Transform retail operations with Zebra’s retail technology solutions, featuring hardware and software for improving inventory management and empowering teams.
Streamline operations with Zebra’s healthcare technology solutions, featuring hardware and software to improve staff collaboration and optimise workflows.
Enhance processes with Zebra’s manufacturing technology solutions, featuring hardware and software for automation, data analysis, and factory connectivity.
Zebra’s transportation and logistics technology solutions feature hardware and software for enhancing route planning, visibility, and automating processes.
Zebra's public sector technology solutions enhance decision-making, streamline operations, and safeguard communities with advanced software and rugged hardware.
Zebra's hospitality technology solutions equip your hotel and restaurant staff to deliver superior customer and guest service through inventory tracking and more.
Zebra's market-leading solutions and products improve customer satisfaction with a lower cost per interaction by keeping service representatives connected with colleagues, customers, management and the tools they use to satisfy customers across the supply chain.
Empower your field workers with purpose-driven mobile technology solutions to help them capture and share critical data in any environment.
Zebra's range of mobile computers equip your workforce with the devices they need from handhelds and tablets to wearables and vehicle-mounted computers.
Zebra's desktop, mobile, industrial, and portable printers for barcode labels, receipts, RFID tags and cards give you smarter ways to track and manage assets.
Zebra's 1D and 2D corded and cordless barcode scanners anticipate any scanning challenge in a variety of environments, whether retail, healthcare, T&L or manufacturing.
Zebra's extensive range of RAIN RFID readers, antennas, and printers give you consistent and accurate tracking.
Choose Zebra's reliable barcode, RFID and card supplies carefully selected to ensure high performance, print quality, durability and readability.
Zebra's rugged tablets and 2-in-1 laptops are thin and lightweight, yet rugged to work wherever you do on familiar and easy-to-use Windows or Android OS.
With Zebra's family of fixed industrial scanners and machine vision technologies, you can tailor your solutions to your environment and applications.
Zebra’s line of kiosks can meet any self-service or digital signage need, from checking prices and stock on an in-aisle store kiosk to fully-featured kiosks that can be deployed on the wall, counter, desktop or floor in a retail store, hotel, airport check-in gate, physician’s office, local government office and more.
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Zebra's environmental sensors monitor temperature-sensitive products, offering data insights on environmental conditions across industry applications.
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Enhance frontline operations with Zebra’s AI software solutions, which optimize workflows, streamline processes, and simplify tasks for improved business outcomes.
Empower your frontline with Zebra Companion AI, offering instant, tailored insights and support to streamline operations and enhance productivity.
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Zebra Frontline AI Blueprints deliver adaptable, real-world AI frameworks that automate manual tasks and drive efficiency in high-pressure frontline operations.
Zebra Workcloud, enterprise software solutions boost efficiency, cut costs, improve inventory management, simplify communication and optimize resources.
Keep labour costs low, your talent happy and your organisation compliant. Create an agile operation that can navigate unexpected schedule changes and customer demand to drive sales, satisfy customers and improve your bottom line.
Drive successful enterprise collaboration with prioritized task notifications and improved communication capabilities for easier team collaboration.
Get full visibility of your inventory and automatically pinpoint leaks across all channels.
Reduce uncertainty when you anticipate market volatility. Predict, plan and stay agile to align inventory with shifting demand.
Drive down costs while driving up employee, security, and network performance with software designed to enhance Zebra's wireless infrastructure and mobile solutions.
Explore Zebra’s printer software to integrate, manage and monitor printers easily, maximising IT resources and minimising down time.
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RFID development, demonstration and production software and utilities help you build and manage your RFID deployments more efficiently.
RFID development, demonstration and production software and utilities help you build and manage your RFID deployments more efficiently.
Zebra DNA is the industry’s broadest suite of enterprise software that delivers an ideal experience for all during the entire lifetime of every Zebra device.
Advance your digital transformation and execute your strategic plans with the help of the right location and tracking technology.
The Zebra Aurora suite of machine vision software enables users to solve their track-and-trace, vision inspection and industrial automation needs.
Zebra Aurora Focus brings a new level of simplicity to controlling enterprise-wide manufacturing and logistics automation solutions. With this powerful interface, it’s easy to set up, deploy and run Zebra’s Fixed Industrial Scanners and Machine Vision Smart Cameras, eliminating the need for different tools and reducing training and deployment time.
Aurora Imaging Library™, formerly Matrox Imaging Library, machine-vision software development kit (SDK) has a deep collection of tools for image capture, processing, analysis, annotation, display, and archiving. Code-level customisation starts here.
Aurora Design Assistant™, formerly Matrox Design Assistant, integrated development environment (IDE) is a flowchart-based platform for building machine vision applications, with templates to speed up development and bring solutions online quicker.
Designed for experienced programmers proficient in vision applications, Aurora Vision Library provides the same sophisticated functionality as our Aurora Vision Studio software but presented in programming language.
Aurora Vision Studio, an image processing software for machine & computer vision engineers, allows quick creation, integration & monitoring of powerful OEM vision applications.
Adding innovative tech is critical to your success, but it can be complex and disruptive. Professional Services help you accelerate adoption, and maximise productivity without affecting your workflows, business processes and finances.
