Zebra ZC100 ID Card Printer Model Overview
The ZC100 single-sided card printer delivers simplicity and security in the slimmest fit-everywhere design in this printer class. It automatically adjusts to any card thickness, fool-proof ribbon changes, and one-of-a-kind graphical user interface.
Key Features:
- The ZC100 is designed to work right out of the box for painless plug-and-play deployment. There's no time-consuming complicated set-up - just plug it in and start reaping the benefits the day your printer arrives. The slim profile design makes it easy to fit anywhere you need to issue cards.
- Easy to use design details make operation simple. The re-designed hopper makes loading cards easier than ever. With saloon-style output doors, there's nothing to open - just grab one card or the whole stack. A lightpipe guides users through the manual card feeding process, similar to the way automatic teller machines guide users through their interaction.
- Connect to one computer through the onboard USB to create a standalone printing station. Or, add optional Ethernet or Wi-Fi to give access, maximizing printer usage.
- We took a good thing and made it better. The ZC100 prints up to 3% faster in monochrome and 15% faster in color than its predecessor, Zebra's ZXP Series 1 card printers.
- The Print DNA family of solutions brings unmatched ease of use, ease of integration and security to card printing, streamlining your business processes, improving operational efficiency and reducing development and deployment time and cost.
Whether you need to print single-sided employee identity badges or membership and event guest cards, card printing is a crucial aspect of your business. Deployment flexibility and the time it takes to print and manage your card printing solutions all have an impact on your business—from your brand image to staff productivity, overall operational efficiency, and operating costs. Now, there’s a new kind of card printer designed to address it all—the ZC100. You get groundbreaking simple operation and the slimmest fit everywhere design, along with a toolbox of additional capabilities that make the ZC100 even easier to integrate, use and manage.
Painless Plug-and-Play Deployment
The ZC100 is designed to work right out of the box. There’s no time-consuming complicated set-up—just plug it in and start reaping the benefits the day your printer arrives.
A New Ingenious Card Feeder Handles Varying Card Thickness On-the-Fly
The card feeder instantly adjusts to the thickness of each card—no more adjusting for different card stocks.
The Most Intuitive LEDs
With our well-tested intuitive icons, a quick glance is all it will take for your users to see the status of the ZC100.
Innovative New Driver With a Graphical User Interface
The intuitive interface in the newly-designed driver makes it easier than ever to print cards. Settings are grouped logically into tabs where they are easily accessible with a click. A visual display of your card allows you to instantly see how your card looks and how setting changes impact card design—eliminating the time and cost to repeatedly print test cards
Revolutionary New Hopper Design
The completely re-designed hopper makes loading and unloading cards easier than ever. With the saloon-style output doors, there’s nothing to open—just grab one card or the whole stack of cards. And the input and output hoppers have the same capacity, reducing the need to refill and empty the hoppers.
Fool-Proof Ribbon Changing
Changing a ribbon has never been so simple and uncomplicated— no instructions required. Unlock and open the newly designed ribbon door latch in one motion. The unique doorhandle style grip leaves no question about how to remove or insert the ribbon. And with embedded smartchips, you always know when to change the ribbon.
Effortless Manual Card Feed
Manually feeding a card can be complicated—we made it simple with a lightpipe that guides the user through the manual feeding process, the same way that automatic teller machines guide users through their interaction.
We Speak Your Language
Workers can interact with the ZC100 in their native tongue with driver support for multiple languages—English, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazilian), German, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese and Arabic.
Good Looks That Fit in Anywhere
Even though the ZC100 is built for business, it has the consumer good looks required to fit in customer facing areas, from the retail store to the hospital admission desk.
Sized to Fit Wherever You Need Printing
Your printer shouldn’t dictate where you can issue cards—it should fit wherever card printing is needed. From the minimal footprint and the slimmest profile to the lowest clearance in this printer class, the ZC100 was designed to fit in the most possible places—including under a counter or shelf.
All the Connectivity Options You Need
Connect to one computer through the onboard USB to create a standalone printing station. Or, add optional Ethernet or Wi-Fi™ to give everyone who needs card printing instant access, maximizing printer usage. And improve deployment flexibility with Wi-Fi—the time and cost to run network cabling to your printers is eliminated.
Printer Cover Lock
The printer cover lock prevents the theft of card stock, providing the security required to install in public-facing areas.
Printer and Host Authentication
Advanced security features enable printer-to-host authentication to prevent printing from unauthorized applications or devices.
AES Data Encryption
AES Data Encryption Government-grade encryption protects the most sensitive data during printing, such as account numbers.
Fast Single-Sided Color and Monochrome Printing
We took a good thing and made it better. The ZC100 prints up to 30% faster in monochrome and 15% faster in color than its predecessor, Zebra’s ZXP Series 1 card printers.
Basic Encoding Options
Whether you are printing employee badges, ID cards, season passes and membership cards or credit and debit cards, you can choose the encoding option of your choice. Add a ‘swipe-and-go’ magnetic stripe when you print cards.
Protect Your Investment With Zebra’s Superior Support Services
No matter what level of support you need, there is a Zebra support service that is just right for your business. With Zebra OneCare™, no matter what happens to your printer, it’s covered. If you just need access to technical support, choose Zebra’s Technical Software and Support (TSS). And if you want help setting up and configuring the hundreds of settings on local and remote ZC100 printers, our Install and Configuration Assistance (ICA) Select program provides the support you need.
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 connectivity • 100 card capacity auto-adjusting input hopper (30 mil) • 100 card capacity output hopper (30 mil) • Manual card feeding capability with LED bezel • 3 Tricolor printer status indicator lights • Kensington® secure lock slot • Printer host authentication and data encryption • Print Touch NFC tag and Quick Help QR code for online printer help and documentation access • Three-year limited warranty on printer and printhead
Printing Specifications
• Dye-sublimation thermal transfer direct to card print method • Full-color or monochrome printing • Single-sided printing • Edge-to-edge printing on standard CR-80 media Printing throughput (cards per hour) based on batch printing with USB connectivity. Times may vary depending on the computer configuration
Markets and Applications
Retail/Hospitality • Membership cards • Events and season passes • Guest and passenger cards • Food safety labeling Identification • Employee badges • Visitor badges • K-12 identification and facility access
When Only the Best Single-Sided Printer Will Do
Whether you need to print single-sided employee identity badges or membership and event guest cards, card printing is a crucial aspect of your business. Deployment flexibility and the time it takes to print and manage your card printing solutions all have an impact on your business - from your brand image to staff productivity to overall operational efficiency. Now there's a new kind of card printer designed to address it all - the ZC100. You get groundbreaking simple operation and the slimmest fit-everywhere design, along with a toolbox of additional capabilities that make the ZC100 even easier to integrate, use, and manage. The ZC100 - when only the best single-sided card printer will do.
Game-Changing Simplicity
With plug-and-play deployment, instant card feeder adjustment, intuitive icons, and driver interface, the ZC100 is easy to integrate, and manage. Ribbon changing is virtually fool-proof, and the revolutionary hopper design makes loading and unloading cards easier than ever.
Fits Everywhere Design
Even though the ZC100 is built for business, it has the consumer good looks required to fit in customer-facing areas - from the corporate office to the university to the retail store.
Advanced Security
The advanced security features of the ZC100 enable printer-to-host authentication to help prevent unauthorized printing, and government-grade encryption protects the most sensitive data during printing.
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