Zebra S-Series User’s Guide 25
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When the media is in the rest (idle) position, the start of the label to be
printed is slightly in front of the printhead. To print a label, the printer first
backfeeds the media until the start of the label is directly under the
printhead and then prints the entire label.
In this mode, once the label is printed, the media passes over the tear-off/
peel-off bar at an extremely sharp angle. The backing material is peeled
away from the label and winds around the peel-off spindle or the media
rewind spindle. The media feeds forward until most of the label hangs
loose from the backing. The label is held in this position by that portion of
the backing that has not crossed the tear-off/peel-off bar.
The label available sensor is activated by the label. When the operator
removes the label, the printer backfeeds the media either to the rest (idle)
position or to the printing position and prints the next label.
Note: You do not need to turn the printer OFF when it is necessary to
remove the media backing from the take-up spindle.
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Some applications call for the media to be rewound onto a core as the
labels are printed.
When the media is in the rest (idle) position, the start of the next label is
directly under the printhead. After the label is printed, the media feeds
forward until the start of the next label is under the printhead. The media
never backfeeds in this mode.
When the printer completes a batch of labels, printing stops.
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In this mode the cutter, under software control, automatically cuts
individual labels (or at the end of batches of labels) after printing. The
optional cutter catch tray gathers the completed labels.