{"id":2152,"date":"2010-03-04T15:18:22","date_gmt":"2010-03-04T21:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.barcodesinc.com\/news\/?p=2152"},"modified":"2019-10-16T13:45:26","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T19:45:26","slug":"free-upgrade-for-zebra-card-printers-can-improve-speed-up-to-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.barcodesinc.com\/news\/free-upgrade-for-zebra-card-printers-can-improve-speed-up-to-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Upgrade for Zebra Card Printers Can Improve Speed up to 15%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zebra Performance class <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barcodesinc.com\/cats\/id-card-printers\/\">card printers<\/a> are built to deliver reliability and performance for high-volume card production. Now the most popular of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barcodesinc.com\/zebra\/zebra-id-card-printers.htm\">Zebra&#8217;s card printers<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barcodesinc.com\/zebra\/p330-i.htm\">P330i<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barcodesinc.com\/zebra\/p330m.htm\">P330m<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barcodesinc.com\/zebra\/p430-i.htm\">P430i<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u201doffer more features and better performance to provide best-in-class card printers. The following enhancements will be implemented via the new firmware and driver (except where noted):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Improved data download efficiency with USB connectivity, which increases the overall throughput 10-15 percent when printing with full color ribbons.<\/li>\n<li>Up to 50 percent faster encoding speeds for Smart Card contact and MIFARE contactless options. (Speed will vary based on conditions.)<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft certified drivers: Windows 7 (32 and 64 bit), and Windows Vista (64 bit). (Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, XP, and Vista (32 bit) are currently supported.)<\/li>\n<li>Increased standard memory to 20 MB. (hardware upgrade)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The enhancements noted above will be available via the updated firmware and driver shown in the chart below.<\/p>\n<p><b>Take advantage of these enhancements immediately by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zebra.com\/us\/en\/support-downloads.html\">downloading the firmware and driver<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Printer<br \/>\nModel<\/th>\n<th>Firmware<br \/>\nVersion<\/th>\n<th>Driver<br \/>\nVersion<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>P330i<\/td>\n<td>2.00 (new)<\/td>\n<td>9.00 (new)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>P330m<\/td>\n<td>2.00 (new)<\/td>\n<td>9.00 (new)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>P430i<\/td>\n<td>2.00 (new)<\/td>\n<td>9.00 (new)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><b><i>Important Notes:<\/i><\/b><br \/>\nThe new firmware is only compatible with the driver version indicated in the above chart. Please install both the firmware and associated driver. The P330i\/P330m firmware does not support the P430i printer, nor does the P430i firmware support the P330i\/P330m printers.<\/p>\n<h3>Features and Options<\/h3>\n<p>Zebra Performance class printers offer a number of standard innovative design features, and encoding and networking options to meet any specific application requirement. Features and options of the Performance class card printers include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New printhead (started shipping March 2009), which offers an average life of over 30,000 cards (150,000 panels, YMCKO ribbon), reducing printhead replacement considerably.<\/li>\n<li>Innovative and highly reliable angled card feeder design that reduces card jams.<\/li>\n<li>An array of encoding options, including the first-to-market embedded UHF Gen 2 RFID encoder.<\/li>\n<li>Half-panel YMCKO ribbon that allows the color image to be printed anywhere on the card.<\/li>\n<li>Five heat tables that are selectable via the driver user interface to adjust the print colors.<\/li>\n<li>Zebra True Colours i Series ribbons, which provide intelligent media technology.<\/li>\n<li>16-character LCD operator display for ease of use.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zebra Performance class card printers are built to deliver reliability and performance for high-volume card production. 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