Zebra Technologies RFID-R402-2 Thermal Printer with RFID Capability User Manual Revised Pages for Users Manual 042402

Zebra Technologies Corporation Thermal Printer with RFID Capability Revised Pages for Users Manual 042402

Contents

Revised Pages for Users Manual 042402

Contents
Introduction
Hello! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
What’s in the Box?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Inspecting the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Opening the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Closing the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Reporting Damage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Getting Started
Modes of Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Attaching Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Loading Roll Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Placing the Roll in the Media Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Adjusting the Guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Loading Ribbon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Install the Ribbon Supply Roll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Install the Take-Up Core . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Attach and Tighten the Ribbon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Auto Calibration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Operator Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Power Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Feed Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Status Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Printing a Test Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Hooking Up the Printer and Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Parallel Interface Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Interface Cable Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Communicating with the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Adjusting the Print Width . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Adjusting the Print Darkness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Adjusting the Print Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Operation & Options
Thermal Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Replacing Supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Adding a New Transfer Ribbon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
FCC STATEMENTS.........................................................6
Reporting Damage
If you discover damage or missing parts:
Immediately notify and file a damage report with the shipping company.
Zebra Technologies Corporation is not responsible for any damage
incurred during shipment of the printer and will not cover the repair of
this damage under its warranty policy.
Keep the carton and all packing material for inspection.
Notify the authorized reseller
NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits 
for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules. These 
limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful 
interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses 
and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in 
accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio 
communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will no 
occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful 
interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by 
turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct 
the interference by one or more of the following measures:
-Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
-Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
-Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that 
to which the receiver is connected.
-Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
The user is caution that changes or modifications not expressly approved 
by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to 
operate the equipment.

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