Evolis ZENIUS User Manual

ZENIUS

THE COMPACT AND AGILE
CARD PRINTER

The Zenius printer is designed for single sided printing of a very large variety of plastic cards. Zenius
generates color or monochrome cards, individually or in small runs, with top quality results.
Zenius is a user-friendly, compact and cost-effective solution for delivering your personalized cards.

FLEXIBILITY

• With Zenius, you can choose to insert
your cards individually or with the
automatic feeder.

• The «Expert» version of Zenius features
combinable encoding functions:
magnetic encoding, contact and
contactless chips. It takes just a few
minutes to install these modules!

EASE OF USE

• With the Evolis Premium Suite®
software, you can receive notifications
and easily control the printer from your
computer.

• Evolis High Trust
install and automatically recognized and
set by the printer.

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ribbons are easy to

SMALL FOOTPRINT

• Hardly larger than a standard sheet
of paper, Zenius fits perfectly into
any environment, be it the office or a
customer service counter.

• Zenius is an eco-designed printer: very
efficient sleep mode and low energy
consumption.

205 mm (8.07’’)

195 mm (7.68’’’)

315 mm (12.4’’)

Weight: 3.3 kg (3.64 lbs)

Easy handling, automatic ribbon

recognition and setup

MAIN FEATURES / Full technical specifications on www.evolis.com

MANUAL OR AUTOMATIC CARD FEEDER

GENERAL FEATURES

• Direct-to-card dye-sublimation/Resin thermal transfer

• Single-sided printing, edge-to-edge

• 300 dpi print head (11.8 dots/mm)

• 16 million colors

• 16 MB memory (RAM), 32 MB for the Expert version

• Colors available: fire red & grey brown

PRINTING PERFORMANCES

• Color (YMCKO): 120 - 150 cards/hour

• Monochrome: 400 - 500 cards/hour

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INTERFACES

• USB (1.0, 1.1, 2.0, 3.0), cable supplied

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

CARD MANAGEMENT AND SPECIFICATIONS

• Automatic 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,

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

ABS cards

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, special varnished cards

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ADDITIONAL ENCODING MODULES

• Available modules on the Expert version:

- Magnetic stripe encoder ISO 7811 HiCo/LoCo, JIS2

- Smart contact station ISO 7816-2

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

- Contactless smart card encoder - ISO 14443A, B,
ISO15693, MIFARE, DESFire, HID iCLASS

- Other specific encoders upon request

• Internal USB ports

• Options can be combined

• Factory-installed or installed on site

SAFETY

• Support for Kensington® security lock

• Data encryption for magnetic encoding

DISPLAY

• Printer LEDs

• Graphical notifications from the printer

empty/low level ribbon and card alerts, etc.

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: cleaning alerts,

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

• Automatic identification and setting

• Delivered in a drop-in cassette for easy handling

• Ribbon saver for monochrome printing

List of ribbons available on www.evolis.com

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ribbons.

SOFTWARE

• Delivered with Evolis Premium Suite® for Windows®:

- Printer driver

- Evolis Print Center for administration and settings

- Evolis Printer Manager for graphical notification

- 24/7 online support

- Compatible with Windows
W7, W8, W10

• Delivered with cardPresso XXS Lite for designing and
editing badges:

- Internal database up to 50 records

- Windows

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

• Linux OS upon request

• Evolis Premium SDK for remote supervision of the
printer, while facilitating and speeding up integration
into IT systems

ECOFRIENDLY DESIGN, CERTIFICATIONS
AND STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE

• Standby, sleep modes & reduced energy consumption

• CE, FCC, IEC, VCCI, CCC, KC, BIS, EAC

• RoHS

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(from XP onwards) and Mac OS X

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(32/64 bits): XP SP3, Vista,

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SIZE AND WEIGHT

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

• Weight: 3.3 kg (7.3 lbs)

WARRANTY

• 2-year warranty (printer and print head)

• Warranty extension available as an option

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1 Under specific conditions / 2 Depends on the Windows® version / 3 Requires the .net 4.0 client profile version
4 Warranty subject to observance of specific conditions and use of Evolis High Trust

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ribbons

EUROPE - MIDDLE-EAST - AFRICA

Evolis - 14 avenue de la Fontaine - ZI Angers-Beaucouzé
49070 Beaucouzé - France
T [phone] - F [phone] - [e-mail]

AMERICAS - Evolis Inc. - Fort Lauderdale - [e-mail]
ASIA-PACIFIC - Evolis Asia Pte Ltd - Singapore - [e-mail]
CHINA - Evolis China - Shanghai - [e-mail]
INDIA - Evolis India - Mumbai - [e-mail]

©2016 Evolis. All rights reserved. Actual product(s) may differ from information stated in this document. All specifications or pictures are subject to change without
prior notice. All trademarks mentioned herein belong to their respective owners. Pictures: Olivier Calvez. 10/2016. KB-ZEN1-064-ENG-A4 Rev D1. MK000494