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Zebra Orion 2443 Direct Thermal Barcode Label Printer
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The Orion printers (formerly Eltron) are the newest generation of Zebra's 4-inch printer family. With its openACCESS design, loading label media into the Orion is by far the simplest in the world. The double-walled, enclosure is designed to be extra durable without adding weight and bulkiness. The Orion comes standard with firmware capable of 2D bar codes (PDF-417 & MaxiCode) and with CAL tools for Windows label design software.

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!

Basic Specifications:
Print speed of up to 2.5 ips, 203 dpi, 5.0 inch OD roll capacity, 512KB Flash and 256 KB SRAM memory standard, up to 11-inch labels.

Main Target Markets:

Transportation: shipping, delivery

Manufacturing: shipping & receiving, warehouse management, item tracking, factory floor collection

Retail: point of sale, shelf labeling, price marking

Advantages of the Orion Printer:

OpenACCESS design for ease of loading

Flash memory for firmware, forms, graphics and font storage

User upgradeable firmware (downloadable)

2.5 inches per second print speed

Double buffering for faster throughput

Double-wall design for added durability

RS-232 (serial) and Centronics (parallel) standard

11 inch long labels standard

Features:
OpenACCESS design for easy loading, Flash memory for easy firmware upgrades, European Code pages

Included with the Printer:
Windows Drivers, CAL tools for Windows Label Design Software

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, 3.53, 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 93

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°, 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 and 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: 0.0007" (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

Mechanical:

Width: 6.70" (170mm)

Depth: 8.50" (216mm)

Height: 6.60" (167mm)

Weight: 3 lbs. (1.4kgs)

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™

Number	Description	List Price-- Call for discount price!
2443-20310-0000	Orion 2443 Direct Thermal 4" Printer, 203 dpi, 5" media roll, 512K flash memory & 256K image buffer, Ser/Par Interface	$595.00
2443-20311-0000	Orion 2443 Direct Thermal with Label Dispenser	$630.00

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