Testing Communications by Printing
Testing Communications by Printing

Testing Communications by Printing

Verifying the print system’s operation is a relatively simple process. For Windows operating systems, use the Zebra Setup Utility or the Windows
Printers and Faxes
or
Devices and Printers
to access and print a test label. For non-Windows operation systems, copy a basic ASCII text file with a single command (
~WC
) to print a configuration status label.

Test Printing with Zebra Setup Utility:

  1. Open the Zebra Setup Utility.
  2. Click on the newly installed printer’s icon to select the printer and activate the printer configuration buttons below it in the window.
  3. Click the
    Open Printer Tools
    button.
  4. In the
    Print
    tab window, click the
    Print configuration label
    line.
  5. Click the
    Send
    button. The printer should print a configuration report.

Test Printing with Windows Printer and Devices menu:

  1. Click the Windows
    Start
    menu button, to access the
    Printers and Faxes
    or
    Devices and Printers
    menu. You may also use the
    Control Panel
    to access the menus. Open the menu.
  2. Select the newly installed printer’s icon to select the printer and right-click the mouse to access the printer
    Properties
    menu.
  3. From the printer’s
    General
    tab window, click the
    Print Test Page
    button. The printer should print a Windows test print page.

Test Print with an Ethernet printer connected to a network:

Test Print on an Ethernet printer connected to a network (LAN or WLAN) with an (MS-DOS)
Command Prompt
(or
Run
from the Windows XP Start menu):
  1. Create a text file with the following ASCII three characters:
    ~WC
  2. Save the file as: TEST.ZPL (an arbitrary file name and extension name).
  3. Read the IP address from the printer’s configuration report’s Network Status printout. On a system that is connected to the same LAN or WAN as the printer, type the following in the Web browser window’s address bar and enter:
    ftp (IP address) (for IP address 123.45.67.01 it would be: ftp 123.45.67.01)
  4. Type the word
    put
    followed by the file name and
    Enter
    . For this test print file, it would be:
    put TEST.ZPL
    The printer should print a new configuration report.