Zebra Print Settings

This will tell the printer to print a Configuration Label. Send the ZPL string ^XA^HH^XZ to the printer to return the settings back to the host. You will need a bi-directional application like Hyper-terminal, Tera-Term, or the Direct Communications windows of the Zebra Setup Utility to receive data back from the printer.

Zebra Printer Setup Utilities These free Setup Utilities will enhance your out-of-the-box printer experience by enabling you to quickly and easily configure select Zebra industrial, mobile and desktop printers. Setting the width too wide wastes formatting memory and can cause the printer to print off of the label and onto the platen roller. This setting can affect the horizontal position of the label format if the image was inverted using the ^POI ZPL II command.

These instructions will guide you through setting up and troubleshooting your Zebra printer for printing 4x6 shipping labels on a Windows device. Print a test label. Send the ZPL string ^XA^HH^XZ to the printer to return the settings back to the host.

You will need a bi-directional application like Hyper-terminal, Tera-Term, or the Direct Communications windows of the Zebra Setup Utilities to receive data back from the printer. Zebra Setup Utilities: Sending Printer Commands and Receiving Data. Run Zebra setup utilities, select the printer and click on "Configure printer settings" Enter here the label size and select the print orientation; if you plan to use labels of different sizes, enter the size of the biggest one, then click next Leave the draft mode "Off" and select speed and darkness.

A driver or label software can send ZPL commands overriding existing printer configurations. The printer may receive a configuration command with the label format that changes your initial setting. It could be telling the printer to print darker, to change label modes, or, if it is using ribbon, not to use it.

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and/or its affiliates. ZT231/ZT231R Industrial Printer User Guide Printer Configuration and Adjustment Changing Printer Settings. Step 1 - Zebra Setup Utilities Download the Zebra Setup Utilities for Windows from this link - Zebra - Setup Utilities See below this is the what you are looking to download: When it has downloaded, from your computer double click on Zebra Setup Utilities icon and it will open this window Click on Configure Printer Settings The Printer Setting Wizard will appear and on the Label Parameters.