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Zebra - 160S
Industrial strength and versatility in a budget-sensitive, all-metal printer.
Industrial strength and versatility in a budget-sensitive, all-metal direct thermal and thermal transfer label printer.

Key features:

• Prints 6" wide by 4" long applications (152mm by 1022mm) without the need to rotate the label or the bar code.
• Higher-volume label rolls reduce media reloading downtime, increase productivity.
• Numerous symbologies and fonts are standard.  Handles common printing requirements as well as two-dimensional codes like PDF417, Maxicode, and Code 49.  Support for True-Type fonts gives you more creative options than ever.
• Reflective and transmissive media sensors provide compatibility with applications that require black mark or web sensing.  You get properly aligned bar code labels, regardless of media. 

Common Applications:

• Compliance labeling  (AIAG, ODETTE, etc.)
• Product packaging
• Inventory labels
• Automated shipping labels
• Logistics management

Reliability:   The Zebra Advantage

For nearly 30 years, every Zebra printer has been designed, engineered and constructed with quality and durability in mind.  This ongoing dedication to excellence is how we've earned our reputation for proven reliability. 

Your Zebra printer will deliver the results you expect:  enhanced productivity, minimal maintenance, and a lower cost of ownership.  We even back up every product with a 12-month printer warranty and 6-month printhead warranty, with no limitation on inches printed. 

Zebra Service & Support

Owning a Zebra printer opens the door to a myriad of resources, giving you ready access to information, advice and answers. 

• Superior documentation
• Dedicated technical support line
• Worldwide network of certified service providers

Expert assistance is as close as your phone or fax.  And with Zebra's Internet Product Support (ZIP Support), interactive technical support is only a click away.   All day, every day.

Printer Specifications

• Thin film printhead with Energy Control
• Thermal transfer or direct thermal printing: 203.2 dot-per-inch resolution
   (8 dot-per-mm)
• Maximum print width: 6.3" (160mm)

Media Specifications

• Minimum label width: 2.0" (50.8mm)
• Maximum label width: 7.2" (182.9mm)
• Maximum label length:
   Standard Memory: 9.5" (241mm)
   1MB = 25" (635 mm)
• Minimum label length:
   Tear-off mode: .63" (16mm)
   Rewind mode: .75" (19mm)
   Peel-off mode: .75" (19mm)
• Total thickness: .003" (.076mm) to .012" (.3mm)
• Label roll diameter: 8.0" (203mm) maximum
• Core diameter: 3.0" (75mm)
• Reflective sensing (Black mark)
• Transmissive sensing: (Label gap, notch)

Memory

• 1 MB standard RAM

Ribbons

• Outside diameter: 3.2" (81mm)
• Should be at least as wide as media
• Minimum width: 2.0" (50.8mm)
• Maximum width: 6.89" (175mm)

Print Speeds

• Programmable constant print speeds of 2" (51mm), 3" (76mm), 4" (102mm), 5" (127mm) and 6" (152mm) per second

Zebra Programming Language (ZPL II or ZPL)

ZPL II or ZPL selectable through software

Fonts

Standard fonts: expandable up to 10 times height and width independent

• 7 bitmapped, 1 scalable (CG Triumvirate Bold Condensed)
• IBM  Code Page 850 multilingual character set

Font options: All available on EPROM as scalable or smooth bitmapped fonts in standard, bold, italic and bold italic

• Futura, CG Triumvirate Condensed, CG Palacio, CG Times or Univers fonts

Bar Codes/Symbologies

• Code 11
• Code 39
• Code 93
• Code 128
• Codabar
• ISBT 128
• UPC-A, UPC-E
• EAN-8, EAN-13
• Plessey
• Interleaved 2 of 5
• Standard 2 of 5
• Industrial 2 of 5
• LOGMARS
• Postnet
• AN and UPC with 2 or 5 digit supplements
• MSI

2-Dimensional Codes

• CODABLOCK
• Maxi Code
• PDF417
• QR Code
• Code 49
• Datamatrix

Electrical

• Selectable 110, 120, 230 or 240 VAC (50/60Hz)
• 110 or 230 VAC +/- 15%; 48-62 Hz; 5a @ 115V, 3A @ 230V

Communications Interface

• RS-232/422 serial port
• Parity, data bits, XON-XOFF/DTR Protocol set by DIP switches
• 110-19,200 BAUD

Physical

• Height: 15.4" (391.2mm)
• Width: 13.1" (332.7mm)
• Depth: 18.9" (480.0mm)
• Weight without options: 55 lbs. (24.9kg)

Environment

• Operating temperture: 41°F (5°C) to 104°F (40°C)
• Operating humidity 20-85% non-condensing
• Storage/transportation: -40°F (-40°C) to 158°F (70°C), 5% to 85% noncondensing R.H

Options

• Label peel and liner rewind (for immediate application)
• Rewind (Full label roll is rewound internally)
• Fan-fold bin (internal mounting)
• Scalable and smooth bitmapped fonts

Specifications subject to change without notice.