Zebra ZC300

Design and print virtually any card with ground-breaking simplicity

Zebra ZC300 ID Card Printer
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Standard features

Optional features

  • 200 / 900

    Printing speed

    Up to 200 color (900 mono) cards/hour
  • 100 / 100

    Card capacities

    100 card input /
    100 card output
  • 2 YEAR

    Warranty

    Two-year unlimited warranty on printer and printhead
  • Watermark

    Visual security

    A watermark graphic that can only be seen when the card is tilted at an angle or under UV light
  • Operating systems

    Windows and Mac OS compatible

Specifications

STANDARD FEATURES

  • 300 dpi (11.8 dots/mm) print resolution
  • 2 GB flash memory
  • Image size: 1006 x 640 pixels
  • Auto calibration of ribbon
  • USB 2.0 and Ethernet 10/100 connectivity
  • 100 card capacity auto-adjusting input hopper (30 mil)
  • 100 card capacity output hopper (30 mil)
  • Manual card feeding capability with LED bezel
  • Graphical color LCD
  • 3 Tricolor printer status indicator lights
  • Kensington® secure lock slot
  • Print Touch NFC tag for online printer help and documentation access
  • Printer host authentication
  • Data encryption
  • Two-year unlimited warranty on printer and printhead

PRINTING SPECIFICATIONS

  • Dye-sublimation thermal transfer direct to card print method
  • Full-color or monochrome printing
  • Single and dual-sided printing
  • Edge-to-edge printing on standard CR-80 media

Printing throughput (cards per hour) based on batch printing with USB connectivity. Note that times may vary depending on the computer configuration.

  • 200 cards/hour single-sided YMCKO
  • 140 cards/hour dual-sided YMCKOK
  • 900 cards/hour single sided monochrome
  • 450 cards/hour dual sided monochrome

MEDIA SPECIFICATIONS

Supplies Specifications:
NOTE: The ZC300 printer is designed to work only with Zebra
genuine ribbons. Ribbons are included in a simple-to-load cartridge.

  • YMCKO* - 200
  • YMCKO* - 300
  • YMCKOK* - 200
  • ½ YMCKO* - 400
  • ½ YMCKOKO*  - 250
  • YMCKLL* - 200
  • YMCPKO* - 200
  • SrDYMCKO* - 200
  • KrO* - 700
  • KdO* - 700
  • Black Monochrome* - 2000
  • Black Monochrome - 1500
  • White Monochrome* - 1500
  • Red Monochrome - 1500
  • Blue Monochrome - 1500
  • Gold Monochrome - 1500
  • Silver Monochrome - 1500

Ribbon availability may vary by region.

  • *Zebra intelligent technology automatically detects and authenticates ribbon
  • Cleaning roller is included with each ribbon
  • Two available cleaning kit options: your choice of two (2) or five (5) isopropyl alcohol cleaning cards (1,000 images/card)

MEDIA SPECIFICATIONS (CONTINUED)

Card Compatibility:
NOTE: For optimum print quality and printer performance,
use of Genuine Zebra supplies is recommended.
  • Card Thickness: 10-40 mil
  • Card Size: CR80 ISO 7810 ID-1 format, CR79
  • Card Material: PVC and PVC composite
  • Adhesive back and writable back cards
  • Spot color or monochrome printing only on < 20 mil thick cards and CR79 cards

OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS

Environmental

  • Operating Temperature: 59º F to 95º F/15º C to 35º C
  • Storage Temperature: 23º F to 158º F/-5º C to 70º C
  • Operating Humidity: 20% to 80% noncondensing
  • Storage Humidity: 20% to 90% noncondensing
  • Media Storage:
    • Temperature: 41º F to 77º F/5º C to 25º C
    • Humidity: 35% to 65% non-condensing
Electrical
  • Auto-switching single-phase AC power
  • Operating range: 90-132VAC and 190-264VAC RMS
  • Frequency range: 47-63 Hz
  • FCC Class A

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Dimensions

  • Single-sided: 10.2 in. H x 6.2 in. W x 15.1 in. D; 258 mm H x 157 mm W x 383 mm D
  • Dual-Sided: 10.2 in. H x 6.2 in. W x 18.4 in. D; 258 mm H x 157 mm W x 468 mm D

Weight

  • Single-sided: 8.8 lbs (4.0kg)
  • Dual-Sided: 9.7 lbs (4.4 kg)

COMMUNICATIONS AND INTERFACE CAPABILITIES

  • USB 2.0 — Standard
  • Built-in 10/100 Ethernet — Standard
  • 802.11ac with MFi — Optional

ENCODING OPTIONS AND SPECIFICATIONS

  • Magnetic stripe encoder — ISO 7811 (new and pre-encoded; tracks 1, 2, and 3; high and low coercivity; stripe down and stripe up with duals-sided printers) *
  • Combined MIFARE® ISO 14443 A & B (13.56 MHz) contactless with 1 SAM Module Slot and ISO 7816 Contact Encoder with EMV level 1 certification, and PC/SC compliance* (optional module with support for reading Prox® ISO 11784 and iCLASS ISO 15693)
  • ISO 7816 Smart Card Contact Station for third party external contact encoders*
  • Third party contactless encoder integration kit*

*Field upgradeable options

PRINTER DRIVERS

  • Windows Server® 2003 (32 bit)
  • Windows Server 2008 (32 and 64 bit),
  • Windows 7 (32 bit and 64 bit)
  • Windows 8 and Win 8 Pro (32 bit and 64 bit
  • compatible)
  • Windows Server 2012 (64 bit)
  • Windows 10 (32 bit and 64 bit)
Windows drivers include:
  • Color coded printer status indicators for the operator
  • Black panel extraction and controls for specialty ribbon panels with image preview
  • Configuration utility to limit access by operators to change image quality and printer settings
  • Advanced printer configuration, security settings and diagnostics capabilities

Linux Ubuntu Apple iOS 10.2
Please see www.zebra.com for an up-to-date listing of supported systems.

ADDITIONAL OPTIONAL FEATURES

  • Card flipper for dual-sided printing*
  • 10 card reject bin is standard with dual-sided printers*
  • Lockable enclosure*

*Field upgradeable options

PRINT DNA

Multiplatform Software Development Kit (SDK)
Windows C#/.Net and Java Printer Software Development Kit (SDK)

  • One SDK download supports Android, Java and Windows environments
  • Easily build card-printing apps with complete control over print functionality from Windows, Linux, Mac OS and Android environments
  • Enable card printing from Android mobile devices
  • Incorporate encryption and host authentication
  • Includes documentation and source code examples
CardStudio
Included with the printer, this simple-to-learn and feature-rich card design software that makes it easy to design loyalty cards, gift cards, ID cards and more. 

Print Touch
With a single tap, you can use Android-based mobile devices to access how-to and troubleshooting information to help keep printers up, running and available.

About Print DNA. Print DNA propels your Zebra Link-OS for Card printers into a class of their own, providing Zebra-only software tools that make life easier for everyone who touches your printers, from printing to printer management and application development.

Consumables

Part NO Description For use with Quantity
800300-301
Black Mono Ribbon for ZC300 ZC300
105999-311
Cleaning Card Kit, ZC100/300, 5000 Printed Cards ZC100,ZC300,ZC350
800300-350
Color Ribbon YMCKO, 200 Images, ZC300 ZC300
81754
CR80.30 (30 Mil) White PVC Cards - Qty. 500 DTC4500,Primacy,DTC1250e,DTC4250e,DTC4500e,DTC1500
800300-306
Metallic GoldMono Ribbon for ZC100/300/350 ZC100,ZC300,ZC350

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