User Manual

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QL Series User Guide
QL 420 Printers Only
2A. Load the media (continued):
Loading media from an external supply. Refer to Figure 7.
The QL 420 has a loading slot in the rear of the media com-
partment which allows you to use standard 4” (101.6 mm)
wide fan-fold media from an external supply. The external
supply must be designed such that it does not exert excessive
drag as media is fed through the printer, which could result in
distorted printing.
Zebra can provide a vehicle mount (p/n DC16620-1) de-
signed specifically for the QL 420 which incorporates an exter-
nal media supply bin.
• Pull the media supports apart, insert a Media Spacer
(Zebra part number BA16625-1) between them, and let the
media supports close. Insert the
media from the external supply
through the rear feed slot, be-
tween the media guides and
up through the media com-
partment as shown. Make
sure the side of the media
you will be print-
ing on faces the
print head.
continued
Media Spacer
p/n BA16625-1
Feed media through
rear feed slot
Surface of media
to be printed must
face the printhead
Figure 7: Installing Media from an External Supply (QL 420 only)