Zebra ID Card Printer Selection Made Easy
Zebra is one of the leading manufacturers of ID card printing solutions that can meet the needs of any environment from low volume, print only to high security, high volume applications. Their printers offer options for color or monochromatic, single or dual-sided printing, and even lamination options for the highest quality cards possible. Zebra’s printers also offer a full range of encoding features for magnetic stripe, smartcard, MIFARE, and RFID to ensure your cards are secure and reliable to meet the most demanding access control and government requirements.
With so many capabilities and options available, it can be a challenge to find which Zebra ID card printer is the best fit for your specific needs. The feature chart below quickly and easily breaks down each of the four main models currently available from Zebra by their key attributes. For further assistance selecting the right ID card printer, contact us at Barcodes, Inc.
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| Model | ZXP Series 8 | ZXP Series 7 | ZXP Series 3 | ZXP Series 1 |
| Print Method | Retransfer card printer | Direct-to-card printer | Direct-to-card printer | Direct-to-card printer |
| Print Sides | Single or dual-sided color and mono-to-retransfer film | Single or dual-sided color and monochrome | Single or dual-sided color and monochrome | Single or dual-sided color and monochrome |
| Print Speed | Single-sided: Color: 190 CPHDouble-sided: Color: 180 CPH |
Single-sided: Color: 300 CPH Mono: 1,375 CPHDouble-sided: Color: 225 CPH |
Single-sided: Color: 195Â CPH Mono: 700 CPHDouble-sided: Color: 140Â CPH |
Single-sided: Color: 130Â CPH Mono: 545 CPH |
| Images per Ribbon | Color (YMCKO): 625 Mono (Black): 2,500 |
Color (YMCKO): 750 Mono (Black): 5,000 |
Color (YMCKO): 280 Mono (Black): 2,000 |
Color (YMCKO): 100 Mono (Black): 1,000 |
| Security | High security | High security | Locking features | None |
| Interfaces | Standard: USB, Ethernet Optional: Wi-Fi (802.11) |
Standard: USB, Ethernet Optional: W-Fi (802.11) |
Standard: USB Optional:Â Ethernet |
Standard: USB Optional:Â Ethernet |
| Edge-to-Edge Printing | Over-the-edge | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| UHF Gen 2 RFID | N/A | Yes | N/A | N/A |
| Magnetic Stripe | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Smart-card Contact | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A |
| MIFARE Contactless | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A |
| Smart-card Contact Station | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A |
| Card Thicknesses | 30-40 mil, 30 mil laminated | 10-50 mil, 30 mil laminated | 10-40 mil | 10-40 mil |
| Input Feeder Capacity | 150 cards | 200 cards | 100 cards | 100 cards |
| Output Hopper Capacity | 100 cards | 100 cards | Integrated Hopper: 45 Cards External Hopper: 50 cards | Integrated Hopper: 45 Cards |
| Laminator | Yes | Yes | N/A | N/A |
