Recovering from a Ribbon-Out Condition

Recovering from a Ribbon-Out Condition

Follow these steps to recover from a ribbon-out condition.
  1. Open the printer.
    Observe that the reflective ribbon (used to detect end of ribbon) is exposed on the underside of the ribbon cartridge or ribbon roll. The front ribbon/top roll is also full.
  2. Remove the used ribbon roll or ribbon cartridge from the take-up spindles and dispose of it.
  3. Load new ribbon rolls or Insert a new ribbon cartridge. See Loading Zebra Transfer Roll Ribbon and Loading the ZD420 Ribbon Cartridge.
  4. Press
    FEED
    (Advance) once to resume printing.