Printer calibration is used to obtain consistent positioning of the label and the print by following the process below. However, it can also solve the following symptoms:
- Print position is drifting up and down
- Print is drifting side to side
- Labels stopping in random locations
- Prints, then skips a label
- Print is overlapping onto next label
- Error light is on; orange or red
How to calibrate your Zebra printer
For printer models: Orion (2442, 2443 and 2543), LP/TLP Strata (2684), LP/TLP2722, 2742, 3742, LP/TLP2824, LP/TLP 2844 and TLP3842.
- Turn off the printer at the back and have media loaded.
- Hold the feed button down, and turn the printer back on whilst holding down the feed button.
- When the status indicator light starts flashing, release the feed button.
- The status light will turn green and feed a few blank labels.
- After the printer stops feeding labels, it prints the internal printer information. Press the feed button once to exit dump mode.
- You will then get another label with the "out of dump" message on it.
![Out of Dump Label](http://www.amlabels.co.uk/sales-blog/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/out-of-dump-label.jpg)
Your printer is now ready for use. If the status light stays orange or red see our post on: What do the status lights indicate on my Zebra printer?