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Operation
Manual Card Feed
Manual Card Feed
A Manual Feed Slot is available for feeding single cards. The Input Hopper must be empty for
single-card feeding to work properly.
1. Access the Card Setup Tab: Select Start > Printers and Faxes. Right click on the Zebra
ZXP Series 8 Card Printer listing; and select Printing Preferences > Card Setup.
2. In the Card Setup tab, select the Single card feed slot radio button (circled above).
3. Click on the Apply button, and then click on the OK button.
4. Ensure that there are no cards in the Input Hopper.
Operation
Manual Card Feed
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5. Insert a single card into the slot in the correct orientation. Do not feed more than one card
at a time.
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✔
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Operator Control Panel (OCP)
Operator Control Panel (OCP)
The printer is equipped with an OCP Display and three OCP Buttons which give access to the
printer menus. The menus can be accessed when the printer status shows READY.
• Press the MENU button, to access the Main Menu.
• Press the INFO button, to access and view the Printer Settings Menu.
• Press the CANCEL button, to cancel the current print job in the printer.
READY
ZXP Series 8
INFO CANCELMENU
Message
Soft Keys
Buttons
READY
MENU INFO CANCEL
Operation
Operator Control Panel (OCP)
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Messages
Your printer is equipped with an OCP Display to provide printer status information. The
readout is controlled by three OCP Buttons directly below the OCP Display. The messages
displayed fall into three categories: Operational, Warnings, and Errors.
Operational
Operational Messages are displayed during the Printer’s normal operation.
MESSAGE DESCRIPTION
WAIT
INITIALIZING Performing a self test on start up.
WARMING Ready to accept a print job, roller heating.
READY Ready and at temperature.
STANDBY Printer is in “sleep” mode; i.e., power save mode.
PRINTING Print job received, printing in process.
WARMING
PRINT JOB WAITING Print job received, warming rollers to temperature.
OFFLINE Status toggled (offline/online) via the OCP Advanced
Settings Menu.
WARNING Indicates that additional OCP instructions need to be performed;
e.g., PRINT RIBBON LOW, etc.
ALARM Indicates error messages need to be cleared before normal
operations can resume.
CANCELING Cancel button was pressed, and the current operation is being
terminated.
COOLING
PRINT JOB WAITING Print job received, cooling rollers to temperature.
MANUALLY INSERT CARD
FROM FRONT Waiting for manual card feed (this function is set via the Card
Setup Tab; see page 60).
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Warning Messages
Warnings alert the operator to action that should be taken; the printer will generally
continue operation.
Error Messages
Errors are displayed when a situation causes the printer to stop operating. Depending on the
cause of the error message, restarting the printer or clearing the displayed error may return the
printer to operational status; or the printer may require troubleshooting and repair.
Refer to Section 7, Troubleshooting, for a list of the error messages, possible causes, and
possible solutions.
WARNING
(Printer will still operate)
DESCRIPTION
PRINT RIBBON LOW Indicates that the Print Ribbon is low; see Loading a Print Ribbon,
Section 2.
TRANSFER FILM LOW Indicates that the Transfer Film is low; see Loading the Transfer
Film, Section 2.
CLEAN PRINTER SIDE Indicates that the Side Card Path (X-Drive Rollers) needs
cleaning; see Cleaning the Rollers, Section 6.
CLEAN PRINTER FRONT Indicates that the Front Card Path (Y-Drive Rollers) needs
cleaning; see Cleaning the Rollers, Section 6.
CLEAN PRINTER ROLLERS Indicates that the Heated Roller Path (Heated Rollers) needs
cleaning; see Cleaning the Rollers, Section 6.
Operation
Operator Control Panel (OCP)
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Printer Menu Information
Main Menu
• Press the UP button to move up the menu list.
• Press the DOWN button to move down the menu list.
• Press the SELECT button to select the item from the list.
