Zebra 170Xi series printer history, one of the top performance 6 inch printer services for shipping label arena.

Zebra 170Xi series printer have been go thru it long evolving history until today 2019 by maintaining it consistency of label printout quality with added it stability, communication method and processing power. From it predecessor 170XiII to ZT620, Zebra is always a top option for most of the warehouse shipping label application in the market.



History of 170 series printer.
Printer Discontinuation Date April 30, 2000 170XiII
Printer Discontinuation Date April 30, 2003 170XiIII
Printer Discontinuation Date April 30, 2010 170XiIIIPLUS
Printer Discontinuation Date April 30, 2018 170Xi4
Replacement Printer ZT620



This series printer have been upgraded from Dual 32-bit RISC and CISC microprocessors and 1MB standard RAM to today Cortex A9 800MHz processor with 1GB RAM, it printing speed have been improved to 6 inch per second to today ZT620 12 inch per second on 203 dpi printer.

In terms of communication, early version of 170 series printer only support conventional RS232 and parallel interface port, today ZT620, it communication include RS232, USB 2.0, Gigabit Ethernet, Bluetooth 4.0 and support optional Parallel card and wifi card.