Zebra ZQ610 Plus-HC

The Zebra ZQ610 Plus-HC is a compact premium healthcare mobile printer designed for accurate point-of-care label printing. It is especially relevant for healthcare workflows where specimen labelling accuracy, staff productivity and patient safety are critical, including mobile specimen collection, blood bank management and breast milk labelling. The ZQ610 Plus-HC is built for healthcare environments where labels need to be printed directly at the point of care. By enabling staff to print labels where the sample, blood product or container is handled, the printer can help reduce the risk of identification errors, improve traceability and support safer clinical workflows. This model is the compact member of the ZQ6 HC healthcare mobile printer family. It offers a maximum print width of 48 mm, making it suitable for narrow healthcare labels, specimen labels, small container labels, receipt-style outputs and compact mobile labelling tasks. For wider healthcare labels, the ZQ620 Plus-HC is the broader model, but the ZQ610 Plus-HC is the better fit where compact size and lighter carrying weight are priorities. The ZQ610 Plus-HC uses direct thermal printing for barcodes, text and graphics. It does not require ribbon, which simplifies daily operation in clinical environments. Print resolution is 203 dpi, and maximum print speed is up to 115 mm per second, or 4.5 inches per second. The printer supports CPCL, EPL and ZPL programming languages, with XML support and ZBI 2.x for more advanced standalone application logic. A key healthcare-specific advantage is its disinfectant-ready construction. The ZQ610 Plus-HC uses medical-grade plastics in a healthcare colour scheme, allowing the device to be cleaned between uses. This makes it more suitable for hospitals, clinics and care environments where equipment may need frequent disinfecting to help reduce the spread of germs. The printer is compact and lightweight for shift-long mobility. Its dimensions are 170.9 mm × 91.4 mm × 72.4 mm, and its weight with battery is 0.6 kg. A belt clip is included for convenient carrying, allowing staff to keep the printer with them while moving between patient rooms, collection points or clinical work areas. Wireless connectivity is one of the strongest features of the ZQ610 Plus-HC. The specification lists ZebraNet Wi-Fi 6 with support for simultaneous Bluetooth 5.3, MIMO antenna design, operation on both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands, WPA3 / WPA2 / WPA security and roaming standards including 802.11k, 802.11v and 802.11r. These capabilities are important in healthcare facilities where staff move through different wireless coverage areas during a shift. The printer also supports Bluetooth 4.2 Classic and BLE radio, Apple iOS, Android and Windows Mobile connectivity, Zebra Print Touch with NFC for simplified pairing and web-based help access, USB 2.0 full-speed communication and a 14-pin RS-232C serial interface. 10/100 Ethernet support is available through the charging cradle. Instant wake-up supports productivity in time-sensitive healthcare environments. The printer can enter sleep mode when idle and automatically wake when a print job is sent. The supplied material highlights wake-up over both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, helping ensure the printer is ready when a label is needed while conserving battery power between tasks. Battery performance is designed for full-shift mobile work. The ZQ610 Plus-HC uses a removable, rechargeable 3250 mAh PowerPrecision+ lithium-ion battery. PowerPrecision+ provides battery metrics that help identify aging batteries before they affect productivity. Zebra Power Smart Print Technology optimizes power use by delivering the required amount of energy for high-quality printing, with estimated battery savings of 20 to 30 percent according to the supplied material. The large colour display improves daily usability. The ZQ610 Plus-HC includes a 288 × 240 pixel colour display that can be customized using WML with text and icons. Printer colour alerts appear on the display, helping users identify conditions such as pause or error states more quickly. Five-way navigation buttons and two software-defined keys support easier configuration and operation. Media handling is designed for mobile healthcare labelling. The printer uses a clamshell design for easy media loading, centre-loading media locking for variable roll widths, black mark and gap sensing using fixed centre-position sensors, peel-and-present mode and a label present sensor for issuing labels one at a time. A tear bar supports easy media dispensing, and the printer can be used in any orientation with vertical or horizontal printing. The ZQ610 Plus-HC supports media widths from 25 mm to 55.4 mm. Maximum media roll size is 55.9 mm outside diameter on a 19 mm or 34.9 mm inner core. Label and liner length ranges from 12.7 mm to 813 mm or continuous. Supported media types include die-cut labels and tags, linerless labels, receipt paper, black bar media and gap media. Supported thickness is listed as 2.3 mil to 5.5 mil tag stock or 6.5 mil label stock. The printer is built for everyday healthcare mobility. It has an IP54 dust and water resistance rating and tolerates multiple drops from 1.52 m to concrete. Operating temperature is 0°C to 50°C, with operating humidity from 10% to 90% non-condensing. Storage and transportation temperature is -25°C to 65°C, with storage humidity from 10% to 90% non-condensing. The ZQ610 Plus-HC runs on Zebra Link-OS and is supported by Zebra DNA for Printers. Management tools include Mirror, SNMP, web server, Ivanti Avalanche powered by Wavelink, Printer Profile Manager Enterprise, Omnissa Workspace ONE UEM, SOTI Connect and 42Gears. These tools help healthcare IT teams configure, secure, monitor and manage mobile printer fleets. Security is supported through Zebra DNA and PrintSecure. PrintSecure helps configure secure connections, assess potential vulnerabilities, block unauthorized access and control data exchanges. The specification also notes that FIPS support is available as a printer OS download at no cost, though healthcare IT teams should confirm exact implementation requirements during deployment planning. The printer includes 256 MB RAM and 512 MB Flash as standard, with 128 MB available for user storage. The flash memory supports downloadable programs, receipt formats, fonts and graphics. Font support includes 25 bitmapped fonts and one smooth scalable font, with optional international character sets including Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai and Vietnamese. Barcode support covers common clinical and operational labelling requirements. Supported linear barcodes include Code 39, Code 93, UCC / EAN128, Code 128, Codabar, Interleaved 2-of-5, UPC and EAN formats. Supported 2D codes include PDF417, MicroPDF417, MaxiCode, QR Code, GS1 DataBar, Aztec, Data Matrix and TLC39. The ZQ610 Plus-HC is also backward compatible with QLn accessories, helping healthcare organisations upgrade from earlier Zebra mobile printer deployments without necessarily replacing all supporting accessories or charging infrastructure. Overall, the Zebra ZQ610 Plus-HC is a compact premium healthcare mobile printer for point-of-care labelling. Its strongest value lies in disinfectant-ready healthcare construction, compact 48 mm print width, Wi-Fi 6 connectivity, secure enterprise management, large colour display, PowerPrecision+ battery management, IP54 durability and Zebra DNA lifecycle support.

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Product Features

• Connection: Bluetooth, WIFI
• Resolution: 203 dpi

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