closed status	If the printhead is open, the	2
		of the Printhead lever.	Printhead Light flashes.
Media Sensor		Checks for proper media	If you run out of paper, the
(See Chapter 1 to adjust this		loading.	Paper/Ribbon Light will turn ON.
		If non-continuous media is
sensor.)
		used: Sets label length for
		individual labels.
Ribbon Sensor		Monitors the presence of	If you run out of ribbon, the
		ribbon.	Paper/Ribbon Light flashes.
Label Available Sensor (Peel-Off		In Peel-Off Mode, it checks to	Once a label prints, it will pass
Option Required. See Fig. 15.)		see if a label is available.	between the two parts of this
			Sensor and cause the printer to
			pause. When the label is
			removed, printing resumes.
Backing Rewind Spindle Full		Senses when the Backing	When the Spindle is full, the
Sensor (Peel-Off Option		Rewind Spindle is full of used	Paper/Ribbon Light flashes.
Required. See Fig. 14.)		backing material.

Figure 13 Printhead Position

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