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Zebra ZQ520 Portable Barcode Printer

Zebra ZQ520 Portable Barcode Printer

Extreme environments and bangs and bumps are no match for these lightweight, compact printers. Zebra's ZQ520 printers are the most rugged printers available. They perform in the widest operating temperature range in the industry and can withstand repeated drops to concrete from up to 6.6 feet. Water spray is no match with their IP54 rating.
  • Apple iOS, Android, Windows Mobile and BlackBerry connectivity
  • Direct thermal printing
  • 4" print width
  • 203 dpi resolution
  • Print speed up to 5" per second
  • IP Rating: IP54
  • Tolerance of multiple drops from 6.6' to concrete
  • XML support
  • Resident fixed and scalable fonts
  • 400 MHz 32-bit ARM processor with 256 MB RAM (8 MB available for user applications)
  • 512 MB Flash supports downloadable programs, receipt formats, fonts and graphics (64 MB available for user storage)
  • USB on-to-go ports and Bluetooth connectivity
  • 2600 mAh removable Lithium-ion smart battery, with optional extended battery
  • Built-in battery charger
  • Center-loading media locking for variable roll widths
  • Printer can be used in any orientation
  • Label odometer
  • Real-time clock

STANDARD FEATURES

  • Apple® iOS, Android™, Windows® Mobile and BlackBerry® connectivity
  • Direct thermal printing of barcodes, text and graphics
  • 203 dpi resolution (8 dots per mm)
  • Print speed up to 5"/127 mm per second (with draft mode enabled)

More Standard Features
  • CPCL and ZPL® programming languages
  • XML support
  • Resident fixed and scalable fonts
  • 400 MHz 32-bit ARM® processor with 256 MB RAM (8 MB available for user applications)
  • 512 MB Flash supports downloadable programs, receipt formats, fonts and graphics (64 MB available for user storage)
  • USB on-to-go ports (with optional strain relief cable)
  • 2600 mAH removable Li-Ion smart battery, with optional extended battery
  • Built-in battery charger
  • Black mark and gap media sensing using fixed center position sensors
  • Optional linerless platen
  • Cold Temperature Compensation mode–optimizes/balances print speeds to allow for better print performance at lower temps
  • Dual-sided tear bar which allows for clean tear in either direction (not available with linerless SKUs)
  • Supports vertical and horizontal printing
  • Printer can be used in any orientation
  • Center-loading media locking for variable roll widths
  • “Clamshell” design for easy media loading
  • Management: Mirror, SNMP, Web server, Profile Manager, AirWatch®and Wavelink Avalanche®
  • Bluetooth® 4.0 Smart Ready Low Energy radio 
  • Simple easy-to-read LCD with large icons for battery and wireless status
  • Tolerance of multiple drops from 6.6' (2 m) to concrete
  • Label odometer
  • Real-time clock
  • QR code links to web-based help pages; not displayed on LCD
  • Semi-sleep/instant-on mode – which allows the printer to “wake” on touch (Wake on BT only supported in BT 4.0 radio), or on Bluetooth print job transmission
  • Zebra Print Touch™ simplifies Bluetooth pairing and launches web-based help pages with Near Field Communication (NFC) enabled devices
  • Power Smart Print Technology – anticipates upcoming printing to optimize battery consumption and print speed

Printer Specifications

Resolution: 203 dpi resolution (8 dots/mm)

Memory: 64 MB available for user storage

Maximum print width: 4.09"/104 mm

Maximum Print Length: 39"

Print Speed: Up to 5"/127mm per second


Operating Characteristics

Environmental 

  • Operating Temperature: -4° to 131°F (-20° to 55°C) 
  • Charging Temperature: 32° to 104°F (0° to 40°C) 
  • Cradle Temperature: 32° to 122°F (0° to 50°C) 
  • Storage Temperature: -22° to 150°F (-30° to 66°C)

Relative Humidity: 

  • Operation: 10% to 90% non-condensing 
  • Storage: 10% to 90% non-condensing 

IP Rating: IP54 (IP65 with exoskeleton)


Agency Approvals
  • Emissions: FCC Part 15, Subpart B, EN55022 Class-B, EN60950, EN55024 and VCCI class B
  • Susceptibility: EN55024, EN61000-4-2, EN61000-4-3, EN61000-4-4, and EN61000-4-5
  • Safety: CE, UL, TUV, CSA

Media Characteristics

Maximum Media Width: 4.45" (113 mm + 1 mm)

Maximum Media Roll OD: 2.24" (57 mm)

Maximum Media Thickness: 0.0063" (0.1600 mm) for labels and 0.0055″ (0.1397 mm) for tag/receipt

Media Types: Receipt, Gap/Black mark Label, Tag


Physical Characteristics

6.2" (158 mm) H x 6.1" (155 mm) W x 2.6" (67 mm) D

Weight (w/battery): 1.73lbs (27.6oz)


Fonts/Graphics/Symbologies

CPCL Font Specifications:

