40Operations

Print Modes and Printer Options

Print Modes and Printer Options

The printer can use different print modes and options for label removal (Table 7). Use a print mode that matches the media being used and the printer options available. For more information on the types of media, see Types of Media on page 34. To select a print mode, see Select Print Mode on page 76.

Print Mode Descriptions and Printer Requirements

Table 7 • Print Modes and Printer Options

Print Mode

When to Use/Printer Options Required

Printer Actions

 

 

 

Tear-Off

Use for most applications. This mode can

The printer prints label formats as it

(default setting)

be used with any printer options and most

receives them. The printer operator can tear

 

media types.

off the printed labels any time after they

 

 

print.

 

 

 

Peel-Off

Use only if the printer has the Peel-Off,

The printer peels the label from the liner

 

Liner Take-Up, or Rewind option.

during printing and then pauses until the

 

 

label is removed.

 

 

In Peel-Off mode, the liner exits the front of

 

 

the printer. In Peel-Off mode with Liner

 

 

Take-Up, the liner winds onto the liner

 

 

take-up spindle or the rewind spindle.

 

 

 

Cutter

Use if the printer has a cutter option when

The printer prints a label and then cuts it

 

you want the labels to be cut apart.

free.

 

 

 

Delayed Cut

Use if the printer has a cutter option when

The printer prints a label, pauses, and cuts

 

you want the printer to cut the labels apart

the label when it receives the ~JK (delayed

 

at a signal.

cut) ZPL command.

Rewind

Use if the printer has the Rewind option and

The printer prints without pausing between

 

you want the labels to rewind on a core.

labels. The media or liner is wound onto a

 

 

core after printing.

 

 

 

RFID

Use when printing RFID labels with

The printer increases throughput time when

 

RZ Series printers or with Z Series printers

printing batches of RFID labels by

 

that have an optional RFID reader/encoder

eliminating backfeed between labels

 

installed.

 

 

 

 

Linerless Peel

Reserved for future options.

Reserved for future options.

 

 

 

Linerless

Reserved for future options.

Reserved for future options.

Rewind

 

 

 

 

 

Linerless Tear

Reserved for future options.

Reserved for future options.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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