Print Engine

Product Details:

The new ZE500 Series takes aninnovative approach to OEM printengines. Leveraging extensive customer research, the design focuses on ease of use, ease of service and ease of integration. Built with the customer in mind, the ZE500 print engine is designed to keep mission-critical print-and-apply applications operating without interruptions.

Standard Features:

• Print methods: thermal transfer or direct thermal
• Orientation: right-hand or left-hand
• Industrial all-metal construction
• 16 MB SDRAM, 64 MB flash memory
• Applicator interface
• Transmissive and reflective media sensors
• Multi-level Element Energy Equalizer (E3) for superior print quality
• Real-time clock
• Rotatable display
• ZPL II

Product Details:

Standard Features:

• Print methods: thermal transfer or direct thermal
• Orientation: right-hand or left-hand
• Industrial all-metal construction
• 16 MB SDRAM, 64 MB flash memory
• Applicator interface
• Transmissive and reflective media sensors
• Multi-level Element Energy EqualizerTM (E3TM) for superior print quality
• Real-time clock
• Rotatable display
• ZPL II Printer

Printer Specifications:

• Label and liner width: 0.625”/16 mm to 4.5”/114 mm
• Minimum length with back feed: 0.5”/13 mm
• Minimum length without back feed: 0.25”/6.5 mm
• Minimum length in stream mode: 0.25”/6.5 mm
• Maximum length: 39”/990 mm
• Maximum continuous media print length:150”/3,810 mm
• Ribbon width: 1”/25.4 mm to 4.2”/107 mm

Media Specification:

• Label and liner width: 3”/76 mm to 7.1”/180 mm
• Minimum length with back feed: 3”/76 mm
• Minimum length without back feed: 1”/25.4 mm
• Minimum length in stream mode: 1”/25.4 mm
• Maximum length: 39”/990 mm
• Maximum continuous media print length:150”/3,810 mm
• Ribbon width: 3”/76 mm to 7.1”/180 mm

Maximum Print speed:

• 12”/305 mm per second (203 dpi)
• 10”/254 mm per second (300 dpi)

Electrical:

• Universal power supply with power-factor correction 90–264 VAC, 47–63 Hz

 

RFID:

• Supports tags compatible with UHF EPC Gen 2 V1.2/ISO 18000-6C
• Prints and encodes short pitch item level tags
• Variable RFID power settings to support the widest range of tags
• RFID job monitoring tools track RFID performance
• RFID ZPL commands provide compatibility with existing Zebra RFID printers
• Support for industry multi-vendor chip-based serialization (MCS)
• Supports block permalocking of user memory compatible with ATA Spec 2000
• Integrated ThingMagic RFID Reader/Encoder

Communication and Interface Capabilities:

• Parallel port: Centronics -compatible
• Serial interface: RS-232
• ZebraNet 10/100 Print Server (internal)
• Applicator interface with DB-15F connector
• Optional ZebraNet b/g Print Server

 

Fonts/Graphics/Symbologies:

• Fonts and character sets
• Zebra Global printing solution including UnicodeTM
• Swiss 721 font standard
• Bitmap fonts A to H and GS symbols are expandable up to 10 times, height- and width-independent
• Smooth-scalable font Ø (CG TriumvirateTM Bold Condensed) is expandable dot-by-dot, height- and width-independent
• IBM Code Page 850 International Characters
• Contains UFST from Agfa Monotype Corporation
• Firmware support for downloadable TrueTypeTM fonts
• Additional fonts available

Barcode symbologies:

• Linear barcodes: Code 11, Code 39, Code 93, Code 128 with subsets A/B/C and UCC Case Codes, ISBT-128, UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, EAN-13, UPC and EAN 2-or 5-digit extensions, Plessey, Postnet, Standard 2-of-5, Industrial 2-of-5, Interleaved 2-of-5, Logmars, MSI, Codabar and Planet Code