Main Menu
MENU Button
(Operating Mode Display)
RETURN
Print Test Cards
Network Settings
Advanced Settings
See Print Test Cards Menu on page 47
Not implemented
See Advanced Settings Menu on page 48
UP DOWN SELECT
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Operator Control Panel (OCP)
Info Menu
The Info Menu allows the user to quickly view the operating settings and configuration of
the printer.
• Press the PREV button to move up the menu list.
• Press the NEXT button to move down the menu list.
• Press the EXIT button to return to the Operating
Mode Display
Printer Info
Network Info
Ribbon Info
Film Info
Printhead Usage
Installed Options
Temperature Info
Displays MCB FW Ver, HCB Ver, Media Auth, MSN (Machine Serial Number),
and PH Serial Number
Displays DHCP, IP, Mask, GW, and MAC
Displays Ribbon P/N, # Images Printed, and % Ribbon Remaining
Displays Transfer Film P/N, # Images Printed, and % Film Remaining
Displays Panel Sets and PH Lines
Lists Installed Options: RAM, Mag, Encoder, and Laminator
Shows current temperature settings for card type in use.
Printer Settings Menu
INFO Button
(Operating Mode Display)
PREV NEXT EXIT
Operation
Operator Control Panel (OCP)
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Print Test Cards Menu
• Press the UP button to move up the menu list.
• Press the DOWN button to move down the menu list.
• Press the SELECT button to select the item from the list.
Print Test Cards Menu
UP DOWN SELECT
Main Menu
RETURN
Sets the number of Test Cards to be printed (1, 5, 10, ..., 100)
Selects double-sided or single sided card printing
Selects the type of card; e.g., PVC, PET, PETG, etc.
> Count
> Sides
> Card Type
Mid Gray
Grid On Gray
Grid On Gray 2
Prints the selected Test Card
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Operator Control Panel (OCP)
Advanced Settings Menu
Refer to Section 6, Cleaning, for
detailed cleaning instructions
• Press the UP button to move up the menu list.
• Press the DOWN button to move down the menu list.
• Press the SELECT button to select the item from the list.
Advanced Settings Menu
UP DOWN SELECT
Main Menu
RETURN
RETURN
Displays current language, sets language option (English, French,
Spanish, German, Brazilian Portuguese, or Italian)
Deletes all pending print jobs in the printer
Toggles printer Online / Offline
Sets sleep timer function value
Adjusts the OCP display contrast (brighter or darker)
Prompts user to use X-path cleaning card
P/N 211973-001
Prompts user to use Y-path cleaning card
P/N 211974-001
Prompts user to use heated roller cleaning
card P/N 211975-001
Select Language
Flush Print Queue
Printer Online
Clean Printer
Set Sleep Timer
Set Display Contrast
Clean Side Card Path
Clean Front Card Path
Clean Heater Rollers
Clean Printer Menu
UP DOWN SELECT
Operation
Ethernet Indicators -- Detail
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Ethernet Indicators -- Detail
Link/Activity Indicator (Green)
Link Speed Indicator (Orange)
Link/ActivityLink Speed
LEDLED
Off No link (disconnected)
On Network link has been established
Blinking Network activity has been detected
Off No link (disconnected)
1 Blink The LED blinks once (one blink, pause, one blink, etc.) when a
10Base link has been established.
2 Blinks The LED blinks twice (two blinks, pause, two blinks, etc.) when
a 100Base link has been established.
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4
Printer Settings and
Adjustments
Introduction
This section describes settings and adjustments that can be made to your Windows Driver.
This consists of two major topics:
Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Printing Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
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Properties
Properties
To access Printer Properties, select Start > Printers and Faxes. Right click on the Zebra ZXP
Series 8 Card Printer listing, then select Properties
•General Tab - Displays printer information of a general nature, includes selection for
Printing Preferences and Print Test Page (i.e., the standard Windows test page).
•Sharing Tab - Operating System (OS) feature where the printer can be shared with other
clients on a network.
•Ports Tab - OS feature displays available communication ports.
•Advanced Tab - OS feature to select printer availability and spooling options.
•Security Tab - OS feature where permissions to printers can be defined.
