Information Systems:Zebra Thermal printers

Each picking station in the warehouse has two Zebra label printers. One label printer is for printing price tickets and the other is for printing shipping labels. Most of the Zebra label printers have model numbers of 2746E or S4M and need to have a firmware level of E50.13.5. At the picking station there is an HP print server with three LPT ports. Port 1 is always used for the invoice laser printer ( Lexmark ), port 2 is always used for the shipping label printer and port 3 is always used for the price ticket printer. This arrangement is determined by the setup of the print queue on the Systemi. The Zebra label printers at the picking stations do not use ink or toner and only need the rolls of thermal labels replaced. The guides to replace a roll of labels are etched on the inside of the metal printer cover. While the Zebra label printers at the picking stations are supported and have their original warranties, the easiest process to replace a broken label printer is to use one of the many spares we have located in the computer cage. No special configuration is needed on the front panel of the label printer much like the Lexmark invoice printers don’t need any setup.