User Guide
Table Of Contents
- About This Document
- Contents
- Introduction
- Getting Started
- Print Operations
- Determining Printer Configuration
- Long Term Printer In-activity or Storage
- Thermal Printing
- Modes of Printing
- Print Media Types
- Replacing Supplies
- Adjusting the Print Width
- Adjusting the Print Quality
- Media Sensing
- Ribbon Overview
- Printing on Fan-Fold Media
- Printing with Externally Mounted Roll Media
- Fonts and Your Printer
- Stand Alone Printing
- Sending Files to the Printer
- Print Meter
- EPL Line Mode
- Printer Options
- Maintenance
- Troubleshooting
- Appendix: Interface Wiring
- Appendix: Dimensions
- Appendix: ZPL Configuration
Getting Started
Connecting your Printer to a Computer
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Ethernet
The printer requires UTP RJ45 Ethernet cable rated CAT-5 or better.
For more information on configuring your printer to run on a compatible Ethernet based
network, see the ZebraNet® 10/100 Internal Print Server manual. The printer must be
configured to run on your LAN (local area network) or WAN (wide area network). The print
server on board your printer can be accessed through the printer’s Web pages.
Ethernet Status/Activity Indicators
Ethernet Cable
(RJ45 Connector)
LED Status Description
Both OFF No Ethernet link detected
Green 100 Mbps link detected
Green with the Amber
flickering on and off
100 Mbps link and Ethernet activity detected
Amber 10 Mbps link detected
Amber with the Green
flickering on and off
10 Mbps link and Ethernet activity detected
Green LED Amber LED