•Device Information Tab - Allows user to make basic printer adjustments and access
advanced printer controls.
Printer Settings and Adjustments
Properties
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General Tab
The General tab shows the printer model and lists the features of the printer.
To access the General tab, select Start > Printers and Faxes. Right click on the Zebra ZXP
Series 8 Card Printer listing. Select Properties > General.
•Location - Lets you specify where the printer is located.
•Comment - Lets you specify general information about the printer, such as the type
of print device and who is responsible for it. Once set, these fields can be displayed
by applications.
•Model - Specifies the name of the printer driver installed.
•Features - Specifies whether various options are available on the printer.
The Printing Preferences button takes you to Printing Preferences used to set selected
configuration parameters; see Printing Preferences on page 59.
The Print Test Page button sends the standard Windows test page to the printer.
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Properties
Sharing Tab
On the Sharing tab (Sharing Property Page), you can choose to share the printer over the
network and install additional drivers to accommodate different operating systems.
To access the Sharing tab, select Start > Printers and Faxes. Right click on the Zebra ZXP
Series 8 Card Printer listing. Select Properties > Sharing.
Printer sharing tasks that you can perform include:
• To share a printer, select the Share this printer radio button; and specify a name for the
shared resource. Click OK when you're finished.
• To change the shared name, simply enter a new name in the Share name field; and
click OK.
• To quit sharing a printer, select the Do not share this printer radio button. Click OK
when you're finished.
Printer Settings and Adjustments
Properties
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Ports Tab
Use the Ports tab to specify the computer port to which the printer is connected. This will have
been established at the initial installation of the printer, and will not normally require attention.
To access the Ports tab, select Start > Printers and Faxes. Right click on the Zebra ZXP Series
8 Card Printer listing. Select Properties > Ports.
An exception to this is if you wish to use printer pooling, the ability to distribute print jobs to
multiple printers. To enable printer pooling, check the “Enable printer pooling” box, then
check the additional ports boxes. Each port should have a single Zebra printer installed on it.
All the pooled printers must be identical models with the same configuration (e.g., all with
YMC front, K back).
Now, when you print to the “main printer” (that is, whichever printer you right-clicked in
Printers and Faxes to get to this screen), this printer will get print jobs until it has buffered as
many jobs as it can take. Remaining jobs will then “spill over” to other printers until all
printers in the pool are busy.
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Properties
Advanced Tab
The Advanced tab determines the spooling (queuing) of print jobs and determines how
spooled jobs are handled relative to the most recent job.
To access the Advanced tab, select Start > Printers and Faxes. Right click on the Zebra ZXP
Series 8 Card Printer listing. Select Properties > Advanced.
To enable spooling: Select the radio button labeled Spool print documents so program
finishes printing faster.
• Select Start printing after last page is spooled if you want the entire document to be
spooled before printing begins. This option ensures that the entire document is sent to the
print queue before printing. If for some reason printing is canceled or not completed, the
job will not be printed.
• Select Start printing immediately if you want printing to begin immediately when the print
device is not already in use. This option is preferable when you want print jobs to be
completed faster or when you want to ensure that the application returns control to users
as soon as possible.
To disable spooling: Select the radio button labeled Print directly to the printer radio button.
Printer Settings and Adjustments
Properties
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Security Tab
This is the standard Windows security screen, showing user access to various printer control
options. Both Print and Manage Printers must be checked for full functionality of the printer.
To access the Security tab, select Start > Printers and Faxes. Right click on the Zebra ZXP
Series 8 Card Printer listing. Select Properties > Security.
The Security tab allows you to assign the actual permissions that apply to the print queue.
You can apply permissions to both users and to groups. It is usually considered a better
practice to only apply security to groups.
The Advanced Security Settings properties sheet allows you to assign a more comprehensive
set of permissions than the basic Security tab found on the printer’s properties sheet does.
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Properties
Device Information Tab
The Device Information tab provides printer information, job condition, printer history, and
security status. Access to Media Info and ZXP ToolBox is included.
