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Action/Explanation

Initialize Memory Card

CAUTION: Perform this operation only when it is necessary to erase all previously stored information from the optional memory card. Press the SETUP/EXIT key to bypass this function.

 

1.

Press the INCREMENT (+) key to select “YES.”

 

 

 

If your printer is set to require a password, you will now be

 

 

 

prompted to enter the password. Enter the password and then

 

 

 

press the SELECT key.

 

2.

The display will ask “INITIALIZE CARD?”. Press the INCREMENT (+)

 

 

key “YES.”

INITIALIZE CARD

3.

The front panel LCD will ask “ARE YOU SURE?”.

4.

Press the INCREMENT (+) key “YES” to begin initialization.

 

 

 

 

or

 

 

Press the DECREMENT (-) key “NO” to cancel the request and return to

 

 

the “INITIALIZE CARD” prompt.

 

5.

Press the SETUP/EXIT key followed by the SELECT key. If initialization

 

 

is still in process, the front panel display will flash back and forth between

 

 

the two phrases “CHECKING B: MEMORY” and “PRINTER IDLE.”

 

 

When initialization is complete, the printer will automatically exit the

 

 

configuration mode and the front panel will display “PRINTER READY.”

 

NOTE:

Depending on the amount of memory in the memory card,

 

 

 

initialization may take up to five minutes to complete.

 

 

 

Initialize Flash Memory

 

CAUTION: Perform this operation only when it is necessary to erase all

 

previously stored information from the FLASH memory. Press the

 

SETUP/EXIT key to bypass this function.

 

1.

Press the INCREMENT (+) key to select “YES.”

 

 

 

If your printer is set to require a password, you will now be prompted

 

 

 

to enter the password. Enter the password and then press the

 

 

 

SELECT key.

 

2.

The display will ask “INITIALIZE FLASH?”. Press the INCREMENT (+)

 

 

key “YES.”

INIT FLASH MEM

3.

The front panel LCD will ask “ARE YOU SURE?”.

4.

Press the INCREMENT (+) key “YES” to begin initialization.

 

 

 

 

or

 

 

Press the DECREMENT (-) key “NO” to cancel the request and return to

 

 

the “INITIALIZE FLASH” prompt.

 

5.

Press the SETUP/EXIT key followed by the SELECT key. If initialization

 

 

is still in process, the front panel display will flash back and forth between

 

 

the two phrases “CHECKING E: MEMORY” and “PRINTER IDLE.”

 

 

When initialization is complete, the printer will automatically exit the

 

 

configuration mode and the front panel will display “PRINTER READY.”

 

NOTE:

Depending on the amount of free FLASH memory, initialization may

 

 

 

take up to one minute to complete.

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Zebra Technologies Z4M manual Initialize Memory Card, Initialize Card, Initialize Flash Memory, Init Flash MEM

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