Zebra ZQ500 series · Premium
ZQ511R / ZQ521R
Military-grade rugged mobile printers that print and encode 3-inch (ZQ511R) and 4-inch (ZQ521R) UHF RFID labels on demand.
Adaptive encoding technology provides automatic RFID calibration. They are designed and certified to MIL-STD 810G for drops and shocks and have IP54 protection. 802.11ac Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.1 connectivity are included.
Variants
- ZQ511R: 3-inch; print width 72 mm; media 35–80 mm; 150 x 120 x 62 mm; 0.63 kg with standard battery, 0.72 kg with extended battery.
- ZQ521R: 4-inch; print width 104 mm; media 50.8–113 mm; 158 x 155 x 67 mm; 0.79 kg with standard battery, 0.89 kg with extended battery.
- Print method
- Direct thermal
- Resolution
- 203 dpi
- Print speed
- Up to 127 mm/s (draft mode)
- Print width
- ZQ511R: 72 mm; ZQ521R: 104 mm; print length up to 99 cm
- Media
- Black-mark RFID labels, receipts, labels; RFID requires black-mark media, no gap sensing; width ZQ511R 35–80 mm, ZQ521R 50.8–113 mm; roll up to 51 mm (ZQ511R) / 57 mm (ZQ521R)
- Connectivity
- 802.11ac (2.4 and 5 GHz), Bluetooth 4.1 (Classic + BLE), USB 2.0 (mini-AB), NFC (Print Touch)
- RFID
- UHF EPC Gen 2 V2, ISO/IEC 18000-63 and RAIN RFID compliant tags; minimum 16 mm pitch; SGTIN-96, GS1 TDS 2.0, RAIN ISO CIN encoding; MCS serialisation; integrated reader/encoder; optional standard printing without RFID
- Battery
- 3,250 mAh PowerPrecision+ (optional 6,500 mAh)
- Durability
- 2 m drops to concrete; 1,300 tumbles from 1 m; IP54; MIL-STD 810G
- Operating temperature
- -20 °C to 55 °C; charging 0 °C to 40 °C
- Dimensions and weight
- ZQ511R: 150 x 120 x 62 mm, 0.63–0.72 kg; ZQ521R: 158 x 155 x 67 mm, 0.79–0.89 kg
- Warranty
- 2 years (battery 1 year, printhead 6 months)
- Accessories
- 6,500 mAh extended battery

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Pricing
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Use cases
- Pallet labelling and cross-docking
- Field services and direct store delivery
- Airline baggage tags, postal and courier
- Asset management, specimen tracking and pharmacy inventory in healthcare
- Parts and asset tracking in government
- In-store RFID exception labels and click-and-collect
- Food supply chain traceability
Not the right fit for
- Gap RFID labels: RFID encoding requires black-mark media.
- Thermal transfer (ribbon) printing: the printers print direct thermal only.
- RFID encoding on labels with less than 16 mm pitch: the printers encode tags with a minimum 16 mm pitch.
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