User guide

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Troubleshooting
Feed Button Modes
12/17/07 ZP 450™ User Guide 980546-003 B
Feed Button Modes
Power Off Mode (Communications Diagnostics Mode)
Wi th the printer power off , press and hold the Feed button while you turn on the power.
Flash Sequence Action
Rapid Red
Flashing
Firmware Dow nload Mode - The printer starts rapi dly flashi ng red to denote entry into
the Fi rmware Download mode. Rel easi ng the Feed button here wi ll start i niti ali zing the
pri nter f or download. The pri nter is ready to start downl oading firmware when the status
li ght begi ns to slowl y flash between red and green.
See Sending Files to the Printer on page 32 for m ore i nform ati on on using the Firmware
(and Fi le) Downl oad utili ty avai labl e for use wi th this printer.
Amber
Norm al Operations Mode - The printer continues into a normal printer initialization.
Releasi ng the Feed button here will allow the pri nter to start normal ly without firmware
downl oad or operating in communications diagnostics mode.
Green
Com munications Diagnostic (Dump) Mode - Rel ease the Feed button imm ediatel y after
the printer status light turns green. The pri nter will print ‘Now i n DUMP’ at the top of the
label and then advance to the next l abel. After pri nti ng the first l abel, the pri nter wil l
automatically enter into diagnostic mode in which the printer prints out a literal
representation of all data subsequentl y recei ved.
To exit the diagnostic mode and resume printing, turn off and then turn on the printer. An
alternate method for exiting the diagnostic mode is to press the Feed button as many times
as it takes to clear the printer’s command buffer and print ‘Out of DUMP’ on the label.