LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill. (AP) _ Zebra Technologies Corp. (ZBRA) on Tuesday reported third-quarter net income of $170 million.

The Lincolnshire, Illinois-based company said it had profit of $3.26 per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were $4.12 per share.

The results did not meet Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $4.55 per share.

The producer of printers for bar codes, plastic cards and, radio-frequency identification tags posted revenue of $1.38 billion in the period, which also fell short of Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $1.48 billion.

For the current quarter ending in December, Zebra expects its per-share earnings to range from $4.50 to $4.80.

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