Description

Zebra Mini Industrial Barcode Printer ZT230

Zebra incorporated extensive customer feedback, as well as the legacy of our industry-leading Stripe and S4M printers, to create the new ZT230 Series family of printers with an elegant space-saving design, effortless setup, intuitive user operation, and ease of service and maintenance.

Industry
Government
Healthcare
Manufacturing
Consumer Goods
Transportation & Logistics

Used For:
•    Asset Management
•    Cross Docking
•    Inventory Management
•    Lab Sample Tracking
•    Receiving/Shipping
•    Reverse Logistics
•    Work-in-Process Tracking
•    Compliance Labelling
•    Information Labels
•    Medical Record Labelling
•    Order Labeling
•    Prescription Labelling
•    Quality Control

Standard Features
•    Print Methods: Direct thermal and Thermal Transfer (optional)
•    Resolution: 203 dpi

More Standard Features
•    Element Energy Equalizer™ (E3®) for superior print quality
•    USB 2.0 and RS-232 serial ports
•    Dual media sensors – transmissive and reflective sensing technology, selectable through software or front panel
•    Media supply hanger designed for 1″ (25mm) through 3″ (76mm) core diameters
•    Side loading metal print mechanism with head open lock
•    Link-OS™ environment capable

Printer Specifications
Resolution: 203 dpi (8 dots/mm)
300 dpi (12 dots/mm)
Memory: 128MB Flash, 128MB RAM
Print width: 4.09″/104 mm
Print length: 203 dpi: 157″/3,988 mm and 300dpi: 73″/1854 mm (optional)
Print speed: 203 dpi:
6″ (152 mm)/sec
300 dpi:
6″ (152 mm)/sec
Media sensors Reflective, Transmissive

Media Characteristics
Maximum label and liner width: 4.50″/114 mm
Minimum label and liner width: 0.75″ (19.4 mm)
Maximum non-continuous label length: 39″/991 mm
Maximum Media Roll Size:
•    8.0″ (203 mm) O.D. on a 3″ (76 mm) I.D. core
•    6.0″ (152 mm) O.D. on a 1″ (25 mm) I.D. core
Media thickness: 0.003″/0.076 mm to 0.010″/0.25 mm
Media types: continuous, die-cut, notch, black mark

Ribbon Characteristics
Outside diameter: 300m = 2.7″/68.6 mm; 450m = 3.2″/81.3 mm
Standard length: 984’/300 m or 1476’/450 m
Ribbon width: 1.57″/40 mm to 4.33″/110 mm
Ribbon setup: Ribbon wound ink-side out
ID Core: 1.0″ (25.4 mm)

Operating Characteristics
Operating temperature TT: Operating temperature: 40° F (5° C) to 104° F (40° C)
Thermal transfer DT: Operating temperature 32° F (0° C) to 104° F (40° C) Direct thermal Storage temperatures: -40° F (-40° C) to 140° F (60° C)
Operating humidity: 20% to 85% non-condensing
Storage humidity: 5% to 85% non-condensing
Energy Star certified universal auto-ranging (PFC-compliant) power supply 100-240VAC; 47-63 HZ. Not 90–265VAC; 48–62Hz
Agency approvals
•    IEC 60950
•    EN 55022 Class B
•    EN55024
•    EN 61000-3-2
•    EN 61000-3-3

Physical Characteristics
Width: 9.5″/242 mm
Height: 10.9″ (277 mm)
Depth: 17″ (432 mm)
Weight: 20 lbs (9.1 kg)
Shipping weight: 25 lbs (11.4 kg)

Related Products
Options
Factory Installed Printer Options
•    Thermal Transfer Core-to-Core Ribbon Handling System
•    Print head 300 dpi (12 dots/mm)
•    A front mount, passive peel option, w/ no take-up spindle
•    A front mount guillotine cutter
•    Liner Take-Up for ZT230 only rewinds entire 8″ roll of the liner (includes peel option)
Field Installed Printer Options
•    Additional scalable and smooth bitmapped fonts available
•    Print head 300 dpi (12 dots/mm)
•    A front mount, passive peeler
•    A front mount guillotine cutter
•    Internal parallel port option
•    ZebraNet 10/100 Print Server – supports 10/100 Ethernet networks internally integrated option that enables the use of ZebraLink Webview and Alert features.
•    ZebraNet n Printer Server – supports 802.11 a/b/g/n networks via an internally integrated option
•    Real-Time Clock (RTC) –date/time for standalone applications
•    Keyboard Display Unit (KDU) option – Enter variable data and retrieve stored forms for standalone applications (requires a null modem adapter with DB9 serial cable).
Communication and Interface Capabilities
•    Internal parallel port option
•    ZebraNet® 10/100 Print Server – supports 10/100 Ethernet networks internally integrated option that enables the use of ZebraLink Webview and Alert features.
•    ZebraNet® n Printer Server – supports 802.11 a/b/g/n networks via an internally integrated option.

Programming Languages
Core programming languages: ZPL I/ZPL II

barcodes/Symbologies
barcode modulus “X” dimension:
– Picket fence (non-rotated) orientation:
203 dpi = 4.9 mil to 49 mil
300 dpi = 3.3 mil to 33 mil
– Ladder (rotated) orientation:
203 dpi = 4.9 mil to 49 mil
300 dpi = 3.9 mil to 39 mil
barcode ratios – 2:1, 7:3, 5:2, & 3:1
Linear barcodes: Code 11, Code 39, Code 93, Code 128 with subsets A/B/C and UCC Case Codes, ISBT-128, UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, EAN-13, UPC and EAN 2-or 5-digit extensions, Plessey, Postnet, Standard 2-of-5, Industrial 2-of-5, Interleaved 2-of-5, Logmars, MSI, Codabar and Planet Code
2-dimensional barcodes: Codablock, PDF417, Code 49, DataMatrix, MaxiCode, QR Code, TLC 39, MicroPDF, RSS-14 (and composite), Aztec

Fonts and Graphics
•    Fonts A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, and GS are expandable up to 10 times, height and width independently. However, fonts E and H (OCR-A and OCR-B) are not considered ―in-spec” when expanded.
•    The scalable smooth font 0 (CG Triumvirate™ Bold Condensed) is expandable on a dot-by-dot basis, height and width independent, while maintaining smooth edges. The maximum character size depends on available memory.
•    IBM Code Page 850 international character sets are available in the fonts A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and 0 through software control.