Innovative design, greater benefits

The new ZE500 Series takes an innovative approach to OEM print engines. Leveraging extensive customer research, the design focuses on ease of use, integration and servicing. Built with the customer in mind, the ZE500 Print Engine is designed to keep mission- critical print-and-apply applications operating without interruptions.

The elegant design of the ZE500 simplifies maintenance and dramatically reduces downtime. All three rollers can be exchanged in minutes, with no need to access the printer’s electronics. The wide open printhead makes cleaning and replacement simple, and the quick-change modular drive system reduces printer repair time.

Routine operations such as ribbon changing are simple and straightforward (and identical for both print widths). The new graphic display can be deported and rotated, enabling flexible positioning for improved ease of use and integration.

The user experience is much improved: the design enables easy integration with print-and-apply machinery plus has better resistance to dust and water. Expanded connectivity ports and enhanced software control of the applicator port provides further integration flexibility.

More Standard Features

• Available in right and left hand configurations
• ZebraNet 10/100 Print Server (Internal)
• Embedded ZebraLink WebView™and Alert features
• Real Time Clock
• Applicator interface - provides status and control signals for applicators
• Communications via serial RS-232, IEEE 1284 bidirectional parallel interface with auto detect, and USB 2.0 port
• Full function graphic front panel and large multilingual back-lit LCD display with user programmable password protection
• Thin film print head with E3® Element Energy Equalizer
• Dual media sensors, transmissive and reflective, selectable through software or front panel
• ZPL® or ZPL II® programming language, selectable through software or front panel
• XML-Enabled Printing – allows XML communications from today’s enterprise systems for barcode label printing
• 32 bit 133 MHz RISC processor
• Zebra printer driver for Windows 7, XP, Vista, 2008, and 2003 operating systems 
• Advanced media counters

Printer Specifications

Resolution: 203 dpi (8 dots/mm)
300 dpi (12 dots/mm)
Memory

• 16 MB DRAM
• 64 MB Flash

Print width: 203/300 dpi: 4.1" (104 mm)
Print length: 39" (991 mm)
Print speed: 203 dpi:
12" (305 mm)/sec
300 dpi:
8" (203 mm)/sec
Media sensors: Reflective, Transmissive

Media Characteristics

Maximum label and liner width: .625" (16 mm) to 4.5" (114 mm)
Media thickness: .0053" (.135 mm) to .010" (.254 mm)
Media types: continuous, die-cut, black mark

Ribbon Characteristics

Outside diameter: 4" (101.6 mm)
Standard length: 1,970' (600 m)
Ratio: Ribbon is recommended to be at least as wide as media
Ribbon width 1" (25 mm) to 4.2" (107 mm)
Ribbon setup: Ribbon wound coated-side out
ID Core: 1" (25.4 mm)

Operating Characteristics

• Operating temperature TT: Operating temperature: 40° F (5° C) to 104° F (40° C)
• Thermal transfer DT: Operating temperature: 32° F (0° C) to 104° F (40° C)
• Storage temperatures: -40° F (-40° C) to 160° F (71° C)
• Operating humidity: 20-85% non-condensing R.H.
• Storage humidity: 5-95% non-condensing R.H.
• Electrical: Universal power supply with power-factor correction 90-264 VAC; 47-63 Hz
• Standards approvals- IEC 60950-1;EN55022, Class A; EN55024; EN61000-3-2, 3-3
• Product markings- NRTL;CE;FCC A; ICES-003; VCCI; C-Tick; CCC; NOM; Gost-R; S- Mark; KCC; BSMI

Physical Characteristics

Width: 9.6" (245 mm)
Height: 11.8" (300 mm)
Depth: 14.95" (380 mm)
Weight: 34 lbs (15.4 kg)
Orientation: Right, Left

Related Products

Options

• ZebraNet 10/100 External Print Server. Class B digital device, approved for residential, commercial, or light industrial environment use only. Degradation in performance could occur if used in a heavy industrial environment
• ZebraNet b/g PrintServer- supports advanced wireless securities through an internal integrated radio card
• Additional fonts available
• Deported display 
• UNICODE
• WGL4 through Swiss 721
• Firmware Support for Downloadable TrueType Fonts

Programming Languages

Core programming languages: ZPL, ZPL II

Bar Codes/Symbologies

Bar code ratios: 2:1, 7:3, 5:2, and 3:1

Linear bar codes: 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

2-dimensional bar codes: Codablock, PDF417, Code 49, DataMatrix, MaxiCode, QR Code, TLC 39, MicroPDF, RSS-14 (and composite), Aztec 

Fonts and Graphics

• Bitmap fonts A through V and GS symbols are expandable up to 10 times, height and width independent
• Smooth scalable font (CG Triumvirate™ Bold Condensed) is expandable dot-by-dot, height and width independent
• IBM^® Code Page 850 International Characters
• Contains USFT from Agfa Monotype Corporation
• Supports user-defined fonts and graphics, including custom logos