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Zebra XiII Printer User’s Guide 29
Operation
Printer Status Sensors
Zebra XiII-Series printer contains several status sensors. These sensors alert
the operator to various conditions by either stopping the printing or turning
on a light. Sensors are described in Table 3.
Table 3. Printer Status Sensors
Sensor: What it monitors: How it works:
Printhead
Position Sensor Checks the open/closed status of the
printhead lever.
If the printhead is open, the Error light flashes.
Printhead
Temperature
Sensor
Checks the temperature of the print-
head.
If the printhead is too cold, the front panel dis-
play indicates this condition and printing contin-
ues while the printhead warms up. If the
printhead is too hot, printing stops while the
printhead cools to standard operating tempera-
ture.
Transmissive
Media Sensor
Checks for proper media loading. The Paper Out light will turn on if you run out of
media. This condition will also occur if you are
using non-continuous media and the media does
not move because it is jammed.
If non-continuous media is used,
this sensor detects the label length
for individual labels.
Reflective
Media Sensor Detects the presence of black marks
on the back of black-mark media. If it detects a black mark, the printer knows that
it is at the beginning of a label.
Ribbon
Sensor
Monitors the presence of ribbon.
If you run out of ribbon, the Check Ribbon light
turns on.
Label
Available
Sensor
In Peel-Off Mode, it checks to see if
a label is available.
Once a label prints, it will pass between the two
parts of this sensor and cause the printer to
pause. The Take Label light turns on. When the
label is removed, printing resumes and the light
turns off.
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