ELTRON - Orion
Easy Label Loading First Time Every Time.

The best in quality, price and performance matched with uncomplicated design features make the Orion™ Eltron's third successful generation of desktop bar code printers. Ideal for all desktop bar code printing applications and user levels, the Orion's innovative open-access print head design allows easy cleaning and prevents label jams while the self-centering label roll holder makes label loading simple the first time and every time.

With advanced electronic components that offer continuous printing of variable field labels at 2.5 inches-per-second (64 mm) print speed, 512KB Flash memory and 256KB SRAM (upgradable to 2.5MB Flash and 512 SRAM), the Orion can also download and store formats, soft fonts and graphics for on-demand customized labels.

Designed for use in many applications, including:

• Shipping and receiving labeling
• Retail UPC and EAN labeling
• Inventory and laboratory specimen labeling

All for a price far below other thermal label printers!

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All Eltron printers are built to tough ISO 9002 standards.

General Specifications

• 512KB Flash and 256KB SRAM standard
• Expandable to 2.5MB Flash and 512KB SRAM
• Media sensor for black marks, see through, die cut labels and label out Easy-to-load "clam shell" design
• Easy-to-use EPL2 command language
• Batch or on-demand printing
• Graphics, line and box drawing features, .PCX bit map supported
• Page print mode for label printing
• LED and feed key, Ready Error Indicator
• Prints text, graphics and bar codes in four directions: 0°, 90°, 180°, and 270° Line box and graphics drawing features
• Diagnostics and configuration printout and ASCII dump
• Software and Drivers
• Create-A-Label Tools™
• Windows™ driver, 3.xx, Windows 95™, NT, 3.51, NT 4.0>

Printing

• Direct thermal printing
• Selectable print speeds from 1 to 2.5 inches per second
• 203 dots per inch (8dots/mm) print resolution
• Maximum standard print width: 4.09" (104mm)>
• Maximum standard print length: 11.0" (279mm) 4" x 11.0" label
• Maximum expanded memory print length: 22.0" (559mm) 4" x 22" label
• Minimum print length: 0.5" (13mm)

Bar Codes

• Code 39
• Code 913
• Code 128 UCC (Shipping Container Code)
• EAN 128
• Code 128 subsets A, B, and C
• Codabar
• Interleaved 2 of 5
• UPC-A, UPC-E, 2 & 5 digit add-on
• EAN-8, EAN-13, 2 & 5 digit add-on
• POSTNET
• German Postal Code
• MaxiCode
• PDF-417
• Selectable bar code height and human readable
• Bar codes with or without human readable text
• Bar codes can be printed four directions: 0°, 90°, 180° and 270°

Standard Fonts

• International character sets available
• Five resident fonts available from 8 pt. to 48 pt., all fonts expandable
• up to 8 times vertically and horizontally
• Soft fonts can be down-loaded from Create-A-Label Tools™ and
• Create-A-Label 3. Fonts can be printed in four directions: 0°, 90°, 180°, 270° All fonts can be printed in normal or reverse, zero-slash font, supports
• line/box draw
• Downloadable .PCX graphics
• Media Sensing
• Reflective sensor for black marks and transmissive sensor for punched
• holes and die cut labels

Media

• Type: Roll-fed, die-cut, continuous fan-fold labels, linerless media and
• continuous receipt paper
• Material: direct thermal sensitive labels or receipt paper
• Maximum media width: 4.25" (108mm), 2.25" (57mm) for tag stock
• Minimum media width: 1" (25.4mm)
• Maximum media thickness: 0.007" (0.18mm)
• Minimum media thickness: 0.003" (0.08mm)
• Maximum roll capacity: 5.00" (127mm) O.D. on a 1.0" (25mm),
• 1.25" (32mm), or 1.75" (45mm) core
• Label back-up capacity
• Media out top-of-form sensor
• Tear bar standard

Communications Interface

• RS232C
• Default baud rate: 9600 bits/second (range 1,200-19,200)
• Xon/Xoff or DTR/DSR flow control, software selectable (default-9,600, n, 8, 1)
• Parallel (Centronics Type 36 pin connector)

Mechanical

• Width: 6.70" (170mm)
• Depth: 8.50" (216mm)
• Height: 6.60" (167mm)
• Weight: 3 lbs (1.4kgs)

Electrical

• Nominal Voltage:
• (Linear) 120V (60Hz), range 96V-132V (AC)
• (Linear) 240V (50Hz), range 192V-264V (AC)
• Complies with FCC Class A and CE requirements;
• Meets UL, CUL, TUV requirements

Environmental

• Operating temperature: 40°F to 105°F (5°C to 40°C)
• Storage temperature: -40°F to 140°F (-40°C to 60°C)
• Humidity: 10% to 90% non-condensing

Options

• Label dispense mode
• Paper cutter
• External rewind
• External roll holder
• Keyboard Display Unit (KDU)
• Twinax converter
• Linerless printing
• Create-A-Label 3 DOS™
• Create-A-Label 3 Windows™