• ZD421 and ZD621 Desktop Printers User Guide
Printing on Fanfold Media
Printing on Fanfold Media

Printing on Fanfold Media

Use this procedure to print on fanfold media.
Fanfold media enters the printer from the back and exits through the front of the printer during the print job.
  1. Remove media from the printer.
  2. If you have thermal transfer printers and it has a fanfold cover installed, remove the cover.
  3. Open the top cover of your printer.
  4. For ZD621 printers and the ZD421 Cartridge printer, adjust the media guide stop position with the gold thumb wheel.
    1. Use a piece of the fanfold media to set the stop position.
    2. To make the space between the guides wider, rotate the wheel away from you. To make the space narrower, rotate the wheel toward you.
  5. For non-cartridge ZD421 printers—Adjust the media guide stop position with the slide lock on the left side media guide.
    1. Use a piece of the fanfold media to set the stop position.
    2. Push the gray lock down towards the base of the media roll holder to secure the roll in position.
    3. Rotate the wheel toward you to make the space between the media guides narrower.
  6. Insert the media through the slot at the rear of the printer, and place the media between the media guide and roll holders.
  7. Close the top cover.
The media guide stop position may need further adjustment if, after printing or after pressing
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 to advance several labels:
  • the media does not track down the center (moves from side to side), or
  • the sides of the media (liner, tag, paper, etc.) are frayed or damaged when exiting the printer
If additional adjustment does not correct the problem, route the media over the two roll-holding pins on the media guide.
You can also provide additional support for thin media by placing an empty roll core (of the same width as the fanfold media stack) between the roll holders.