Trying to connect zebra 310 to laptop via parallel to usb, using vmware

SOURCE: Zebra LP 2844 printer will not print anything but the test page

possibly not a real LP2844 but an LP2543, a printer mass produced for and used by UPS. refurbishers change the label and sell as LP2844 because they are almost identical.
if it has an AC-AC adapter, it is an LP2543. LP2844 uses a AC-DC adapter, and all LP2844's have USB ports.

SOURCE: Zebra LP2824 not printing

Sounds like you put your printer into line mode. Line mode prints code so you can see what is sent to the printer to look for possible mistakes in the code.

To switch from line mode back to page mode.

1. Turn printer off.
2. Press and hold the feed button down. And switch printer on.
3. Release the feed button when the LED flashes red.
4. When the LED flashes green, press down the feed button.
5. When the LED flashes amber release the feed button.
6. Try printing now that the printer is back in page mode which is used for print your labels; line mode prints the labels code.
7. Do this fast or else it wont work if you are slow.

SOURCE: My Zebra LP-2844-Z won't print, says spooling, printing, deleting

try this--open the control panel then open system & maint then admin tools. open services then find the print spooler svc and right click then restart. close all jobs and print windows first then try again

SOURCE: how to print to zebra tlp 2844 using vb6 through usb port

You need to use a printer driver or use ZPL commands to print.

Paulo Rangel

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• Posted on Nov 25, 2010

SOURCE: I have Zebra tlp 2844

So you have Zebra LP2844 or TLP 2844?
try diferent driver and print test page
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