Troubleshooting tests, Printing a configuration label, Communications diagnostics – Zebra Technologies ZEBRA QL UMAN-QLP-001 User Manual

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Troubleshooting Tests

Printing a Configuration Label

To print out a listing of the printer’s current configuration fol-

low these steps:

1. Turn the printer off. Load the media compartment with

journal media (media with no black bars printed on the
back).

2. Press and hold the Feed Button.
3. Press and release the Power button and keep the Feed

button pressed. When printing starts, release the Feed
button.

Refer to Figure 26 for sample configuration printouts.

Communications Diagnostics

If there is a problem transferring data between the computer

and the printer, try putting the printer in the Communications
Diagnostics Mode (also referred to as the “DUMP” mode). The
printer will print the ASCII characters and their text represen-
tation (or the period ‘.’, if not a printable character) for any data
received from the host computer.

To enter Communications Diagnostics Mode:

1. Print a configuration label as described above.
2. At the end of 2nd diagnostics report, the printer will print:

“Press FEED key to enter DUMP mode”.

3. Press the FEED key. The printer will print: “Entering

DUMP mode”.

Note • If the FEED key is not pressed within 3 seconds, the printer

will print “DUMP mode not entered” and will resume normal

operation.

4. At this point, the printer is in DUMP mode and will print

the ASCII hex codes of any data sent to it, and their text
representation (or “.” if not a printable character).

Additionally, a file with a “.dmp” extension containing the

ASCII information will be created and stored in the printer’s
memory. It can be viewed, “cloned” or deleted using the Label
Vista application. (Refer the Label Vista documentation for
more information.)

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