HID FARGO® Direct-to-Card Printers

Printing & Encoding Solutions

Simple. Reliable. Affordable.

VERSATILITY MEETS SIMPLICITY

Our latest generation of enhanced HID FARGO direct-to-card (DTC®) printers are easy-to-use, reliable and more affordable than ever, providing an even greater array of the premium features and premier support that you've come to expect from HID. Our wide range of secure issuance products includes everything from plug-and-play, entry-level printers to the industry's most sophisticated printing and encoding solutions, enabling the highest levels of identity security. Now you can print unbelievably high-quality cards and credentials when you need them, where you need them.

I N V E S T W I T H C O N F I D E N C E

When you buy from HID, you're investing in peace of mind. With tens of thousands of FARGO DTC printer systems already installed worldwide, HID provides the broadest portfolio of trusted, fully interoperable and secure printing and encoding solutions today. In addition, HID's FARGO solutions are designed and built in IS0:9001-certified facilities and backed by global product warranties, ongoing printer health monitoring and superb technical support. That's the HID commitment to you, our customer, and why you will always receive the highest level of product quality and service. Guaranteed.

The FARGO DTC1250e and DTC1500 are ideal solutions for those organizations that desire economical, highquality, secure credentials fast. For higher volume applications, leverage cost-effective, high-capacity consumables designed especially for DTC1500.

Robust solutions for your growing business.

C O N V E N I E N T A N D F L E X I B L E OPTIONS FOR PRODUCING HIGH-QUALITY CREDENTIALS

If you're looking for flexibility and security without paying a premium price, HID has two solutions for you: the FARGO DTC1250e that will enable you to produce 50% more visually-rich, full-color credentials in less time than many comparable printers, and the FARGO DTC1500 that offers the convenience and lower cost of high-capacity consumables along with a comprehensive feature set and innovative, easyto-implement security elements.

Get advanced efficiency and data protection at an affordable price. With the DTC1250e or the DTC1500, you can:

• Design your own highly-personalized, visually rich ID cards . Now you can save time and money by eliminating the outsourcing needs that can come with producing personalized IDs. Both printers are compatible with affordable and easy-touse HID solutions such as Asure ID® card personalization software and EasyLobby® Secure Visitor Management software enabling you to create vivid color credentials quickly and inexpensively.

For added security, the DTC1500 includes a custom watermark overlay feature providing organizations with a cost-efficient way to significantly increase card security without additional investments in holographic overlaminates or foil cards.

• Print and encode your physical access credentials in a single, seamless step. Using HID encoders with your FARGO printers, you are able to both personalize and encode ID cards with the same device, during the same issuance process. Cards can be encoded with unique company or employee information and programmed to work with a variety of physical access control systems, anywhere in the world. In a single, seamless step, you can streamline your ordering, inventory management and issuance processes while providing advanced control, flexibility and security for your organization.

DTC1250E

DTC1500

Professional grade solutions that provide advanced security and added durability.

H I G H - V O L U M E P R O D U C E R S O F C O S T-E F F E C T I V E S E C U R E A N D D U R A B L E CARDS AND CREDENTIALS

Designed for medium-to-large sized companies, schools and government institutions looking for reliable, long-term solutions that can withstand the demands of everyday, secure printing, HID's professional line can produce higher volumes of extremely durable credentials quickly and easily. With the DTC4250e or the DTC4500e, you can:

• Protect your IDs against forgery. HID's DTC4250e and DTC4500e come with additional security features that help ensure your printed credentials cannot easily be replicated. These include password protection, AES-256 encryption and support for fluorescent panel printing. Both printers are also equipped with resin scramble data protection. This unique feature adds an additional layer of security by scrambling and subsequently concealing any information printed with a resin panel. As a result, used ribbon panels are rendered indecipherable, safeguarding cardholder data from fraudulent use.

