Loading Labels and Ribbon for Zebra GX430t printer
- Bee Bornheimer
- Michael O'Brien (Unlicensed)
Use the following instructions to load labels and ribbon for the Zebra GS430t printer. Please contact libservices@sandiego.edu if you have other print-related needs, including connecting to a networked printer, fixing alignment issues or configuring Sierra to work with the printer.
Loading labels
Open the printer. Remember that you need to pull the release latch levers toward the front of the printer (as seen above).
Pull the green media guides open with your free hand and place the labels roll on the roll holders and release the guides. Orient the labels roll so that printing surface is facing UP as it comes out of the printer.
Verify that the labels are loaded and ready to print and then close the printer cover.
*Any time the printer lid is opened and closed, you will need to press the top feed button so it queues up a label at the appropriate place in the printer.
Loading ribbon
*Important: Keep the old, empty cardboard roll from the last ribbon as it will be used to "take-up" the next roll of ribbon.
With the printer open, place a new ribbon roll on printer’s lower ribbon supply spindles.
Rotate the roll until the notches align and lock into the left side of the supply hub.
Place an empty ribbon core on printer’s take-up spindles. Rotate the ribbon core until the notches align and lock into the left side of the take-up hub.
Pull the transfer ribbon’s leader off the roll and attach it with the adhesive strip on the leader to the empty ribbon core on the supply spindle. Center the ribbon on the ribbon core.
Rotate the thumb wheel on the left side of the supply spindle until the ribbon is pulled tight across the printhead.
Verify that the ribbon is loaded and ready to print and then close the printer cover.
*Any time the printer lid is opened and closed, you will need to press the top feed button so it queues up a label at the appropriate place in the printer.
Helpful resources
The following YouTube video shows the process of loading both labels and ribbon on to the Zebra GX430t.