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Paul Erlenmeyer
Paul Erlenmeyer

Reputation: 521

ZEBRA Printer sometimes prints an empty page

I have a ZEBRA ZT230 ZPL Labelprinter configured under Linux Debian and under Linux Ubuntu. Since there are no official drivers (for anything but Windows) I am using the CUPS Driver for Linux. Most of the time the printer works fine but statistically speaking 1/5 Jobs prints an empty page instead of the page to print. I am printing the same page and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't (seems to be totally random).

I am quite sure that the problem lies in the driver, because with the official driver on a Windows system I get 100% success rate printing anyhthing.

I probably tried all possible settings under "Modify Printer" and "Set Default Options" and played with different label sizes. I tried to print different media types like a webpage from Firefox, PDF or Textfile. But everytime I get the same random behaviour.

Anyone had the same experience using the CUPS Driver or a ZEBRA label printer? Any ideas on how to fix the problem?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2043

Answers (1)

AkA
AkA

Reputation: 181

Zebra printer can print PDF, Word and lot of document.s But it's not the way it must work. From windows I always use a driver called "Generic Driver / Text Only" with my Zebra and send pure ZPL code. Learn how to code with ZPL by downloading the official ZPL guide: https://www.zebra.com/content/dam/zebra/manuals/printers/common/programming/zpl-zbi2-pm-en.pdf Practice with a ZPL software like https://www.zpldesigner.com

It will work at 100%

Upvotes: 4

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