Overview
Zebra’s S4M printer proudly wears the Stripe series name. Offering ease of use, a metal construction, and a variety of connectivity options into a thermal printer that takes a full 8” roll of Zebra labels for fewer media changes. Designed for the budget–minded, the S4M has the features needed to support many applications at an affordable price. With easy controls and proven side-loading design, it’s quick to learn, use, and load, so operators can focus on more productive tasks. The printer offers standard serial, parallel and USB connectivity, as well as optional internal 10/100 Ethernet and IEEE 802.11b/g wireless networking for simple integration and remote monitoring, plus it can be ordered with different printer programming languages. Compared to similar printers on the market, the S4M thermal printer is an outstanding value.

Features
Standard Features:
Print Methods: Direct thermal and Thermal Transfer (optional)
Construction: Die-cast metal frame with sheet metal enclosure
Metal media cover with enlarged clear window
Element Energy Equalizer™ (E3®) for superior print quality
Back-lit LCD control panel
Parallel, USB 1.1 and RS-232 serial ports
Unicode™ - Compliant

Printer Specifications:
*Resolution
203 dpi (8 dots/mm)
300 dpi (12 dots/mm)  - also available - please ask for pricing on this model.
*Memory:
4MB Flash, 8MB DRAM
*Print width
4.09"/104 mm
*Print length
203 dpi: 157"/3,988 mm and 300dpi: 73"/1854 mm (optional)
*Print speed
203 dpi:
6" (152 mm)/sec
300 dpi:
6" (152 mm)/sec
*Media sensors
Reflective Transmissive
*Media Characteristics
Maximum label and liner width
0.75”/19.4 mm to 4.50”/114 mm
Minimum label and liner width
0.75" (19.4 mm)
Maximum label and liner length
Maximum non-continuous: 39”/991 mm
Maximum label and liner length (optional)
39" (991 mm)
Core diameter
8.0" (203 mm) O.D. on a 3" (76 mm) I.D. core
6.0" (152 mm) O.D. on a 1" (25 mm) I.D. core
Media thickness
0.003”/0.076 mm to 0.010”/0.25 mm
Media types
continuous, die-cut, tag, black mark
Ribbon Characteristics
Outside diameter
3.2”/81.3 mm
Standard length
984’/300 m or 1476’/450 m
Ratio
2:1 media roll to ribbon ratio for 984’/300 m
3:1 media roll ribbon ratio for 1476’/450 m
Ribbon width
1.57”/40 mm to 4.33”/110 mm
Ribbon setup
Ribbon wound ink-side out
ID Core
1.0" (25.4 mm)
Operating Characteristics
Operating temperature
TT: Operating temperature 40° F (5° C) to 104° F (40° C) Thermal transfer
DT: Operating temperature 32° F (0° C) to 104° F (40° C) Direct thermal
Storage temperatures
-40° F (-40° C) to 140° F (60° C)
Operating humidity
20% to 85% non-condensing
Storage humidity
5% to 85% non-condensing
Electrical
Universal auto-ranging (PFC-complaint) power supply 90-265VAC, 48-62 Hz

Agency approvals
IEC 60950
EN 55022 Class B
EN55024
EN 61000-3-2
EN 61000-3-3

Physical Characteristics
Width 10.7”/272 mm
Height 11.6" (295 mm)
Depth 18.8" (477 mm)
Weight 27.2 lbs (12.4 kg)

Shipping weight
33.5 lbs (15.2 kg)

Additional features:
-Print head 300 dpi (12 dots/mm) (ZPL Only)
-A front mount, passive peel, w/ no take-up spindle
-Factory installed 64 MB (61 MB user available) Flash Memory option
-Additional scalable and smooth bitmapped fonts available
-ZebraNet Wireless Print Server
-Internal ZebraNet 10/100 Print Server
-External ZebraNet 10/100 Print Server
-External ZebraNet PrintServer II
-Keyboard Display Unit (KDU) (EPL only)
-Real Time Clock (RTC)
-APL-I firmware
-APL-D firmware
-Communication and Interface Capabilities
-RS-232 serial port
-USB 1.1
-Parallel

Programming Languages
-Core programming languages
-EPL-Page Mode, ZPL I/ZPL II
-Bar Codes/Symbologies
-Linear
-Code 11
-Code 39
-Code 93
-Code 128 with subsets A/B/C and UCC case codes
-UPC-A
-UPC-E
-EAN-8
-EAN-13
-UPC-A with 2 or 5 digit extensions
-Plessey
-Postnet
-Standard 2-of-5
-Industrial 2-of-5
-Interleaved 2-of-5
-Logmars
-MSI
-Codabar
-Planet Code
-RSS (reduced space symbology)
-2-dimensional
-Codablock
-Code 49
-Data Matrix
-MaxiCode
-QR Code
-MicroPDF417
-TLC 39
-RSS
-Fonts and Graphics
-7 bitmapped, 1 smooth scalable (CG Triumvirate™ Bold Condensed)

International character sets supporting the following code page: IBM® Code Page 850 International character set

Support user-defined fonts and graphics – including custom logos

ZPL II drawing commands – including boxes and lines
(ZPL only, other firmware languages may vary)