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Fargo DTC550 ID Card Printer

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Fargo DTC550 Printer

This printer is known as versatile. Printing ID cards for employees, students, members or other needs is becoming more common each day. Custom and unique to each situation, standard badges in today's world are often printed directly on a plastic id card by a direct to card printer.

When examining id card printers, researchers find the brand, Fargo, as one of the leading printer brands for id card printing. Their DTC550 printer is a workhorse among their lineup of printers.

Pictures of the Fargo DTC550 ID Card Printer



Direct to Card Printer/Encoder

This printer is the most flexible of the Fargo card printers. From issuing standard photo id cards, the printer can also print a high volume of cards, such as customer loyalty cards. With an optional module, the printer can also encode and print on access cards.

Options available on on the DTC 550 are single sided printing or dual sided printing. An optional mag stripe encoder or eathernet can be added to use on a network as a network printer. The 550 is a direct to card printer and has the cappabilities of incorporating a lamination module for appling a secure overlaminate to finished cards. This feature will also allow for holographic security overlaminate to be incorporated on ID card sfor increased security against counterfiting and extended card life.

Fargo DTC550 Printer Demo from You Tube

Printer Specifications

  • Single-side or dual side printing options
  • Color and monochrome printing
  • Print speed: 7 seconds per single-sided monochrome card 27 seconds per single-sided full color (YMCKO) card
  • Input hopper capacity: Dual hoppers; 100 - 30 mil cards each
  • Output hopper capacity: 100 - 30 mil cards
  • Card size: CR79 - adhesive backed, CR80 - standard credit card size
  • Card thicknesses: 20 mil to 50 mil
  • Interface: USB
  • Software drivers: Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003
  • Warranty: 2 years on printer and printhead, including loaner printer coverage for the first year
  • Dimensions: 18.5" W x 10.75" H x 11" D (470 mm W x 273 mm H x 279 mm D)
  • Weight: 20 lbs (9.1 kg)
  • Printer includes:USB 2.0 cable,US/international power cords,CD with printer drivers and user guide

Options Available for the Fargo 550

Encoding:

ISO magnetic stripe

Contact smart card docking station

Contactless smart card (HID iCLASS, MIFARE & DESFire)

Contact smart card

Prox card (HID read only)

Ethernet with internal print server

Input hopper lock

Field-installable Fargo DTC550 lamination module

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Joyce Brister  says:
2 years ago

Thanks for this review. Good information for researching a printer used to make employee id badges.

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