Evolis Printer Zenius - Single-Sided

Evolis Zenius is a single-sided color plastic card printer that is compact, modular and designed to be easy-to-use. Evolis Zenius replaced the Evolis Tattoo and features an upgraded print engine and printer design which allow for high-end printing in small batches or single runs – perfect for on-demand card print applications.

Click to see the Product Review of the Evolis Zenius Printer from the ID Card Group Tech Support Team. Evolis Zenius Key Features include:

Fits in Any Environment
A compact design with card feeder and output tray located at the front of the printer allow the Zenius to fit in tight spaces with easy access to your finished cards. The lightest printer in its class, Zenius weighs only 7.3 lbs and works well in most environments including welcome desks, retail counters or office cubicles.

Eco-friendly Design
Earth-friendly features include EnergyStar certification, with standby and sleep modes, ErP (European Directive) compliance, and noise reduction technology for quiet operation.

Flexible Modular Upgrades
Modular design allows for easy in-house upgrades—with the latest encoder technology—and direct access to connection ports. Zenius Classic features USB connectivity while Zenius Expert includes USB and Ethernet connectivity. Zenius Expert can also be ordered here with optional ISO Dual HiCo/LoCo 3-track magnetic stripe encoder. Contact an ID Expert at 877-868-0012 for more information on outfitting your Evolis Zenius with a SpringCard Crazy Writer Contactless Encoding module or Evolis SCM Dual Smart Card and Contactless Encoder.  

Helpful Remote-Access Print Manager
Upgraded print manager software allows the Zenius to be monitored directly from your computer through pop-up printer status updates. Zenius Printer Manager also offers direct access to the Evolis Web-based Support Center, available anytime.


Intuitive Consumables
Enhanced Evolis consumables—including printer ribbons with RFID technology, varnish overlays and printer cleaning kits—improve graphic performance and simplify routine tasks. Zenius can automatically identify and configure your Evolis ribbons, which are housed in a handy ribbon cassette for easy installation. 

Make it Easy! Order Your Zenius with a Starter Kit
ID Card Group makes it simple for you to start your ID card program. Just add one of our Starter Kits and you can easily begin producing professional-looking ID cards using your Evolis Zenius right away. Our Starter Kits include:

Basic Starter Kit:

• Evolis Zenius Printer
• 1 single-sided color ribbon at 100 images (R5F001AAA)
• 100 PVC Cards (CR8030-WH)
• 1 Cleaning Kit (IDCG-CK-1)

Evolis Zenius Specifications:

Single-sided printing module, edge-to-edge printing

Color-dye sublimation and monochrome thermal transfer

300 dpi print head (11.8 dots/mm)

16 MB of RAM

Color Print Speed: from 120 to 150 cards per hour

Monochrome Print Speed: from 400 to 500 cards per hour

Choice of automated or manual feeding

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

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

Card thickness: 0.25 to 0.76 mm (10 to 30 mil), calibration via the gauge

Types of cards: all PVC, Composite PVC, PET, ABS1 and special varnish cards

Card format: ISO CR-80 - ISO 7810 (53.98 mm x 85.60 mm - 3.375" x 2.125")

Standard USB 1.1 (compatible with 2.0) or Optional Ethernet (TCP-IP5) connectivity

LED Display

Graphic notifications from the printer include: empty feeder, cleaning, "approaching end-of-ribbon" and "end-of-ribbon" warnings

Evolis Premium Suite® for Windows includes: printer driver, printer management and setup

eMedia CS Card Designer (30-day free trial to be downloaded from Mediasoft’s website)

Windows XP SP2 or later; Vista 32/64, Windows 7 32/64

Mac and Linux: upon request

2 years (printer and print head)

Height 195 mm (7.68") x length 205 mm (8.07") x width 310 mm (12.2")

Weight: 3.3 kg (7.3 lbs)

Sound (evaluated according to the ISO 7779 standard)

Sound pressure level, LpAm, bystander position (YMCKO color mode)

When operating: 46 dB (A)

In sleep mode: background noise only

Support for Kensington® lock

Data encryption for magnetic encoding5

Zenius Printer

CD-ROM with the printer driver and user manual

Cleaning kit

USB cable

Power supply and cords

Available colors: Fire Red or Grey Brown

Magnetic stripe encoder, smart card contact station, smart card encoder and contactless smart card encoder - Contact an ID Expert at 877-868-0012 for more information on encoding options for the Evolis Zenius

Sleep mode and reduced energy consumption

CE, FCC, IEC, VCCI, CCC6, KCC6 ErP 2009/125/CE, ENERGY STAR, RoHS

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

Printer: 24 V DC, 3 A

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

Arial 100, Arial Bold 100

Bar code: Code 39, code 128, EAN 13, Interleaved 2 of 5

Extended Warranty
The extended warranty is applicable only to products purchased from Evolis in the 12 previous months. The date as stated on the product invoice serves as proof of the date of purchase. The product warranty is valid for a total period that includes: the initial standard warranty period plus the duration of the extended warranty. An Evolis product is warranted from its date of purchase, as stated in your invoice.

In addition to the general warranty conditions as described in the "Evolis Limited Warranty" document delivered with your products, Evolis supports the repair of a defective printer covered by the "parts and labor" warranty if the troubleshooting carried out by the Evolis Repair Center identifies a hardware failure. In case of a hardware failure: the cost of replaced components/parts, the cost of labor, the shipping and handling costs for returning the repaired product, are all borne by Evolis. The shipping of the product for repair to the Evolis Repair Center is at your expense. Evolis and Evolis appointed carriers cannot be held liable in case of product deterioration and/or destruction during shipping if consequential to inappropriate packaging.

Evolis Zenius Starter Kits by IDCardGroup.com

• None (Evolis Zenius Printer Only)
• Basic Starter Kit (Evolis Zenius Printer, 1 YMCKO full-color ribbon at 100 images (R5F001AAA), 1 Cleaning Kit (IDCG-CK-1), and 100 PVC Cards CR8030-WH)
• Complete Kit (Evolis Zenius Printer, 1 YMCKO full-color ribbon at 100 images (R5F001AAA), 1 Cleaning Kit (IDCG-CK-1), and 100 PVC Cards CR8030-WH, CardExchange Entry Software and Web Cam)
• Complete Kit Plus Extended Warranty (Evolis Zenius Printer, 1 YMCKO full-color ribbon at 100 images (R5F001AAA), 1 Cleaning Kit (IDCG-CK-1), and 100 PVC Cards CR8030-WH, CardExchange Entry Software, Web Cam, and 1 Year Extended Warranty)