User manual

Getting Started

Connecting the Printer to the Computer

980644-001 Rev. A LP 2824 Plus™ User Guide 4/1/09

Installing Printer Drivers and Communicating with the Printer

Zebra provides the Zebra Setup Utilities (ZSU); a suite of Zebra printer drivers, utilities, and

communications and installation tools for use with most Windows PC operating systems.

Printer Zebra Setup Utilities and Zebra Windows printer drivers are available on the user’s CD

and the Zebra web site (www.zebra.com

) for latest versions.

Install the Zebra Setup Utilities before applying power to the printer connected to the PC

(running a Zebra driver supported Windows operating system). Follow the Zebra Setup

Utilities instructions to complete your printer installation.

Zebra Designer Driver (ZD) and Zebra Setup Utilities (which includes ZD): Windows

Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2003 (server) and Windows 2000 operating systems support the

USB and Parallel port communications with the 2824 Plus printers. The driver supports 32bit

and 64 bit Windows operating systems and it is Windows Certified.

Note • The legacy Zebra Universal Driver (ZUD) printer driver does not support this printer.

Plug’N’Play (PnP) Printer Detection and Windows

operating systems

More recent Windows operating systems automatically detect the printer when it is connected

via the USB interface. Depending on the hardware configuration and the Windows version.

your printer may be PnP detected when connecting to the parallel and serial port interfaces.

The printer and PC interface configuration must support and implement bi-directional

communications for PnP operations.

The operating system automatically starts a “Add new hardware’ wizard when connecting the

printer for the first time to the PC. Close the wizard. Install the Zebra Designer Windows

Driver found on the user’s CD or for the latest driver go to www.zebra.com

. Select the

interface connection (USB, parallel, serial, Ethernet—tcp/ip) and then media size (closest

match). Click on the ‘Print test page’ button to verify a successful installation.

The Windows operating system will detect and re-link a previously installed printer if it is

reconnected to the USB interface or power is turned on after the PC has finished its restart of

the operating system. Ignore the new device detected warnings and close the Task bar prompts.

Wait several seconds for the operating system to match the printer to the driver software. The

warnings will quit and the printer now should be ready to begin printing.

Universal Serial Bus (USB) Device Communications

The printer is a terminal device (not a host or hub) when using a universal serial bus interface.

You can refer to the Universal Serial Bus Specification for details regarding this interface.

Note • Scanners, scales or other data input (terminal) devices must use the serial port (not the

USB port) to send data to the printer.

Serial Port and Windows

operating systems

The Windows operating system default settings for the serial port communication closely

match the printer’s defaults settings with one exception; the data Flow Control settings. The

Windows default data Flow Control setting is NONE. The 2824 Plus printer requires data

Flow Control set to Hardware.