Hi it's Camille with POSGuys.com. Today we're taking a look at two Zebra barcode printers.
We have the LP2824 and the TLP2844. They can both print up to four inches per second, the
LP models are direct thermal and the TLPs are thermal transfer and the main differences
is the width of the labels they can print so two inches versus four inches.
So I'm going to walk you through how to change the media and take a look inside. Just push
the button on the left side here.
When you push it forward the printer will move up. It locks
in place
so you can't accidentally snap your fingers inside of it.
The LP2824 has the same button on the side
pops right open.
For your media
the barcode label is here.
This is a four inch label.
This just slides open.
Pop it in.
Fits on there just like that.
You want to slide it into these black notches so that it doesn't slide around when you are
printing.
You can tighten those down
by rotating this dial,
right here. Tighten in place right there.
It will keep your registration better.
Moving on to the 2824. This is
a smaller area for your roll. You can pull it open just like that.
It goes in the same way as the big one it's just a smaller roll.
It just pops on there just like that, I imagine you'd probably have a larger roll than this
but it's all I've got right now
and then you want to slide it under the notches.
You want it to be held in place so your registration is better.
Then you just close it up and it's good to go.
That is the direct thermal one so it should be ready to print just like that.
This one because it is thermal transfer you have to have a ribbon.
This is where the ribbon goes.
I'll just show you how to add ribbon.
Here is our thermal transfer ribbon.
When you get the printer it should come with a take-up roll which
if you can see inside there it is that cardboard roll. Don't throw this away.
It's that cardboard roll, you need it to take up your ribbon.
It just slides around back here
and you can slide it in the back
I'm beating the ribbon up a little bit but it'll work out.
It snaps in place and then you just roll it up and do the same thing in the front.
It fits in place a little bit like loading toilet paper. It snaps right in place.
Now if you take a look at the side here we have some dials. Yuo can take in the ribbon,
it will make sure that your tension is correct so that your printing is going to come out
even all the way around
and there you have it, you have your thermal transfer ribbon in place.
I'm just going to show you an example of the printing on the TLP2844.
So File
Print
and we're just going to do one copy on the TLP2844 and we hit print
it'll come out down there
we're using a demo so it changes the printing on us.
Now this is set to one of the slowest settings right now and it's coming out a little bit
light.
So if when you get the printer it comes out a little bit light and is slow don't get discouraged
you can actually change this in the printer settings and I'll show you how to do that.
So we're gonna go do the same thing, hit print and then instead of just printing with the
default settings we're gonna go to document properties up here, we're going to change
the speed, we're going to put it higher
and the darkness
we're going to go to 14 darkness which is just under the darkest setting.
Keep in mind this is going to be different for
each type of software like if you have a different software from us
then it may look slightly different you may have different options.
So now we're just gonna go ahead and hit print
and it should definitely come out a lot darker and a lot faster than the last one.
You should be able to see the difference there.
The barcode is a lot clearer. The black is just a lot darker.
We're gonna put the LP2824 through a really fast speed test.
So it should print off twenty labels.
Twenty labels in no time at all.
The two models I have here today are both the original. So the TLP2844 and the LP2844
are both original which mean they EPL programming language. There is a Z-Series available which
does ZPL programming language and also a Plus series which does both.
Now most barcode labeling programs will handle either or so it's probably not a big deal
but if you have custom software that is something you want to think about before purchasing
a model.
We have ribbons here and I forgot to show you earlier that you can have smaller ribbons
on a four inch core. You don't actually have to have a four inch ribbon which will save
you some money.
For the smaller 2824 if you have the TLP2824 you can actually have a smaller ribbon here.
We have a variety of media available on POSGuys.com. We can help you pick out the correct supplies
for your printer if you're not sure what to get. The direct thermal printers will of course
need direct thermal labels and media so you'll have to get the actual direct thermal paper.
The thermal transfer will just have thermal transfer paper which is a little bit cheaper.
Now I mentioned that this is thermal transfer printer earlier
but it's actually dual.
All the TLPs will do thermal transfer and direct thermal so it's up to your choosing
which one you want to do there.
The warranty on these is one year. They are available in all the standard interfaces,
parallel, serial, USB. There are even some ethernet options, give us a call if you are
interested in that.
If you want more info or would like to buy the TLP2844 or the LP2824 call us at 855-POS-GUYS
or visit www.POSGuys.com