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Warranty | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 27, 2014
Guarantees [Abstract] |
Warranty | Note 10 – Warranty In general, Zebra provides warranty coverage of one year on printers against defects in material and workmanship. Thermal printheads are warranted for six months and batteries are warranted for one year. Battery-based products, such as location transmitters, are covered by a 90-day warranty. A provision for warranty expense is recorded at the time of sale and is adjusted quarterly based on historical warranty experience. The following table is a summary of Zebra’s accrued warranty obligation (in thousands), which is included in accrued liabilities:
|  | Nine Months Ended |
|  | September 27, 2014 |  |  | September 28, 2013 |
Balance at the beginning of the year |  | $ | 4,125 |  |  | $ | 4,252 |
Warranty expense |  |  | 5,798 |  |  |  | 5,417 |
Warranty payments |  |  | (5,498 | ) |  |  | (5,520 | )
Balance at the end of the period |  | $ | 4,425 |  |  | $ | 4,149 |

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- Definition The entire disclosure for standard and extended product warranties and other product guarantee contracts, including a tabular reconciliation of the changes in the guarantor's aggregate product warranty liability for the reporting period. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 460 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 8 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6398077&loc=d3e12565-110249 + Details
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