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                                                 Exhibit 23.1

                            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT
                         CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS



The Board of Directors
Zebra Technologies Corporation:

We consent to incorporation by reference in this registration statement on 
Form S-8 of Zebra Technologies Corporation of our reports dated February 27, 
1998, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Zebra Technologies 
Corporation and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 1997 and 1996, and the 
related consolidated statements of earnings, shareholders' equity and cash 
flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1997, 
and the related financial statement schedule, which reports appear in the 
December 31, 1997 annual report on Form 10-K of Zebra Technologies 
Corporation.


/s/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
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    KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

Chicago, Illinois
July 22, 1998

