Card Printer DTC1500 Price

Key Features and Benefits:

• Cost-Effective: Offers high-capacity, low-cost ribbon options, reducing the cost per card and overall total cost of ownership.
• Security Focused:
  • Custom Watermark Overlay: Allows you to implement a customized transparent security image (logo, text, symbol) during the printing process without extra cost, making counterfeiting difficult.
  • Resin Scramble Data Protection: Renders used ribbon panels unreadable, protecting sensitive cardholder data.
  • Password Protection and AES-256 Data Encryption: Provides added security for printer operation and data transmission over a secure network.
• Versatile and Scalable:
  • Modular design allows for field upgrades, including dual-sided printing, lamination, and encoding modules (magnetic stripe, smart card contact/contactless).
  • Supports CR-80 and CR-79 adhesive-backed cards which are RFID cards, mifare cards, magnetic cards.
• High-Quality Printing: Produces vibrant, photo-like images with 300 dpi resolution. Features resin threshold settings for sharper text and barcodes.
• Efficient Printing: Can print full-color, single-sided cards in approximately 16 seconds and monochrome cards in 6 seconds.
• High Capacity: 100-card input and output hoppers for easy batch printing.
• User-Friendly: Features a SmartScreen™ graphical display for easy operation and status updates. Includes FARGO Workbench™ software for printer maintenance and diagnostics with Color Assist spot-color matching.
• Environmentally Friendly: ENERGY STAR certified and offers eco-friendly (ECO) refill ribbons.
• Warranty: Backed by a global three-year warranty on both the printer and printhead.

Specifications:

• Print Method: Dye sublimation / resin thermal transfer
• Resolution: 300 dpi (11.8 dots/mm) continuous tone
• Print Speed:
  • 6 seconds per card (monochrome K*)
  • 16 seconds per card (full-color YMCKO*)
  • 24 seconds per card (full-color with two resin black panels YMCKOK*)
• Accepted Card Sizes: CR-80, CR-79 adhesive back
• Accepted Card Thickness: 9 mil – 40 mil (0.229 mm – 1.016 mm)
• Input Hopper Capacity: 100 cards (0.030″ / 0.762 mm)
• Output Hopper Capacity: Up to 100 cards (0.030″ / 0.762 mm)
• Connectivity: USB 2.0 and Ethernet with internal print server (optional on some models)
• Software Drivers: Windows and macOS
• Memory: 32 MB RAM

Summary: the FARGO DTC1500 is a reliable, secure, and feature-rich ID card printer that offers a balance of performance, security, and cost-efficiency, making it a popular choice for organizations with mid-to-high volume printing needs.