It's not calibrated. Try the auto calibration, from the manual:
1. Make sure the printer power is off and that media is loaded.
2. Press and hold the feed button then turn on the printer power.
3. Continue to hold the feed button until the status light LED flashes. Release the feed button.
4. The printer will set the media sensor for the label backing being used. After the printer is done making this adjustment, the roll will
automatically feed until a label is positioned at the print head.
5. The configuration settings will print. Upon completion, the printer will save the new settings in memory and remain in diagnostic dump mode.
6. Press the feed button. The printer will dispense another label with the message "Out of DUMP" and be ready for normal operation.
Clean media sensors. The blank labels are a result of the printer trying to calibrate label length.
SOURCE: Zebra 105sl - printer does not print correct size
This can happen if you have the wrong dpi setup. For instance the 105sl can be either 203dpi or 300dpi. If your printhead is 300dpi and the label you create is expecting 203dpi, then you will see shrunken label. Your situation doesn't exactly sound like this is the case but it may be worth checking.
SOURCE: Zebra 105 SE Printing Blank Labels
Seagull Scientific has drivers. Their Zebra driver is recommended by many.
http://www.seagullscientific.com/aspx/drvrmain.aspx
That's the link for their printer drivers page. Go to the bottom and click on 'Download a printer driver'. Then scroll the list to find the one you need.
SOURCE: Zebra LP2844 printer prints garbage
Sounds like you might be using a bad driver, or the printer is in dump mode.
Try hitting the green button and see if it says exiting dump.
If still having trouble, inside the printer it tells you that if you are having printing trouble:
This process re-reads the label length (so only do it with the labels you want to use in, or it will waste labels until you do it again with those in it) - but I'm suggesting it only because it enters and exits dump mode (which I have read can cause the garbage when you try to print).
SOURCE: 2844 UPS Printer Prints Duplicate Labels
The quick and simple answer is to use a different driver instead of the 2488 driver that UPS provides, that is where the problem lies..
Under printer properties, Advanced Tab, I changed the printer driver to Zebra S4MDT-200dpi and now the printer works fine. Prints labels correctly, and most of all only one label at a time... The drivers are there in the UPS software, just change which one you use and go...
John Plemons
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