170PAX4 Information

• Standard Features
• Optional Features
• Printing Specifications
• Media Specifications
• Ribbon Specifications
• Font Specifications
• Barcode Symbologies & Specifications
• Zebra Programming Language^® (ZPL^® and ZPL II^®)
• Communications Specifications
• Electrical Specifications
• Physical Specifications
• Environmental Specifications and Print Orientation

Standard Features

• Available in Right or Left Hand Configurations
• Available in 203 or 300 DPI Print Resolution
• Embedded ZebraLink* WebView*, Alerts*, and ZBI features (*requires optional ZebraNet Print Server)
• Real-time clock
• Applicator interface
• Communications via serial RS-232/422/485 and bi-directional parallel port with auto detect
• Full Function front panel and multilingual back-lit LCD display with user programmable password protection
• Thin Film print head with E³ Element Energy Control
• Dual media sensors, Transmissive and reflective, selectable through software or front panel
• ZPL or ZPL II Programming language, selectable through software or front panel
• Fast 32 bit 133 MHz RISC processor
• 10MB DRAM
• Flash memory, including 1.5MB non-volatile memory storage for downloadable objects
• Type II Series C & D PC Card Interface, memory only
• Print methods: Thermal transfer or direct thermal
• Industrial, all-metal construction

Optional Features

• Additional fonts available
• UNICODE
• WGL4 through Swiss 721
• Firmware Support for Downloadable TrueType Fonts

• Media type: continuous, die-cut, or black mark
• Media width (label and liner):
  • 3"/ 76mm to 7.1"/180mm
• Minimum label length: *
  • Applicator Mode: 3.0" (76.2mm); 1.0" with backfeed off
  • Rewind mode: 1.0" (25.4mm)
  • Tear-off mode: 3.0" (76.2mm); 1.0" with backfeed off
• Media thickness (label and liner):
  • 0.003" (0.076mm) to 0.012" (0.305mm)
• Maximum full-width media thickness for cutter: 0.18mm (0.007")
• Transmissive (gap) sensing standards:
  • Interlabel gap: 2 - 4mm, preferably 3mm
  • Sensing notch: 0.25"W (6mm) x 0.12"L (3mm)
  • Sensing hole: 0.125" (3mm) diameter
• Reflective (black mark) sensing standards:
  • Black mark length (parallel to inside media edge): 0.12" - 0.43" (3 - 11mm)
  • Black mark width (perpendicular to inside media edge): 0.43" (> 11mm)
  • Black mark location: within 0.040" (1mm) of inside media edge:
  • Black mark density: >1.0 Optical Density Units (ODU)
  • Maximum media density: 0.5 ODU

*Media registration and minimum label length are affected by media type and width, ribbon type, and print speed. Performance improves as these factors are optimized. Zebra recommends always qualifying any application with thorough testing.

• Ribbon width: 3"/ 76mm to 7.1"/180mm
• Standard Lengths: 2,995'/900m capacity
• Maximum ribbon roll size:
  • 4"/101.6mm O.D. on a 1"/25.4mm I.D. core
• Ribbon wound coated-side out

† U - Uppercase L - Lowercase D - Descenders

• Bitmap fonts A through H and GS symbols are expandable up to 10 times, height and width independent Standard Fonts: 7 bitmapped, 1 smooth scalable (CG Triumvirate™ Bold Condensed)
• Smooth scalable font Ø (CG Triumvirate Bold Condensed)
• IBM Code Page 850 International Characters

Bar code ratios: 2:1, 7:3, 5:2, and 3:1

Linear bar codes: Code11, Code 39, Code 93, Code 128 with subsets A/B/C and UCC Case Codes, Codabar, 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 and Planet Code.

2-dimensional bar codes: Codablock, PDF-417, Micro PDF, Code 49, DataMatrix, Maxi Code, QR Code and TLC 39 (on X.11).