To access the Device Settings tab, select Start > Printers and Faxes. Right click on the Zebra
ZXP Series 8 Card Printer listing. Select Properties > Device Information.
•The Media Info button takes you to the Media Info screen which shows:
- The color ribbon type installed and the number of color ribbon sets remaining
- The transfer film type installed and transfer film panels remaining
•The ZXP Toolbox button takes you to the ZXP Toolbox which provides advanced
configuration capabilities and tools to manage the operation of your printer; see
Section 5 for details.
Note that the ZXP Toolbox is a separate application that works independently from the
printer driver.
Printer Settings and Adjustments
Printing Preferences
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Printing Preferences
To access the Printing Preferences, select Start > Printers and Faxes. Right click on the Zebra
ZXP Series 8 Card Printer listing; and select Printing Preferences.
•Card Setup Tab - Allows user to adjust selected card parameters.
•Encoding Tab - Allows the user to set various magnetic encoding options.
•Black Panel (K) Tab - Displays available options for Black Extraction.
•About Tab - Displays copyright and driver version information about the printer driver.
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Printing Preferences
Card Setup Tab
Card Setup tab allows the user to adjust selected card parameters.
To access the Card Setup Tab, select Start > Printers and Faxes. Right click on the Zebra ZXP
Series 8 Card Printer listing; and select Printing Preferences > Card Setup.
•Card info:
-Card source allows the user to feed cards into the printer from the card feeder or via
the single card feed slot.
•Printing options allows the user to select the card orientation, to print on both sides of the
card, to rotate the card 180o, and to specify the number of copies to print. The Test Print
button prints a test card.
• Ribbon info:
-Ribbon type is the color ribbon installed in the printer. This is not user selectable.
-Ribbon combination allows you to apply color or black, or both, to either side of
the card.
The Restore Defaults button restores Card Setup default values.
-Card type in use allows the user to specify the card type in use. Based on your
selection, the printer automatically adjusts various printer properties for optimum
print quality.
Printer Settings and Adjustments
Printing Preferences
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Encoding Tab
The Encoding screen allows the user to set various magnetic and smart card encoding options.
To access the Encoding Tab, select Start > Printers and Faxes. Right click on the Zebra ZXP
Series 8 Card Printer listing; and select Printing Preferences > Encoding.
Although these options are user-selectable, they are set automatically when the Card Type is
selected in the Card Setup Tab on page 60.
The Restore Defaults button restores Encoding default values.
Note • For advanced settings, see Section 5, ZXP Series Toolbox.
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Printing Preferences
Black Panel (K) Tab
The Black Panel (K) Tab allows for special handling of black.
To access the Black Panel (K) Tab, select Start > Printers and Faxes. Right click on the Zebra
ZXP Series 8 Card Printer listing; and select Printing Preferences > Black Panel (K).
Overview
Printing equal amounts of Y, M, and C dyes, at maximum intensity, deliver a near-black
image, but one that may not be machine readable. For example, a bar code, printed from
YMC, will be visible to the eye but will not be detectable by most bar code readers.
The remedy for this is to extract the black; which means printing the same bar code using
the K panel on top of the YMC bar code. You can also choose to print only in K, omitting
YMC from that region. The K panel is not a dye. It is more of a resin containing carbon
black, which is highly visible to infrared-type readers and renders a pure black image.
Black Extraction
When Disable Black Extraction is not selected (i.e., either Print YMC black under K or
Print all black data is selected), Black Extraction is enabled.
With either Print YMC black under K or Print all black data selected, you can identify
which elements are to be selected for black extraction: black text, black graphics, and/or
black monochrome bitmaps.
The Restore Defaults button restores Black Panel default values.
Note • The Black Panel (K) Tab applies only to surfaces of the card on which both
YMC (color) and K (black) are to be printed.
Printer Settings and Adjustments
Printing Preferences
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Advanced Settings (Black Extraction)
The Advanced Settings tab allows you to manage Black Extraction.