Zebra's Managed Service delivers worry-free device management to ensure ultimate uptime for your Zebra Mobile Computers and Printers via dedicated experts.
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4800 Performance Resin
High quality resin ribbon for use on matte and gloss synthetics
The Zebra 4800 Performance Resin Ribbon is engineered to deliver unparalleled print quality and reliability for your most critical identification needs. Designed specifically for thermal transfer printing on matte and gloss synthetic materials this premium ribbon produces exceptionally sharp, high-resolution text and dense barcodes.
Built to withstand the toughest industrial conditions, the 4800 ribbon creates a permanent bond that will not fade, degrade, or fail over time. It provides outstanding physical durability with supreme resistance to smearing, scratching, and heavy abrasion, protecting vital information during handling, shipping, and long-term storage.
Furthermore, its advanced resin formulation offers superior defense against a wide array of harsh chemicals, including alcohol, oils, and industrial solvents, ensuring reliable performance in rugged outdoor environments, laboratories, automotive facilities, and manufacturing plants.
This durability makes it the ideal ribbon for a multitude of specialized and intensive applications. Whether you are managing chemical drum and container labeling (HazCom/GHS), tracking high-value assets, or identifying circuit boards and small electronic components, the 4800 Performance Resin Ribbon delivers unmatched longevity and peace of mind.
Not all thermal ribbons are created equal. There are hundreds of different ribbon formulations in the market. That is why Zebra’s Supplies R&D Team has tested and selected only those ribbons that deliver the best print quality and durability. To get the Zebra name, each ribbon must pass a series of print quality and durability tests.
When you purchase Zebra thermal ribbons you can rest assured that the:
• Print will be readable and scannable every time.
• Print will withstand the environment in which it will be used in.
• Back coating will not cause premature printhead failure.
4800 Performance Resin
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Specifications
Technical Specifications
| Color | Black |
| Base Film | Polyester |
| Base Film Caliper | 4.5 microns |
| Total Caliper | 9 microns ±10% |
| Scanning Capabilities | IR and Visible Light |
Product Performance and Suitability
| Recommended storage conditions (before use) | 1 year duration when stored at 5°C to 35°C at 20% to 80% RH |
Ribbon Compliance
| REACH/ Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) | Yes |
| RoHS | Yes |
| Dodd-Frank Act (Conflict Minerals) | Yes |
| Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 | Yes |
| Carcinogenic, Mutagenic and Reprotoxic, or Substances Toxic Substances 1976/769/ EC | Yes |
| California Proposition 65 | Yes |
| FDA 21 CFR Part 175.300 – Indirect Food Contact – Resinous and Polymeric Coatings | Yes |
| European Food Directive 1935/2004/EC | Yes |
| Foodstuffs and Consumer Goods Act and LFGB approved | Yes |
| Halogen free | Yes |
| Latex free | No |
| Animal derivatives free | No |
| BP Free | Yes |
4800 Barcode Scannability.
Label Facestock: Coated paper labels and tags
| Print Speed | Up to 152.4mm/sec |
| Barcode | 10 or 12 mil normal code |
| Lab Results | Typical ANSI Grade A |
Label Facestock: Synthetics
| Print Speed | Up to 152.4mm/sec |
| Barcode | 10 or 12 mil normal code |
| Lab Results | Typical ANSI Grade A |
Label Facestock: Coated paper labels and tags
| Print Speed | Up to 101.6mm/sec |
| Barcode | 15 mil rotated code |
| Lab Results | Typical ANSI Grade C |
Label Facestock: Synthetics
| Print Speed | Up to 101.6mm/sec |
| Barcode | 15 mil rotated code |
| Lab Results | Typical ANSI Grade B |
4800 Barcode Scannability
| Test Solvents | Zebra 4800 Performance |
| Glass Cleaner w/Ammonia | Scanning received a “B” ANSI grade or above. |
| Formula 409 | Scanning received a “B” ANSI grade or above. |
| Skydrol | Barcode does not scan |
| Motor Oil | Scanning received a “B” ANSI grade or above. |
| Brake Fluid | Scanning received a “C” to “F” ANSI grade. |
| Gunk Degreaser | Scanning received a “B” ANSI grade or above. |
| WD-40 | Scanning received a “B” ANSI grade or above. |
| Genesolv | Barcode does not scan |
| Rho-Tro | Barcode does not scan |
| Hexane | Scanning received a “B” ANSI grade or above. |
| Xylene | Barcode does not scan |
| Gasoline | Scanning received a “C” to “F” ANSI grade. |
| Acetone | Barcode does not scan |
| Alcohol (90% Isopropyl Alcohol) | Scanning received a “B” ANSI grade or above. |
Product Performance and Suitability
| The information contained in this document is to be used for guidance only and is not intended for use in setting specifications. All purchasers of Zebra products shall be solely responsible for independently determining if the product conforms to all requirements of their unique application. All products should be pre-tested to ensure they meet all intended requirements of specific end-use applications. For testing of this ribbon on Zebra mid-range and high-performance printers please order part number 04800BK11005. For testing on other printer models, please contact your Supplies Specialist representative. |
| *Specifications are subject to change without notice. |
Markets and Applications
- Labels exposed to heat, steam, solvents, abrasion and friction
- Outdoor labelling applications in harsh environments
- Steel mill tags
- Automotive labels
- Industrial rating plates
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