FedEx LP 2844 Quick Installation Manual - page 5
Quick Installation Guide 5
LP 2844 Thermal Printer
Now that you have installed the thermal printer driver, follow the
instructions below to complete the setup of your thermal printer
driver with the appropriate FedEx Ship Manager
®
solution:
If you are using FedEx Ship Manager at fedex.com:
1.
Log in to FedEx Ship Manager at fedex.com. (Go to
fedex.com, place your cursor over the Ship tab and select
Prepare Shipment from the drop-down menu. The fedex.com
Login screen displays.)
2.
Click Preferences at the top of the screen.
3.
In the Printer and Scale Options area of the Preferences
screen, click the Thermal Printer radio buttonor click
Set up thermal printer. The Thermal printer setup
instructions screen displays.
4.
Follow the steps on the Thermal printer setup instructions
screen to set up your thermal printer, including printing a test
page to ensure the printer is properly configured.
Note: To prevent printing problems, you must comply with the Java requirements
listed in the thermal printer setup instructions. To access the Java requirements
for the LP 2844 thermal printer, click Detailed instructions on the Thermal
printer setup instructions screen. When the resulting screen displays, click
FedEx Ship Manager at fedex.com – Thermal Label Printer Selection.
Scroll through the Frequently Asked Questions section and locate the “What are
the minimum hardware requirements?” question. The current Java requirements
for the LP 2844 thermal printer are located in the LP 2844 minimum hardware
requirements list.
5.
Once completed, click Done and then click Save changes
on the Preferences screen.
If you are using FedEx Ship Manager
®
Software and have not
installed the software insert the FedEx Ship Manager Software
CD and follow the installation instructions.
If you are using FedEx Ship Manager Software and have already
installed the software:
1.
Launch FedEx Ship Manager Software.
2.
From the tool bar, click Customize and select
System Settings.
3.
Select the appropriate system number and click modify.
4.
Select the 2 – FedEx Customer Admin tab.
5.
At the bottom of the screen in the section labeled Set Default
Printers, click the printer icon next to the Label Printer field.
Select the Zebra 2844 thermal printer driver you just installed
and click OK.
6.
Click OK to exit System Settings. To verify that the printer is
properly configured, click Utilities from the tool bar and select
Printer Setup. The label printer you just installed should
display in the Label Printer section. If not, select the label
printer from the drop-down menu. Click Test Printer and then
click OK.
Step 5: Complete Setup