  • Standard Fonts: 25 bitmapped, 1 smooth, scalable (CG Triumvirate Bold Condensed*)
  • Optional Fonts: downloadable bitmapped/scalable fonts
  • International Character Sets (optional): Chinese 16x16 (traditional), 16x16 (simplified), Japanese 16x16, 24x24; Korean Mincho
  • Scalable text feature
  • Standard resident fonts can be rotated in 90° increments
  • Supports user-defined fonts, graphics and logos
  • Text concatenation to assign different character styles
  • Allows text magnification 1-16 times the original size
  • Proportional and fixed-width fonts
  • CPCL Asian fonts are not supported 

CPCL Barcode Symbologies:

  • Barcode Ratios: 1.5:1, 2:1, 2.5:1, 3:1, 3.5:1
  • Linear Barcodes: Code 39, Code 93, UCC/EAN128, Code 128, Codabar (NW-7), Interleaved 2-of-5, UPC-A, UPC-E, 2 and 5 digit add-on, EAN-8, EAN-13, 2 and 5 digit add-on
  • 2-Dimensional: PDF417, MicroPDF417, MaxiCode, QR Code, GS1 / DataBar™ (RSS) family, Aztec, MSI/Plessey, FIM Postnet, Data Matrix, TLC39

ZPL Font Specifications:

  • Character Fonts: Standard bitmapped Zebra fonts: A, B, C, D, E (OCR-B), F, G, H, (OCR-A), GS, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V & Ø Smooth font (CG Triumvirate Bold Condensed)
  • Supports Unicode UTF-8, UTF-16, and several other single- and multi-byte international character sets (see ZPL programming guide for more details)
  • Supports user-defined fonts and graphics – including custom logos
  • Bitmap fonts are expandable up to 10 times, height and width independent. Fonts E and H (OCR-B and OCR-A), however, are not considered in spec when expanded.
  • Smooth scalable font Ø (CG Triumvirate Bold Condensed) is expandable dot-by-dot, height and width independent
  • Unicode Swiss 721 font available

ZPL Barcode Symbologies:

  • Barcode Ratios: 2:1, 3:1, 5:2, 7:3
  • Linear Barcodes: Code 11, Code 39, Code 93, Code 128, ISBT-128, UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, EAN-13, UPC-A and UPC-E with EAN 2 or 5 digit extensions, Planet Code, Plessey, POSTNET, Standard 2 of 5, Industrial 2 of 5, Interleaved 2 of 5, LOGMARS, MSI, Codabar, and GS1 DataBar (RSS)
  • 2-Dimensional: PDF417, MicroPDF-417, Code 49, TLC39, Maxicode, Codablock, Data Matrix, QR code, Aztec

ZPL Graphics

  • Lines, boxes (with optional rounded corners)
  • Circles, ellipses
  • Images (several different formats, see ZPL programming guide)
  • Compressed images

Communication and Interface Capabilities

Bluetooth 4.0 Smart Ready Low Energy Radio

  • “Made for iPod®/iPhone®/iPad®” (MFi) certified

ZebraNet® 802.11a/b/g/n radio (can be used simultaneously) with:

  • Wi-Fi® Certification
  • Security modes 1 – 4
  • WEP, TKIP and AES encryption
  • WPA and WPA2
  • 802.1x : EAP-FAST, EAP-TTLS, EAP-TLS, PEAP, LEAP
  • 802.11d and 802.11i
  • Key Bonding

ZBI 2.x™ – powerful programming language that lets printers run standalone applications, connect to peripherals, and much more

ESC-POS available via post-sale download 

Link-OS Software Solutions:

  • Profile Manager – Advanced, server based device management for networked printers, operates via a web browser interface
  • Cloud Connect – Secure, direct, encrypted and authenticated connections to the web for printing and device management
  • Virtual Devices – Use legacy and non-Zebra command languages to print labels and tags
  • Zebra Utilities – Print from iOS, Android, Windows Mobile devices
  • Print Station – Driverless printing from Android devices
  • AirWatch Connector – Manage from within the AirWatch environment
  • Mulitplatform Software Development Kit – Simplifies printing application development with support for Blackberry, Apple, Android, WinCE®, WinMobile®, Windows desktop and Linux/Unix platforms

ZebraLink™ Software Solutions:

  • Profile Manager – Advanced, server-based device management for networked printers, operates via a web browser interface
  • Cloud Connect – Secure, direct, encrypted and authenticated connections to the web for printing and device management
  • Virtual Devices – Use legacy and non-Zebra command languages to print labels and tags
  • Zebra Utilities – Print from iOS, Android, Windows Mobile devices
  • Print Station – Driverless printing from Android devices
  • AirWatch Connector – Manage from within the AirWatch environment
  • Mulitplatform Software Development Kit – Simplifies printing application development with support for Blackberry, Apple, Android, WinCE®, WinMobile®, Windows desktop and Linux/Unix platforms
  • Zebra Setup Utility – Single printer configuration utility; requires latest version of Zebra Driver 
  • ZebraDesigner™ Windows Driver – Microsoft certified for Windows Vista®, Windows 7, Windows 8 Windows 8.1, Windows 2008, and Windows 2012
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