To access the Advanced Settings Tab, select Start > Printers and Faxes. Right click on the
Zebra ZXP Series 8 Card Printer listing; and select Printing Preferences >
Black Panel (K) > Advanced Settings.
The figure below shows settings for the front side of the card; settings for the back side of the
card are identical.
•Print black with K panel: Specify the zones as either Defined areas, Undefined areas, or
Full card.
•Black level: Set the limits (0 to 5) on the RGB values defined as black.
•Area manager: Note that this option is enabled when either the Defined areas or the
Undefined areas is radio button is selected.
Select an Area radio button (1 to 6), and then “drag” the cursor diagonally across the card
outline (circled above) to identify location of the Zone. All dimensions are referenced to
the upper-left corner of the card outline.
The Restore Defaults button restores Advanced Settings default values.
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Printing Preferences
About Tab
The About Tab shows the copyright and the driver version for the Zebra ZXP Series 8
Card Printer.
To access the About Tab, select Start > Printers and Faxes. Right click on the Zebra ZXP
Series 8 Card Printer listing; and select Printing Preferences > About.
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5
ZXP Series Toolbox
Introduction
The ZXP Series Toolbox provides advanced configuration capabilities and tools to manage the
operation of your printer. Note that the ZXP Series Toolbox is a separate application that
works independently from the printer driver.
Important • Use of the ZXP Series Toolbox is intended only for advanced users and
system administrators.
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ZXP Series Toolbox
ZXP Series Toolbox Access
ZXP Series Toolbox Access
To access the ZXP Series Toolbox from the printer driver, select Start > Printers and Faxes.
Then right-click on the Zebra ZXP Series 8 Card Printer listing, and select Properties >
Device Information > ZXP ToolBox.
The ZXP Series Toolbox can also be accessed via Start > All Programs > Zebra ZXP Series 8
Card Printer.
ZXP Series Toolbox
Printer Configuration
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Printer Configuration
The Printer Configuration section provides information on the printer, media information,
mechanical and power adjustments, motor and sensor information, a save and restore
configuration capability, a print job log, image controls, and firmware downloads.
Printer Information
• Version details include Firmware version and Driver version.
• Memory information includes RAM and Flash sizes (KB).
• Other information includes interface, print system, magnetic encoding, ribbon type,
laminator type, printer status, contact smartcard, and contactless smartcard. Also included
are a user-selectable OCP Language option (English, French, Spanish, German, Brazilian
Portuguese, and Italian) and an Printer Panel LCD contrast adjustment capability.
• Image size details include logical length, physical length, logical width, and physical
width in pixels; and print resolution in pixels per inch.
• Network configuration information includes an Enable DHCP checkbox, IP address,
Gateway, Subnet mask, and MAC address.
The Restore Defaults button restores default values.
The Apply button applies changed values.
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Printer Configuration
Media Information
This screen displays ribbon and transfer film details. This data is automatically read and
updated from the installed media in the printer.
• Ribbon details include type, Zebra part number, description, initial size (total image
count), and images remaining.
• Transfer film details include type, Zebra part number, description, initial size (total image
count), and images remaining.
ZXP Series Toolbox
Printer Configuration
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Motor and Sensor Information
This screen displays the current status of the printer and provides standard printer information
and sensor data.
This information cannot be edited or changed by the user; however, this information may be
useful for Zebra trained and certified personnel in diagnosing or evaluating the status of
the printer.
•Transfer Temperature details include top single, top double, bottom double, top single
offset, top double offset, bottom double offset.
•Transfer Speeds details include input single, output single, input double, output double,
and transfer type.
•Ribbon Take-up Motor lists various electrical characteristics of the motor. These
characteristics are fixed settings/values:
S0 = standard test speed
Vtol = damping effectiveness characterization
Ma, Mb, M0, Ka, Kb, and K0 = motor characterization coefficients
•Card Type displays the card type in use.
The View Sensor Information button displays the Sensor Information screen; see next page.
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Printer Configuration
View Sensor Information
This screen displays “live” Sensor States and Sensor Values.
Click on the Close button to close this screen.

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