20 Most Recent Zebra 105SL Thermal Label Printer - Page 7 Questions & Answers

turn printer off, press PAUSE button, turn printer on and wait 5 seconds then release the button. The printer is going to print the test label, check if coming some withe lines across the print. try to clean the printhead and the rollar, if pressist, need to replace printhead.
Please check if the cable from the printhead is totaly plug-in

there is 2 sensors unther the printhead, the downsensor (small metalic case unther the labels) and the uppersensor (black plastic bit wit a scwer on the top. Thwy have to match, check if they are at the same position, run the SENSOR PROFILE, see if you can see the gap. Run manual calibration. save. restart the printer.

http://www.fixya.com/support/p257053-zebra_105sl_thermal_label_printer/manual-19244/page-105

Power on while holding the pause button for 5 seconds. This should print black bar across the width of the label. If this prints, then check the darkness parameter in your label format or driver. Also check to make sure your ribbon is feeding coated side out. There is a shiny side and a dull side to a ribbon. The dull side should be against the media. If it is leaving an image on the ribbon and nothing on the label the ribbon is either loaded incorrectly or not a zebra ribbon.

Press the cancel button 5 seconds while power on. This will give you a config. printout. Check the top position, and tear off position for settings of 0. If it is anything else change it and save .

Power off printer. Press and hold pause button while power on. This will print dark black line across the entire label. Check for white vertical lines. If you see any in the area of the label where you are experiencing a problem then the printhead should be replaced. Power off and on to exit diagnostics.

Calibrate media. Double check your label size. Make sure top position parameter is set to 0.
Press cancel key while power on to print configuration.

Go to "Printers and Faxes" or "Devices and Printers" and try printing a test page by right clicking on the icon and choosing printer properties. This will better define if the problem is something wrong with the printer or connection OR if it is a software issue.

You need to change the print method from thermal transfer to direct thermal. There are three places to do this:
- on the printer itself - in the printer driver (this will override the setting in the printer and be the default setting for any new labels crested) - in the print properties of a specific label (this will override the two settings previously listed) The last option works best if you are switching label stock or ribbon in and out for different labels.

Check to make sure you have a 105SL printer driver. Also check to see if you have chosen ZPL for the language as well as the proper resolution (203, 300 and 600 dpi).

http://www.ups.zebra.com/ctp/downloads/support/S4MDTtroubleshoot.pdf

Pause it while printing. While paused, push the cancel button to increase the speed.

Install? Well that could mean a lot of different things. Just plug it up and run the ribbon and labels through their correct paths. I don't know anything about your network. (If you even need to set it up that way.) You can just connect it to the back of your PC. Follow this link. This will tell you all about the specifications of the 105SL. Not really your connections though....... http://www.intermeccorp.com/pdf/105SLusersguide.pdf

Scroll through the setup until you find the darkness option. I keep my printers at 22 or 23. I think the default is 10. Be careful going too dark because it will rip through the ribbon. Also adjust your tensioners.

1st try to calibrate the machine. It might not like the media (labels) you have in it. Try the basic calibration by going through the menu and print the sensor profile. If that doesn't work, try the media and ribbon calibration option.

Click on Start button
Click on Run
Type SERVICES.MSC and click ok
look for Print Spooler in the list
highlight Print Spooler,
Click on STOP button then click on START
close the window and check if the print queue is gone.

Alternate method,

Click STart
Click RUN
Type Cmd ( or COMMAND ) and hit enter
In the black window type
NET STOP SPOOLER ( hit enter button )
Type
NET START SPOOLER ( hit enter button )

Repeat the Stop and START Command 4-5 times
End the Command with NET START SPOOLER

Open Printers and faxes folder - Refresh the Window - the printer will show STatus ready with 0 document

You may need to re-calibrate it. Fairly simple process, follow the instructions in the lcd menu. If that doesn't work check to make sure the label stopper is snugged up against the labels so there's no vibration or sliding of labels when printing, that will also throw off the calibration. Check the media sensors also to make sure they're free of dust.

the thermal senser may be u/s