User manual
Troubleshooting
Since the Labelwriter
is
extremely reliable there’s an excellent
chance you’ll never have
to
look in this section. However,
if
you
do find yourself in need of some type of troubleshooting advice,
use this section
to
correct the problem.
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Clearing label
jams
If
you find labels jammed in the Labelwriter,
follow
these steps to
remove them.
I.
Open the printer’s cover and use scissors
to
cut the label
between the feed slot and the
roll
of labels.
2.
Press the form feed button
to
advance the label through the
printer. Reload the labels as described in
Chapter
I
Setup.
3.
If
the label will not come out with the form feed, remove the
label spindle from the printer. Pull the jammed label
gently
back
out of the printer through the feed
slot.
IRQ
settings
Computers send data
to
a device through the use of an address,
much in the same way a postman delivers a letter to your home
using your street address.
If
you want
to
send mail from your
home, you put the mail in your mailbox and raise the red flag. The
postman sees the red flag and picks up your mail. The computer
does the same thing with a flag called IRQ (Interrupt Request).
When the computer sees an IRQ,
it
goes
to
the device that
sent the IRQ and retrieves the data. Below
is
a
list
of the address-
es and IRQ’s used by IBM PC-compatible computers:
Bar codes printed on XL
or XL Plus are not scanning
consistently.
The Labelwriter XL and
XL
Plus can be set through their
Windows print drivers to print crisp, readable bar codes that
match the bar code quality that comes standard in the BC and BC
Plus. In the Windows
3.
I
print driver, click on the “Setup” button
and then simply set the Darkness Control to “Light”. In the
Windows
95
driver, select “Properties”, then “Print Density” and
then “Light.”