Card Printer
Flexible card printing made simple
The ZC300 card printer delivers groundbreaking simplicity, security and connectivity options in the slimmest fit-everywhere design in this printer class. Its elegant engineering eliminates virtually all pain points typically associated with card printing, making it easier than ever to print identity, access or membership cards, or credit and debit cards. The result is push-button simplicity, regardless of whether you are printing single or dual-sided cards in colour or in black and white.
Industry Use:
- Retail
- Hospitality
COMPATIBLE WITH
Used for:
- Employee Badges
- Education Facility Access Badges
- Events and Season Passes
- Food Safety Labelling
- Education Identification Badges
- Membership Cards
- Guest and Passenger Cards
- Bank Cards
Flexible and secure card printing with ground-breaking simplicity
No matter what type of card you need to print — from identity and access to membership, event and credit/debit cards — the ZC300 will help you do it better, faster and easier. Elegant engineering eliminates virtually all pain points associated with card printing. The result is push-button simplicity no matter what you are printing — single or dual-sided magnetic stripe or contactless cards, in color or black and white. And with a ground-breaking fits-everywhere design, you can get secure card printing wherever you need it.
The simplest card printer on the planet
Highly graphical LED/LCD interface
The ZC300 offers highly-intuitive well-tested icons, animations and text-based messages in your own language, allowing any user to easily understand what the printer needs and how to perform virtually any function — including how to clear a printer jam, fix a ribbon, load a ribbon or cards and more.
Painless plug-and-play deployment
The ZC300 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.
Groundbreaking 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 makes printing simple monochrome and complex color cards equally easy, allowing 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.
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.
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. The newly designed ribbon door latch unlocks and opens in one motion. The unique door-handle 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.
GET THE FLEXIBLE CARD PRINTER THAT DELIVERS GROUND-BREAKING SIMPLICITY AND SECURITY
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 ZC300 in their native tongue with support for multiple languages on the LCD display and in the driver — English, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazilian), German, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese and Arabic.
The features you need to print the cards you want
Flexible card design and easy printing
With the ZC300, you can print single or dual-sided monochrome and color cards. And no matter what you are printing, with advanced features, you can print dual-sided color cards with complex artwork just as easily as a basic single-sided black and white card.
Multiple encoding options
Whether you want to create swipe-and-go magnetic stripe or contactless cards, with the ZC300, it’s easy. Right out of the box, you can print cards with magnetic stripes.
All the connectivity options you need
Connect to one computer through the onboard USB to create a standalone printing station. Use the integrated Ethernet connection to give everyone who needs card printing instant access, maximizing printer usage. And improve deployment flexibility with optional Wi-Fi, eliminating the time and cost to run network cabling to your printers.
Printer cover lock
The printer cover lock prevents the theft of card stock and rejected cards, providing the security required for installation in public-facing areas.
Advanced security
Printer and host authentication
Advanced security features enable printer-to-host authentication to prevent printing from unauthorized applications or devices.
AES data encryption
Government-grade encryption protects the most sensitive data during printing, such as account numbers.
Boost value with the right support
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 ZC300 printers, our Install & Configuration Assistance (ICA) Select program provides the support you need.
Specifications
Standard Features
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Printing Specifications
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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 recyclable cartridge. | |
| Ribbon Description | Cartridge Image Count |
| YMCKO* | 200 |
| YMCKO* | 300 |
| YMCKOK* | 200 |
| ½ YMCKO* | 400 |
| ½ YMCKOKO* | 250 |
| 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 |
*Zebra intelligent technology automatically detects and authenticates ribbon
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| Card Compatibility: NOTE: For optimum print quality and printer performance, use of Genuine Zebra supplies is recommended.
*Note: Spot color or monochrome printing recommended only on >20 mil thick cards, CR79 cards, and transparent cards. |
Operating Characteristics
| Operating Temp. | 59º F to 95º F/15º C to 35º C |
| Storage Temp. | 23º F to 158º F/-5º C to 70º C |
| Operating Humidity | 20% to 80% non-condensing |
| Media Storage | — Temperature: 41º F to 77º F/5º C to 25º C — Humidity: 35% to 65% non-condensing |
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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 |
Communication and Interface Capabilities
| USB 2.0 | Standard |
| Built-in 10/100 Ethernet | Optional |
| 802.11ac | 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) * *Field upgradeable options |
Printer Drivers
| Microsoft Windows Certified | Windows Server 2008 (32 and 64 bit), Windows drivers include:
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| Linux | Ubuntu 16..X (64 Bit) |
| Apple | MAC OS X 10.13.X (64 bit) |
| Please see www.zebra.com for an up-to-date listing of supported systems. |
Additional Optional Features
*Field upgradeable options |
Markets and Applications
General Access Control
- Employee badges
Retail/Hospitality
- Membership cards
- Events and season passes
- Guest and passenger cards
- Food safety labeling
Education
- Access control cards for identification and facility access for K-12 and higher education campuses
