Zebra Announces the P630i® Dual-sided Printer with Single-Sided, Waste-Free Lamination
Engineered for Enhanced Reliability and Performance
August 21st, 2007 — Zebra Technologies (NASDAQ: ZBRA), a worldwide leader in card printing and barcode labeling solutions, today announced the Zebra P630i® desktop plastic card printer/encoder, the most affordable addition to Zebra’s field-proven security line of card printers. The P630i prints full-color ID cards and applies a 1.0-mil laminate to one side of each card, creating tamper-resistant credentials that last five years or more. Zebra’s patented liner-less lamination significantly reduces the cost of laminate material, is highly reliable and environmentally friendly.
Zebra security card printers have printed tens of millions of secure IDs for government and commercial organisations in more than 50 countries. Building upon this proven performance, the Zebra P630i utilises customisable printing features and supplies to dependably meet the secure ID needs of government agencies, corporations, educational institutions and retail environments.
“Organisations issuing millions of secure credentials need high reliability and low cost-per-card,” explained Bob Anderson, director of worldwide marketing for Zebra Card Printer Solutions. “The P630i is now the most reliable, cost effective and environmentally friendly security card printer in its class and price range.”
Innovative Design, Increased Security
To provide high card issuance security for the entire card printing process, the Zebra P630i has printer security features. Zebra’s optional ID/key feature prevents unauthorised printer usage, and the ID Log software builds a customisable record of card transactions in the printer’s host computer, inhibiting access to the database to create fraudulent cards. For the ID cards produced on the P630i, the level of card security (tamper resistance and counterfeit resistance) is determined primarily by the choice of which Zebra secure supplies (ribbons, laminates and cards) are used.
A wide range of card encoding options is available with the P630i. Users can encode magnetic stripes and encode/read ISO 7816 contact smart chips (the most common contact smart card standard) using factory-installed encoding options. Integrated contact-less smart card encoder options will be available later in 2007.
In addition to the standard USB interface, the P630i offers built-in Ethernet connectivity as a factory-installed or field upgradeable option, allowing remote printing and remote card encoding.
For IT compatibility, Zebra i Series WindowsÒ drivers work with MicrosoftÒ WindowsÒ 2000, 2003 and XP to provide plug-and-play operation.
Product Availability
The P630i is available immediately.
