Evolis Zenius Smart Card Printer

User-friendly, compact and cost-effective solution

The Zenius printer is designed for single-sided printing and encoding of any type of plastic cards.

Zenius generates color or monochrome cards, individually or in small runs, with top quality results.

Zenius is ideal for instant issuance of single sided cards:

Employee badges

Access control badges

Membership cards

Loyalty cards / gift cards

Transit passes

Eco-design

As part of our eco-design system aimed at reducing the environmental footprint of our products, Evolis:

uses recycled materials in the manufacture of our printers and consumables whenever possible,

designs compact and lightweight printers to reduce CO2 emissions from transportation and packaging,

reduces the power consumption of its printers through a very economical hibernation mode.

General features

Single-sided printing module

Edge-to-edge printing

Color dye sublimation, monochrome thermal transfer

300 dpi print head (11.8 dots/mm)

16MB memory (RAM)

Printing performances

Color (YMCKO): 120 - 150 cards/hour1

Monochrome: 400 - 500 cards/hour

Optional features

Colors available: fire red & grey brown

Expert version: Ethernet TCP-IP, encoding modules as options

Additional encoding modules

Available modules:

Magnetic stripe encoder ISO 7811 HiCo/LoCo, JIS2

Smart contact station ISO 7816-2

Contact smart card encoder - PS/SC, EMV 2000-1

Contactless smart card encoder - ISO 14443A, B, ISO15693, Mifare, DesFire, HID iCLASS

Other specific encoders upon request

Internal USB or IP ports

Options can be combined

Factory-installed or installed on-site

Interfaces

USB (1.0, 1.1, 2.0, 3.0)

Ethernet TCP-IP 10BaseT, 100BaseT (Traffic Led) on the Expert version

Safety

Support for Kensington® security lock

Data encryption for magnetic encoding

Display

Printer LEDs

Graphical notifications from the printer2: cleaning alerts, empty/low level ribbon alert, etc.

Card management and specifications

Choice of automated or manual feeding

Feeder capacity: 50 cards (0.76 mm - 30 mil)

Output hopper capacity: 20 cards (0.76 mm - 30 mil)

Card thickness: 0.25 to 0.76 mm (10 to 30 mil), gauge adjustment

Card types:

PVC cards

Composite PVC cards

PET cards

ABS cards1

Special varnished cards1

Card format: ISO CR80 - ISO 7810 (53.98 mm x 85.60 mm)

Evolis High Trust® ribbons

To maximize the quality and durability of printed cards, the lifespan of the print head and the overall printer reliability, use Evolis High Trust® ribbons.

Automatic identification and setting

Delivered in a drop-in cassette for easy handling

Ribbon saver for monochrome printing

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RibbonsRibbon capacities

YMCKO200 prints / roll

½ YMCKO400 prints / roll

KO600 prints / roll

Black monochrome ribbon2000 prints / roll

Other monochrome ribbons1000 prints / roll

Hologram varnish400 prints / roll

Software

Delivered with Evolis Premium Suite® for Windows®: 

Printer driver

Evolis Print Center for printer administration and settings

Evolis Printer Manager for graphical notification3

24/7 online support

Compatible with Windows®: XP SP3 32/64, Vista 32/64, W7 32/64, W8 32/64

Delivered with cardPresso XXS Lite for designing and editing badges:

Internal database up to 50 records

Signature acquisition (compatible with Evolis Sig100 and Sig200 signature pads)

Operating systems:

- Windows®: XP SP3 32/64, Vista 32/64, W7 32/64, W8 32/64

- Mac OS X (Intel® processor) Delivered with a driver for Mac OS X

Delivered with a driver for Mac OS X (from 10.5 onwards)

Linux OS upon request

Eco-friendly design, certifications and statement of compliance

Standby, sleep modes & reduced energy consumption

CE, FCC, IEC, VCCI, CCC, KCC

RoHS

Power

Power supply: 100-240 Volts AC, 50-60 Hz, 1.8 A

Printer : 24 Volts DC, 3 A

Operating environment

Min/max operating temperature: 15° / 30° C (59° / 86° F)

Humidity: 20% to 65% non-condensing

Min/max storage temperature: -5° / +70° C (23° / 158° F)

Storage humidity: 20% to 70% non-condensing

Operating ventilation: open air

Sound (evaluated according to the ISO 7779 standard)

Sound pressure in assistant position LpAm (color mode YMCKO):

When operating: 46dB (A)

In sleep mode: background noise level

Packaging content

Printer

CD-ROM with printer drivers, user manuals

Cleaning kit

USB cable

Power supply and cord

Size and weight

Size (H x W x D): 195 x 205 x 315 mm (7.68’’ x 8.07’’ x 12.4’’)

Weight: 3.3kg (7.3lbs)