New Zebra Printers Are Turning Heads

New Zebra printers and what they have replaced.
by Timmy Thermal

Well, Zebra has been busy recently by adding 9 new printers. Zebra has been known for their thermal label printers for many years by offering the newest technologies.

To help you keep up-to-date I thought I would put together this quick little handy rundown of the new printers and which models they have replaced.

Here is the list:

Zebra ZT220™/ZT230™ replaced the Zebra S4M™
Zebra ZT410™ replaced the Zebra ZM400™
Zebra ZT420™ replaced the Zebra ZM600™
Zebra 105SL+™ replaced the Zebra 105SL™
Zebra 110Xi4™ replaced the Zebra 110XiIII+™
Zebra 140Xi4™ replaced the Zebra 140XiIII+™
Zebra 170Xi4™ replaced the Zebra 170XiIII+™
Zebra 220Xi4™ replaced the Zebra 220XiIII+™

Standard features for Zebra’s new printers:

Zebra ZT220™/ZT230™ Series:

• Direct-thermal or thermaltransfer (optional)
• Metal frame construction with choice of metal (ZT230™) or plastic (ZT220™) media cover
• Bi-fold media door with large clear window
• Side-loading supplies path for simplified media and ribbon loading
• Element Energy Equalizer™ (E3™) for superior print quality
• Bi-color LEDs for quick printer status
• Icon-based LCD multilingual graphical user interface and full function keypad (ZT230™)
• Simple keypad (ZT220™)
• USB 2.0 and RS-232 Serial ports
• ENERGY STAR qualified Printer Specifications Resolution
• 203 dpi/8 dots per mm / 300 dpi/12 dots per mm (optional)
• 128 MB SDRAM memory / 128 MB on-board linear Flash memory
• Maximum Print Width 4.09”/104 mm
• Maximum Print Speed 6”/152 mm per second

Zebra ZT410™/ZT420™ Series:

• Integrated RFID system is user-upgradable in the field
• Prints and encodes tags with a minimum pitch of 0.6”/16 mm
• Supports tags compatible with UHF EPC Gen 2 V1.2/ISO 18000-6C
• Compliant with Global RFID radio to support multinational deployments
• Automatically eliminate complex RFID placement guidelines with adaptive encoding technology
• Variable inlay placement supports a range of inlay positions for maximum media flexibility
• Track performance with RFID job-monitoring tools
• Support for industry standard multi-vendor chipbased serialization (MCS)
• Supports block permalocking of user memory compatible with ATA Spec 2000
• Integrated ThingMagic® RFID reader/encoder
• Thermal transfer and direct thermal
• Metal frame construction and bi-fold metal media cover with enlarged clear viewing window
• Side-loading supplies path for simplified media and ribbon loading
• Element Energy Equalizer™ (E3™) for superior print quality
• Communications: USB 2.0, high-speed, RS-232 Serial, 10/100 Ethernet, Bluetooth 2.1, USB Host
• Back-lit, multiline graphic LCD display with intuitive menu and easy-to-use keypad for quick operation
• Bi-colored status LEDs for quick printer status
• ENERGY STAR® qualified Printer Specifications Resolution
• 203 dpi/8 dots per mm / 300 dpi/12 dots per mm (optional) / 600 dpi/24 dots per mm (optional for ZT410™ only)
• 256 MB SDRAM memory / 512 MB on-board linear Flash memory
• Maximum Print Width 4.09″/104 mm (ZT410™) 6.6″/168 mm (ZT420™)
• Maximum Print Speed 14 ips/356 mm per second (ZT410™) 12 ips/305 mm per second (ZT420™)

Zebra 105SL+ Series:

• Thermal transfer or direct thermal
• Steel frame construction and cabinet with metal interior components
• Single-level Element Energy Equalizer™ (E3 ™)for superior print quality
• Fast 32-bit processing
• Selectable print speeds up to 8”/second
• Transmissive media sensor
• Standard 2-line, 16-character LCD control panel
• Internal real-time clock • Unicode™ compliant
• XML-Enabled printing
• 203 dpi/8 dots per mm / 300 dpi/12 dots per mm (optional)
• Standard: 6 MB SDRAM; 4 MB Flash / Optional: Up to 256 MB—PCMCIA card or CompactFlash® (CompactFlash not supported with ZebraNet Wireless Plus) 64 MB Flash memory (factory installed)
• Print Width: 4.09”/104 mm / Print Length with 203 dpi: 106”/2,692 mm (with standard memory) / Print Length with 300 dpi (optional): 65”/1,651 mm (with standard memory)
• Print Speed 8”/203 mm per second (203/300 dpi)

Zebra Xi4 Series (110Xi4™, 140Xi4™, 170Xi4™, 220Xi4™):

• Thermal transfer or direct thermal
• 32 bit 133 Mhz RISC processor
• 64 MB on-board linear Flash memory / 16 MB SDRAM memory
• Internal real-time clock
• Advanced label/media counters
• Auto calibration
• Early warning systems
• New full-function front panel and large, multilingual, back-lit LCD display with user-programmable password protection
• Clear media side door
• Thin film printhead with Element Energy Equalizer™ (E3 ™) for superior print quality
• Serial RS-232 and bi-directional parallel ports with auto detect
• Internal ZebraNet 10/100 Print Server (Ethernet)
• Dual media sensors—transmissive and reflective, selectable through software or front panel
• ENERGY STAR® qualified (140Xi4™, 170Xi4™, 220Xi4™)

For more information on all these Zebra printers changes and to learn more about your options on your printer and scanning needs, call us as (800) 643-2664 and immediately talk to one of our friendly representatives; or chat us up on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and LinkedIn!