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QL-120X

Premium Tabletop Color Label Printer

Assured Performance and Peace of Mind

The QL-120X establishes a new standard in a color label printer, offering the industry’s best eXtended two-year warranty, eXtended printhead life, and eXtended lifetime benefits delivering high-quality labels at a lower total cost of ownership.

QuickLabel improved and upgraded the award-winning and reliable flagship predecessor Kiaro! that revolutionized the digital color label printing industry to bring you the QL-120X.

Features an industry-best two-year warranty giving you the assurance and reliability you need to produce color labels in-house to fulfill your product labeling needs without compromises.

Highly efficient ink laydown process, economical ink cartridges, and extended life printhead delivers savings of up to 35% over pigment-based color labeling technologies

Engineered to deliver vibrant color labels, with exceptional 1200 dpi print resolution at widths ranging from 0.5” to 4.2”.

Speeds up to 12 ips assure you’ll have your product labels when you need them.

Key Features

Economical dye-based ink cartridge replacements deliver durable labels, at a savings of up to 35% over pigment-based ink.

Enterprise and network-friendly printer configuration allow for the operation of simple management in a wide range of unique business operating environments.

External printer control and status monitoring for high-level integration with automatic label applicators and other production systems.

Built-in automatic cutter with user-specified intervals to synchronize print jobs with production needs.

Time-tested design proven to deliver years of reliable service for the most critical product labeling applications.

Integral 8” diameter (12” optional) label supply allows efficient label production and simple reloading.

Clamshell design provides full access to printer components and simplifies media loading.

Simple and intuitive control panel to manage label printing, printer, and supplies status.

What Makes It Different?

The QL-120X features the industry’s best two-year warranty, coupled with our second-generation printhead technology and eXtended life delivering 3X more labels than the original QL-120, while still featuring four individual, user-replaceable printheads for rapid on-site changeover eliminating printer exchange downtime, and costly refurbishment charges.

Key Print Attributes

Superb 1200 dpi print quality while printing labels at a savings of up to 35% over pigment-based Piezo color labeling technologies

Print all the labels you need on one device with print widths of 0.5” to 4.2”

High-performance dye ink provides true-to-life colors using industry-standard ICC color profiles, eliminating tedious color manipulation

Flexible integration possibilities with external labeling and packaging devices through the control and command language

See It in Action

Introducing the QL-120X

Introducing the QL-120X
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An In-Depth Demonstration of the QL-120X

An In-Depth Demonstration of the QL-120X
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Operation:

  • Ink Type: High Performance Dye ink, (4) individual CMYK cartridges
  • Print Resolution: 1200 x 1200 dpi
  • Print Speed: 2 ips (50 mm/sec) – 12 ips (305 mm/sec)
  • Print Area: Width: 0.5″ (12.7 mm) – 4.2″ (105.9 mm); Length: 0.24″ (6 mm) – 30″ (762 mm)
  • Media Sensing: Gap, Reflective (black mark), Notch, Continuous
  • Connectivity: High-Speed USB 2.0; Gigabit Ethernet; RS-232 External Control Interface & Protocol
  • Software: Microsoft Windows® 10, 8, 7; Windows Server® 2012, 2008, 64/32-bit Drivers
    CQL Pro software (included) or NiceLabel® software (optional)

Printing Supplies:

  • Ink Cartridges: QL-120X CMYK High Performance dye cartridges, 240 mL each
  • Maintenance Cartridge: 450 mL full replacement; 360 mL (80%) near full warning
  • Ink Type: High performance, water-based dye inks with an extra wide color gamut that produce true-to-life color when combined with QuickLabel approved media

Media Dimensions:

  • Width: 1.0″ (25.4 mm) – 4.53″ (115 mm)
  • Length: 24″ (6 mm) – 30″ (762 mm)
  • Thickness: 7 mil (0.145 mm) – 10 mil (0.255 mm)
  • Roll Size: 9″ OD (200 mm), 3″ ID (76 mm) core, 11.8” OD (300mm) with optional UW-5.1 External Unwinder
  • Types: Matte, semi-gloss, high gloss papers, and synthetics as well as tag stocks and other specialty labels

Environmental & Physical:

  • Printer Operating: 59º F to 86º F (15º C to 30º C), 10% to 90% Relative Humidity (non-condensing)
  • Power Requirements: 100 – 240V, 50/60Hz, 1.5A/0.5A
  • Power Consumption: 268W (max)
  • Dimensions: 2″ L x 22.2″ W x 15.5″ H (386 mm x 564 mm x 394 mm)
  • Weight: 9 lbs. (24 Kg) without supplies; 56.1 lbs. (26 Kg) with supplies; 68.2 lbs. (31 Kg) shipping