Zebra Programming Language ® (ZPL ® and ZPL II ® )

• Communicates in printable ASCII characters
• Compatible with mainframe, mini, and PC hosts
• Downloadable objects include graphics, scalable and bitmap fonts, label templates and formats
• Object copying between memory areas (RAM and PC memory card)
• Adjustable print cache (^COY)
• Data compression
• Automatic memory allocation for format while printing
• Automatic serialization of fields (^SN and ^SF)
• Format inversion (white on black) (^FR and ^LR)
• Mirror-image printing (^PM)
• Four position field rotation (0º, 90º, 180º, 270º) (^FW)
• Slew command (^PF and ^PH)
• Programmable label quantities with print, pause, cut control (^PQ)
• User programmable password (^KP)
• Status messages to host upon request (~HS)
• ZBI™ (Zebra BASIC Interpreter) - accessible on Z4M: (^JI and ~JI)
  • Interpreting program module that sits between the communication ports and the ZPLII processing engine
  • Can be used to convert non-ZPL printer programming language to ZPL commands
  • Direct interface to peripheral devices such as bar-code scanners, weight scales, and keyboards
  • Based on ANSI BASIC computer language

• ZebraNet ® PrintServer II interface Ethernet network (10BASE-T)
• High-speed bi-directional parallel interface
• High-speed serial interfaces:
  • RS-232C and RS422 with DB25F connector
  • RS-485 with multi-drop capability to network multiple printers from a single host
  • Configurable baud rate (110 - 57.6kB), parity, data bits, and stop bits
  • Software (XON/XOFF) or hardware (DTR/DSR) communication handshake protocols
• IBM ® Twinax interface - emulates IBM System 3X and AS/400 printers (Option)
• IBM Coax interface - emulates IBM System 3270 printers (Option)
• Applicator interface with DB15F connector (Option)

• Universal power supply with power-factor correction 90-264VAC, 48-62 Hz
• Power Consumption:
  • Idle = 19W
  • Printing = 220W (printing pause test label at speed A)
• Agency approvals: Agency approvals: UL 1950 3rd edition, CSA 22.2 950-95, EN60950 (IE 950), FCC (Class A), DOC (Class A), EN55022 (CISPR) (Class A), EN50082-2, AS/NZS 3548

• Operating environment: 
  • Thermal transfer = 41º to 104ºF (5º to 40ºC) 
  • Thermal direct = 32º to 104ºF (0º to 40ºC) 
    • 20% to 85% non-condensing R.H
• Storage/Transportation environment:
  • 40º to 140ºF (-40º to 60ºC) 
  • 5% to 85% non-condensing R.H.

Print Orientation

- Normal position (x and z axis parallel to the ground, y axis running upward away from the ground)
- Nose up position (x and y axis parallel to the ground, z axis running downward toward the ground)
- Nose down position (x and y axis parallel to the ground, z axis running upward away from the ground)
- Bottom up position (x and z axis parallel to the ground, y axis running downward toward the ground)
- Spindles up position (y and z axis parallel to the ground, x axis running upward away from the ground)

• 203 dpi resolution (8 dots/mm) 12ips maximum print speed
  • Dot size (W x L): 0.0049" x 0.0049" (0.125mm x 0.125mm)
  • Pitch: 8.0 dots/mm
• 300 dpi resolution (12 dots/mm) 8ips maximum print speed
  • Dot size (W x L): 0.0033" x 0.0039" (0.84mm x 0.10mm)
  • Pitch: 11.8 dots/mm
• First dot location measured from inside (frame) media edge:
  • Right-Hand = 0.093" +/-0.035" (2.4mm +/-0.89mm)
  • Left-Hand = 0.093" +/-0.035" (2.4mm +/-0.89mm)
• Maximum print width: 6.6" (168mm)
• Maximum non-continuous media print length (300 dpi):
  • 4MB memory = 39" (990mm)
  • 12MB = 39" (990mm)
• Maximum continuous media print length (300 dpi):
  • 4MB memory = 41" (1041mm)
  • 12MB = 105" (2667mm)
• Maximum non-continuous media print length (203 dpi):
  • 4MB memory = 39" (990mm)
  • 12MB = 39" (990mm)
• Maximum continuous media print length (203 dpi):
  • 4MB memory = 90" (2286mm)
  • 12MB = 155" (3937mm)
• Media registration tolerance: *
  • Vertical = < +/-0.040" (+/-1.0mm)
  • On concurrent labels in "Applicator" mode
  • Horizontal = < +/-0.040" (+/-1.0mm)
• Programmable print speeds:
  • 203dpi - 2.4" (61mm) through 12" (305mm) per second in 1" increments
  • 300dpi - 2.4" (61mm) through 8" (203mm) per second in 1" increments

*Media registration and minimum label length are affected by media type and width, ribbon type, and print speed. Performance improves as these factors are optimized. Zebra recommends always qualifying any application with thorough testing.

• Height: 11.8" (300mm)
• Width: 9.6" (245mm)
• Depth: 18.3" (465mm)
• Weight: 35.5lbs (16.1 kg)