Zebra Printer Installation

Adding the Label Printer to Workstations

Windows XP

In the XP Add Printer wizard:

Select Local Printer (not Plug and Play)
Create New Port
Standard TCP/IP Port
192.168.0.200
Device Type: Standard or
Next/Finish
Printer Type: Generic --> Generic/Text Only
Call it LABEL, don't set as default, don't share it, don't print test page

Windows 7

Fron Start Menu choose Devices and Printers (below Control Panel)

Select Add a printer from top.

Then select Add a local printer
Check Create a new port:
From dropdown choose Standard TCP/IP Port
Hostname or IP address: 192.168.0.200 (This is the number assigned when configuring the printer)
Untick Query the printer and automatically select the driver to use
Click Next
Install the printer driver: Manufacturer = Generic Printer = Generic / Text Only
Call it LABEL, don't set as default, don't share it, don't print test page

Windows 8

Add the printer manually. When you add a device, Windows searches the Windows Store to see if there’s an app for that device from the manufacturer. If there’s one, Windows automatically installs it.

Swipe in from the right edge of the screen or Windows Key-C, tap Settings, and then tap Change PC settings. (If you're using a mouse, point to the upper-right corner of the screen, move the mouse pointer down, click Settings, and then click Change PC settings.)

Tap or click PC and devices, and tap or click Devices.

Tap or click Add a device. Then select the device you want from the list of devices that Windows discovers.

Zebra S4M

The Zebra S4M User Guide can be downloaded at: https://www.zebra.com/content/dam/zebra/manuals/en-us/printer/s4m-ug-en.pdf

Page 72 describes adjusting the Label Top Position.

Network Setup

This is the link to the ZebraNet Wired and Wireless Print Server User Guide. https://www.zebra.com/content/dam/zebra/manuals/en-us/networking/zebranet-wired-wireless-ug-en.pdf

Page references refer to this manual and the test below is taken from it.

Finding out the current IP address

Printing a Configuration Label (Page 28)

Before you begin, you need to get information from the 10/100 PS configuration label.

In order to print the 10/100 PS configuration label.

To print a 10/100 PS configuration label, complete these steps:

1. Turn on (I) the printer and let it complete its power-up cycle.

2. When the POST cycle is complete, press the Test button, located on the network card at back, and hold it in for a few seconds

before you release it.

A 10/100 PS configuration label prints. Your configuration label looks similar to

Setting the Printer’s IP

Using WebView (Page 36)

This section has step-by-step instructions for setting up an alert using ZebraLink™ WebView.

To begin receiving notification of errors, complete these steps:

1. Open a Web browser.

2. In the Address text-box, type in the printer’s IP address.

When asked default UserID = admin and Password = 1234

The Printer Home Page opens.

Choose Print Server Settings and Status and Configuration opens.

Choose Print Server and Print Server Configuration opens.

Choose TCP/IP Configuration and TCP/IP Configuration opens.

Set the IP Address preferrably set the last number to an available number in the range 200-254 while retaining the first 3 numbers from the current IP.

Set IP Address Resolution = Permanent.

Click Submit Changes and a screen appears with a link saying the The unit must be reset for new values to take effect. Clicking the link presents a Reset Y/N, entering Y printer should reset.

Using the Test Button (Page 47)

To default the 10/100 PS to factory settings using the Test button, complete

these steps:

The Test button is accessed via a small recessed hole on the back of the external 10/100 PS

device (see Figure 3 on page 23). For the internal 10/100 PS device, the Test button is located

on the back of printer. To press the Test button, you need to insert something small into the

hole, like the end of a paperclip.

1. Turn off (O) the printer.

2. With the printer turned off (l), press and hold the Test button on the 10/100 PS device and

turn on the printer.

3. The status indicator tells you when 10/100 PS has been reset to factory defaults, as

follows:

• If an active network cable is connected to the 10/100 PS, the status indicator turns

solid green. When this happens, you can release the Test button.

• If there is not an active network cable connected to the 10/100 PS, the status indicator

flashes red. When this happens, you can release the Test button.

• For more details on status indicators, see 10/100 PS Network Status/Activity Indicator

on page 99.

Zebra ZT230

We recommend the ZT230 thermal transfer, network printer, ZPL II language. This replaced the S4M in 2012.

http://www.zebra.com/us/en/products-services/printers/printer-type/industrial/zt200-series.html#mainpartabscontainer_fc9=detailed-specs

This is the link to the Zebra ZT230 Support page https://www.zebra.com/us/en/support-downloads/industrial/zt230.html from here there are a number of instructional videos and a manuals section where these can be downloaded.

Label Details

The standard label design is for labels 100mm X 25mm, there is also an 100mm X 19mm for edge of doors. Refer to Zebra Programming and Label Format for details on labels.