Zebra S600 all light on and the pause and cancel flashing

It sounds like there may be an issue with the onboard flash memory on your printer. Try performing a factory reset (hold down the pause and cancel buttons during startup) to see if that clears the problem. If not, you may need to contact Zebra customer support for further assistance.

It sounds like your labelling software is re-sending the entire print job each time. Do some research with your software and see if you can change the defaults so that everything BUT the serial number is stored inside the printer, and only the new serial number is sent.
It's difficult to be more specific because every software package is different...

1. Reset the printer - to return the printer configuration to factory default values,pressFEED and PAUSE at the same time while turning the power On (l).
2. Download this Maintenance Manual for Zebra S600 and follow the troubleshooting steps from page # 66.(table 3-2) Printer stops, pause and paper/ribbon LEDs both on / Printer stops, pause LED on and paper/ribbon LED flashing.
3.Uninstall / Re-install the zebra printer driver .Use this revouninstaller to remove the driverClick here to download the driver for Zebra S600 .

this indicates a firmware error. you can download firmware from the Zebra website and the instructions for installing it.

All lights are lit with pause and cancel

Turn printer off. PRESS & HOLD PAUSE & FEED buttons after power goes out. While holding turn printer ON, count to 3 & let go. once printer does its checks press the MODE button 4 times to SAVE. the bottom 3 lights will flash 1 time. This should reset the entire printer including calibration, communications & everything to be like it just came out of the box.

download the driver www.seagullscientific.com
recalibrate media, if necesseray Reset to Factory defult.

You can find the manual in www.zebra.com, and try reset, pressing FEED and PAUSE keys and turn on printer, release keys until move labels.

I had this happen when I changed from one label to a different size label. It needs to be calibrated. There are several types of calibration to do to the S600. Here is the solution that worked for me.

1. Check the position of the laser Media Sensor (figure 13). It may need to be moved to match the type of label that will be printed.

For CARD labels, the media sensor needs to be set at the edge of the card so it can “see through” the notch that is cut on the edge where the perforation is.

1. For STICKY labels, it can “see through” the backing which shows between each sticky label, so the Media Sensor could be set anywhere for it to work, but will probably be set towards the middle.

Set to Factory Defaults. This is so that all of the following steps will work. I do not need to change the steps based on the type of mode that printer is set up in because it will erase all that by setting it to the factory default. (See figure 14 for buttons)

1. Turn off the printer.
2. Hold the FEED and PAUSE buttons down as the printer power is turned on.
3. Press MODE button four times.
4. When the defaults are saved to the printer, the CALIBRATE, DARKER, and POSITION lights will all flash.

Test to see if the calibration is set correctly for the label. If not, proceed to the following steps.

1. Do a Manual Calibration.

Turn off the printer.

1. Hold the PAUSE, FEED, and CANCEL buttons down as the printer power is turned on, keeping the buttons depressed.
2. This will run through several labels and do some printing.
3. Release all three buttons after the CALIBRATION light comes on and then goes back off.

Put the printer into Auto-Calibration Mode.

1. Turn off the printer.
2. Hold PAUSE, CANCEL, and MODE down as the printer power is turned on.
3. Release the buttons after printer is powered on.

The factory default setting for the S600 is thermal transfer (ribbon). depending on your OS there is a command that can be echoed to the printer to change the setting to direct transfer (non ribbon). It sounds like your printer thinks is should use a ribbon and in fact you are not using a ribbon. Here is the procedure I use to get the ribbon motor to turn on:
1. start with the printer turned off.
2. open the printhead, retract the ribbon completely onto the supply spool. leave the printhead open.
3. Press and hold the top three buttons (PAUSE, FEED and CANCEL) while turning on the printer. When the botom couple lights turn off release the buttons.
4. When you are left with the power light on and the printhead light blinking reinstall the ribbon and close the printhead.

The printer will autoclaibrate and run a sensor test.
Once complete the take up motor should have turned on and you should be able to use thermal transfer labels and a ribbon.