Zenius ID Card Printer
The Zenius ID Card Printer is one of the fastest card printers in the market, and this next generation printer matches top-of-the-range performances with higher image resolution. Used for making PVC photo ID badge cards as well as school student cards, loyalty applications and security access control cards. Works on BOTH Windows & Apple MAC. Together with Cardpresso makes for a complete ID card printing solution.
Plastic Badge ID Card Printer
The Evolis Zenius ID card printer is designed for single sided printing and encoding plastic cards. The card printer produces colour and monochrome cards ensuring your logos, photos, barcodes and text are printed correctly.
Zenius was developed specifically for printing cards individually or in small runs. You can print as needed, when needed, in quantities that are right for you. Zenius can print a color card in 30 seconds and up to 150 colour cards per hour, so you and your customers don’t have to wait.
Easy to use
Zenius makes it easy for you every step of the way! Discover a wealth of advanced features loaded in a contemporary yet compact design.

Is there a Travel Bag available for Zenius?
Yes, for those who require to travel to events / locations to issue plastic cards, a purpose designed Travel Bag for the Zenius is available.
Which Plastic Card Printer is best for low card volumes?
If your annual card printing requirements are reasonably low e.g. 500 cards or less per year but you still want professional ‘edge to edge’ printed cards, the Zenius is the ideal plastic card printer for the job. Small, compact and quiet, Zenius prints quality cards and fast!
Start Printing with Zenius Classic Pack!
Zenius Classic Starter Bundles has everything you need to start printing your plastic ID, membership, giftcards and more!
- Zenius Classic Printer
- YMCKO Colour Ribbon
- 0 Blank White Cards
- Cardpresso XXS Software

Technical specifications
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Card printers
PRODUCT CODE | COLOUR | PRODUCT DESCRIPTION |
ZN1U0000RS | Fire Red | Zenius Classic Classic printer without option, USB |
ZN1H0000RS | Fire Red | Zenius Expert Expert printer without option, USB & Ethernet |
ZN1HB000RS | Fire Red | Zenius Expert Mag ISO Printer with Mag ISO Dual HiCo/LoCo 3-track magnetic stripe encoder, USB & Ethernet |
ZN1H0G00RS | Fire Red | Zenius Expert Smart Printer with Evolis Elyctis Smart smart card Encoder, USB & Ethernet |
ZN1H00HSRS | Fire Red | Zenius Expert Contactless Printer Contactless with SpringCard Crazy Writer HSP encoding module, USB & Ethernet |
ZN1H0HLBRS | Fire Red | Zenius Expert Smart & Contactless Printer with Evolis Elyctis Dual Smart Card and Contactless Encoder, USB & Ethernet |
ZN1H0OMNRS | Fire Red | Zenius Expert Smart & Contactless Printer with Omnikey 5122 Smart Card and Contactless Encoder, USB & Ethernet |
Options
Below are listed various encoding options that can be field upgraded into Zenius Expert printers
PRODUCT CODE | DESCRIPTION |
S10107 | Smart Contact station (DB9) kit* Incl. Smart Contact Station, daughter board and DB9 cable |
S10108 | Magnetic ISO encoding kit Incl. Mag ISO Dual HiCo/LoCo 3-track magnetic stripe encoder, flywheel |
S10281 | Evolis Elyctis Smart encoding kit* Incl. Evolis Elyctis Smart encoder, smart contact station, daughter board and cables |
S10170 | SpringCard Crazy Writer HSP encoding kit* Incl. SpringCard Crazy Writer HSP encoder, antenna bracket, daughter board and cable |
S10175 | SAM extension board kit for SpringCard Crazy Writer HSP Incl. 3 SAM slots board for SpringCard Crazy Writer HSP, screws and spacers |
S10169 | Evolis Elyctis Dual encoding kit* Incl. Evolis Elyctis Dual encoder, smart contact station, antenna bracket, daughter board and cables |
S10176 | SAM extension board kit for Evolis Elyctis Dual Incl. 2 SAM slots board for Evolis Elyctis Dual, screws and spacers |
S10168 | Evolis Elatec TWN4 Legic® NFC encoding kit Incl. Evolis Elatec TWN4 Legic® NFC encoder, antenna bracket, daughter board and cable |
S10112 | Encoder’s mounting plate kit Incl. Encoder’s mounting plate and screws and rivets |
S10280 | Omnikey 5122 Incl. smart contact station, antenna bancket and connecting board |
* For these encoding options, it is necessary to order the encoder’s mounting plate kit to finalize the installation of the options, only one plate per printer.
Accessories for card printer
S10149 | Travel Bag Carry and protect your printer and its accessories |
S10151 | Dust cover Protect your printer from the dust |
Zenius Quick Installation Guide
Zenius - How to perform routine printer cleaning
Zenius - How to conduct regular clean of the print head
Zenius - How to conduct advanced cleaning of the print head
Zenius - How to conduct advanced cleaning of the print head
Zenius - How to clean the dust filter
Eco-design
Evolis has taken its environmental responsibility seriously by evaluating the impact of the product on the environment. From initial build design to what happens to the equipment after it has served a useful long life of card printing. As part of Evolis’s eco-design system aimed at reducing the environmental footprint of the products, Evolis:
- uses recycled materials in the manufacture of our card printers and consumables whenever possible,
- designs compact and lightweight printers to reduce CO2 emissions from transportation and packaging,
- reduces the power consumption of its card printers (ErP Directive 2009) through a very economical hibernation mode.


Transport your card printer safely, anywhere!
The Evolis travel bag is designed to carry the Primacy or Zenius card printers with their consumables and cables. This bag is a must-have accessory for travelling professionals who need to issue on-site badges: in schools, for companies with multiple locations or for event management.
Code: S10149