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                          [KATTEN MUCHIN & ZAVIS LETTERHEAD]


                                                                     EXHIBIT 5

                                 September 4, 1998



Zebra Technologies Corporation
333 Corporate Woods Parkway
Vernon Hills, IL 60061-3109

     Re:  REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     We have acted as counsel for Zebra Technologies Corporation, a Delaware 
corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the preparation and filing of 
a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") with the 
Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as 
amended. The Registration Statement relates to 2,000,000 shares of the 
Company's Class A Common Stock, $.01 par value per share (the "Common 
Stock"), issuable by the Company upon the exercise of options granted under 
the Zebra Technologies Corporation 1997 Stock Option Plan, as amended (the 
"Plan").

     In connection with this opinion, we have relied as to matters of fact, 
without investigation, upon certificates of public officials and others and 
upon affidavits, certificates and written statements of directors, officers 
and employees of, and the accountants for, the Company.  We have also 
examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our 
satisfaction, of such instruments, documents and records as we have deemed 
relevant and necessary to examine for the purpose of this opinion, including 
(a) the Registration Statement, (b) the Amended Certificate of Incorporation 
of the Company, as amended, (c) the By-laws of the Company, (d) the Plan and 
(e) resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company.

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Zebra Technologies Corporation
September 4, 1998
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     In connection with this opinion, we have assumed the accuracy and 
completeness of all documents and records that we have reviewed, the 
genuineness of all signatures, the due authority of the parties signing such 
documents, the authenticity of the documents submitted to us as originals and 
the conformity to authentic original documents of all documents submitted to 
us as certified, conformed or reproduced copies.

     Based upon and subject to the foregoing, it is our opinion that the 
2,000,000 shares of Common Stock covered by the Registration Statement, when 
issued and sold by the Company and paid for in accordance with the provisions 
of the Plan, will be legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of 
Common Stock.

     Our opinion expressed above is limited to the General Corporation Law of 
the State of Delaware, and we do not express any opinion concerning any other 
laws.  This opinion is given as of the date hereof and we assume no 
obligation to advise you of changes that may hereafter be brought to our 
attention.

     We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5 to the 
Registration Statement.


                              Very truly yours,



                              /s/ Katten Muchin & Zavis
                              _________________________
                              KATTEN MUCHIN & ZAVIS





