Cold weather & printers

[Vu Pham]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-users-bounces at linux-sxs.org 
> [mailto:linux-users-bounces at linux-sxs.org] On Behalf Of Alma J Wetzker
> Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 3:13 PM
> To: Linux tips and tricks
> Subject: Re: Cold weather & printers
[...]
> > 
> > 
> > This morning they called and said the Zebra printer 
> displays "Warning 
> > : Cold Head".
> > The other one which pairs with this one is a cheap HP Laser 
> printer. 
> > It doesn't work either. I am sure their operating 
> temperature would be 
> > something 50 or so.
> 
> Is this a Zebra label printer that uses thermal transfer 
> films to print labels?  If so, the one that I used worked 
> great, as long as the temp did not change too much.  Those 
> things were _VERY_ dependent on the weather.  We finally had 
> to position it in the warehouse office to keep it running 
> year round.  Temperature could make a big difference to the 
> fool thing.

Yes, it is the Z4MPlus. This customer has three printers of this type. The
other two are located inisde the warehouse way far from the year and are
still working normally. 

They also reported that most of the batteries for their handheld devices
were not charged until they moved the batteries and chargers to some office.
I guess the low temprature, in this case, affects the chemicals inside the
batteries.

Vu