20 Most Recent Zebra Eltron Orion LP2443 Thermal Printer Questions & Answers

your problem may be in the serial /usb adaptor that you are using any reason why you cannot connect the usb cable from the printer directly to a usb port on the computer like any other printer

I have always downloaded them from their website at zebra.com. Never ran into one that I couldn't find. If you know where it was purchased from they might be of help.

I beleive your printer only has a Parallel interface and your new pc does not. You will need a USB to Parallel cable.

Parallel Connection:



USB to Parallel Cable:

http://www.buy.com/prod/cables-to-go-usb-to-db25-ieee-1284-parallel-printer-adapter-cable-db/q/sellerid/11408470/loc/101/205484702.html

Please get the correct driver here : www.printcountry.com/drivers.asp
www.opendrivers.com/.../printers-free-driver-download.html
www.driversdown.com/driverslist/r_4_1.shtml
Regards, Jay__uy87y43

This printer is Thermal Direct (DT) only (ie it does not use a ribbon, the paper is thermally sensitive).

Check your labels are DT material by quickly running the edge of your fingernail across the surface. If it leaves a black mark then it is the right material, if no mark then it is not the right material, contact a label reseller for DT labels.
ie www.lancerlabels.co.uk

The only software you need for the LP2443 is the driver from http://www.seagullscientific.com/aspx/thermal_printer_list.aspx#Zebra

Install this driver, then you can use any windows application that uses win drivers.

Or you can download Zebra designer software to design labels from
http://www.zebra.com/id/zebra/na/en/index/products/software/label_design_software/zebradesignerpro/zebradesigner.html

If you can tick rotate 180° in your driver then this should solve your problem

This is a unsupported printer to zebra at this point so no driver is on the website anymore. Here is a link to a driver that will work.
http://www.seagullscientific.com/downloads/drivers/archive/7.1/7.1.7/Zebra_7.1.7.exe

Fixed problem. Labels were too thin so LED was still being detected to stop progress of labels. Fixed by sticking some backing paper over the sensor and seems to be working fine.

Please send me an e-mail to: [email protected]

With the subject line: Eltron Orion LP2443 PSAT Label Printer, and I will be more than glad to help you.

If you will use this subject line, then it will be easier for me to identify that the message that you are going to send me is NOT spam message. Because I get a lot of junk mail per day. Which is about 75% of the total e-mail's that I get in my inbox every day. And usually I do not have time to go through reading all of my messages, so if the message title will look suspicious, or all capital letters, or all small letters, than I may flag your message as "Spam".

I have the same exact printed which I also bought at the end of January, 2009, which I originally received without any drivers at all, but after I spend a lot of time looking, and with hard work, I finally found the correct drivers that I use for this same exact Thermal Label Printer.

Also, just a suggestion: If you are going to use this printer for shipping online, then you can go to www.UPS.com, and get free Thermal Shipping Labels to use with UPS shipping service.

Currently, I have 2 completely compatible working drivers for this label printer. 1 of the drivers is for Windows 2000, or earlier systems, and the other driver is for Windows XP, or later operating systems. I use the second driver, with Windows Vista, and I have no problems using my Thermal Label Printer.

Therefore, I do not remember where I exactly downloaded the 2x drivers for this Thermal Label Printer, and do not have enough time to upload them online, because I am very busy, but, I do have 2x of the drivers downloaded on my computer, in it's own folder, that I can upload later on to some online file sharing site, like www.mediafire.com.

So, if you still need the drivers for this Thermal Label Printer, please send me an e-mail, and I will be more than glad to help you with both getting the drivers, and if I will have time, or if it won't take me very long time, Installing this Thermal Label Printer on your computer.


Hope I could help you. Thank you very much.

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