Zebra ZC100 User Manual

ZC100/300 Series
User Guide
P1094920-001
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Contents
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
About This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
About the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Features, Controls, and Indicators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
LCD Menu Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Printer Ready Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Printer Soft Keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Help Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Info menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Tools Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Connection Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Ethernet Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Bluetooth Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Wi-Fi Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Unpacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Connecting Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Connecting USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Connecting Ethernet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Loading Ribbon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Loading Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Printing a Sample Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Printing a Test Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Installing the Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Manual Feed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Retrieving a Rejected Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Mag Encoder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Magnetic Encoding Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
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Smart Card Encoder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Contact Smart Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Contactless Smart Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Contact Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Double-sided Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Wi-Fi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Cleaning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Cleaning the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
From the LCD Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
From the Driver Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Cleaning the Printhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Cleaning the Mag Encoder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Cleaning Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
LCD Warnings and Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
LED Warnings and Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Clearing a Card Jam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Identifying Job Quality Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Print Quality Issues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Replacing the Printhead. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Packing for Shipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
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Introduction

About This Manual

This manual provides setup, cleaning, and basic troubleshooting instructions for the ZC100 and ZC300 Series printers, and their respective factory-installed options. Unless otherwise noted, instructions are identical for all printers.

About the Printer

The ZC100 and ZC300 series printers provide full color dye sublimation or monochrome thermal transfer printing on standard CR70 (2.051" x 3.303") and CR80 (2.125" x 3.375") PVC or PVC composite 10- to 40-mil cards. The integrated card feeder and flipper minimizes printer size while maximizing performance. Zebra ZC Series ribbon cartridges have an integrated card cleaning roller for easy ribbon changing or replacement. A variety of options (some of which can be factory-installed or field-installed as upgrades) are available.
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Features, Controls, and Indicators

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LCD Interface—The ZC300 Series printers are equipped with a LCD interface to display menu items and errors, and three action buttons to enable menu choices.
Input Hopper—The ZC100 and ZC300 Series printers have a 100-card (30-mil) hopper capacity.
Power Button—The power button houses a red and green LED to indicate the power status.
Status Indicators—The ZC100 and ZC300 Series printers are equipped with several indicators that displays printer
status, ribbon status, and cleaning status.
Output Hopper—The ZC100 and ZC300 Series printers are equipped with a 100-card (30-mil) hopper capacity.
Top Cover Release—Open the top cover to load and remove printer ribbon, clear a card jam, install upgrades, and
access the printhead for easy replacement.
Power—The ZC100 and ZC300 Series printers use a 100-watt power supply. Make sure to use the power supply that came with the printer.
USB 2.0—For direct connection to a PC.
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LCD Menu Navigation

Printer Ready Screen

After successful startup, the printer will display the ready screen.
The printer ready screen displays the wired (Ethernet), Bluetooth, and wireless (Wi-Fi) status at the top; the current printer state in the center; and Help, Info, and Tools at the bottom.

Printer Soft Keys

There are three soft keys (buttons) that sit under the LCD and correspond to what is displayed in the lower portion of the screen. As the menus change, the function of the soft keys change. For example: At the Printer Ready screen, pressing the leftmost key will take you to the Help menu; once in the Help menu, the function of the keys change to navigation arrows.
Navigation arrows are used to cycle through the menu choices, return to the previous menu, and make the desired selection. For example: At the Help menu, the leftmost key corresponds to the left arrow which return you to the previous menu; the center key corresponds to the down arrow which is used to cycle through the menu choices; and the rightmost key corresponds to the right-facing chevron which is used to select the menu choice and go to the next menu.
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Help Menu

The Help menu offers brief animations to assist you with basic tasks. From the Help menu, use the soft keys to navigate through the different choices and press the rightmost key to select.
The Help menu displays the following:
Loading cards
Loading ribbon
Printing demo card
Cleaning printer
Clearing card jam
Clearing ribbon jam
More help
If the topic you need isn’t listed in the help menu, select More help and a QR code will be displayed. Scan the QR code with your mobile device and you will be directed to the printer support page.
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Info menu

The Info menu shows information on the condition and connection of the printer.
The Info menu displays the following:
Printer info
Wired network
Wireless network
Ribbon info
Card count
Installed options

Tools Menu

The Tools menu enables several basic functions to keep your printer working properly.
The Tools menu displays the following:
Print sample cards
Select language
Clean printer
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Connection Status

The top of the LCD screen shows the connection status of Ethernet, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi.

Ethernet Connection

Off Cable detected but No IP Address Cable detected with Network

Bluetooth Connection

Off Paired but Not Connected Paired and Connected

Wi-Fi Connection

Off No Connection Poor Connection Connected
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