Wrinkled ribbon 79, Communications 79, Wrinkled ribbon – Zebra Technologies XiIII User Manual

Page 85: Communications, Wrinkled ribbon communications

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Wrinkled Ribbon

Communications

A label format was sent to the printer but not recognized. The

DATA light does not flash.

Zebra XiIII-Series User’s Guide 79

Problem Solution

The ribbon is not loaded correctly.

Load the ribbon correctly. See

“Ribbon Loading”

on

page 39.

The darkness setting is incorrect.

Set the darkness to the lowest possible setting for

good print quality. See

“Darkness”

on page 46.

Incorrect printhead pressure or balance.

Set the pressure to the minimum required for good

print quality. See

“Printhead Pressure Adjustment”

on

page 73.

The media is not feeding correctly. It is

“walking” from side to side.

Make sure that the media guide and media supply

guide touch the edge of the media.

Problem Solution

The communication parameters are

incorrect.

Check the printer driver or software communications

settings (if applicable).
Check the printer

host port setting

via the front panel

(see page 53). Select the port that matches the one

being used by the host.
Are you using the correct

communication cable

? See

page 22 for the requirements.
Via the front panel, check the

protocol setting

. It

should be set to “none.” See page 54.
Ensure that the correct driver is being used, if

applicable.

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