• Choose optional upgrades to meet your current and future security needs. Flexible and scalable, HID's professional-grade printers feature modular designs, allowing them to be easily upgraded at any time, depending on the specific needs of your organization. Choose a dual-sided printing module for printing additional company or employee-specific information, such as a bar code or digital signature on the back of the card. Available for the DTC4500e, an optional lamination module will allow you to leverage holographic or fluorescent (UV) overlaminates as a dynamic and cost-effective means of increasing card security and durability. Additionally, both printers offer options for contact, contactless or mag stripe encoding to meet a variety of application and security needs.

DTC4250E

DTC4500E

The DTC4250e and the DTC4500e both feature a high-resolution graphical SmartScreen display with a user-friendly interface that directs you through the entire printing process.

HID Professional Services are sold and delivered through the HID Advantage Partner™ network, together with other HID products and solutions. Our goal is to deliver complete solutions, ensuring they will be fully operational, deployed according to best practice, on schedule and on budget.

Guaranteed Solutions backed by professional services.

S E C U R E I S S U A N C E S O L U T I O N S YOU CAN COUNT ON

From a broad portfolio of HID guaranteed, interoperable solutions to professional services for solution implementation, maintenance and training, HID has got you covered.

With tens of thousands of DTC printers in use worldwide, HID's FARGO solutions are fully interoperable with other products within the HID secure identity ecosystem, such as Asure ID card personalization software, EasyLobby secure visitor management solutions or embedded encoders, allowing you to create custom designed smart cards unique to your business. Backed by the HID guarantee, you can have peace of mind that your employees, visitors, facilities and your data are always secure.

HID Professional Services™ for secure issuance solutions can assist in project planning and management from start to finish. This consultative approach identifies technical complexities and risks up front finding the best integration pathways, providing options and deploying the right solution to ensure success.

HID Professional Services are affordably priced and provide high-value deployment assistance services that ensure customer satisfaction from installation through indepth operator training.

By leveraging one of our HID Professional Services Packages, you will receive personalized service from a dedicated HID Professional Services team member who will work with you to ensure best practice implementation and train your team to effectively manage your issuance processes to make the most of your secure issuance solution.

Depending on the type, size and complexity of your deployment, our HID Investment Protection Service packages can provide your organization with scheduled maintenance updates and functionality upgrades to maximize your printer's performance and ensure that your investment is protected long into the future.

	DTC1250e	DTC1500	DTC4250e	DTC4500e
Print Method	Dye sublimation; resin thermal transfer	Dye sublimation; resin thermal transfer	Dye sublimation; resin thermal transfer	Dye sublimation; resin thermal transfer
Dual-sided Printing	Factory ordered	Field-upgradeable	Field-upgradeable	Field-upgradeable
Magnetic Stripe Encoding	Field-upgradeable	Field-upgradeable	Field-upgradeable	Field-upgradeable
Contact Smart Card Encoding	Factory ordered	Field-upgradeable	Field-upgradeable	Field-upgradeable
125 kHz (HID Prox) Reader	Factory ordered	Field-upgradeable	Field-upgradeable	Field-upgradeable
13.56 MHz (iCLASS®, MIFARE®, ISO 14443 A/B, ISO 15693) Read/Write Encoder	Factory ordered	Field-upgradeable	Field-upgradeable	Field-upgradeable
Inline Printing and Encoding	•	•	•	•
Rewrite Technology	•	•	•	•
USB Connectivity	•	•	•	•
USB and Ethernet with Internal Print Server	Factory ordered	USB and Ethernet Stan dard (Ethernet optional on BIS-Certified Units)	USB and Ethernet Standard	USB and Ethernet Standard
Color-changing Status Button	•	•	•	•
SmartScreen Graphical Display	N/A	N/A	•	•
EZ Ribbon Cartridge Loading	•	N/A	•	N/A
ECO Refill Ribbon Loading	•	•	Resin only	•
Same-side Input/Output Card Hopper	N/A	N/A	Field-upgradeable	Field-upgradeable
Dual-input Card Hopper	N/A	N/A	Field-upgradeable	•
Printer Password Protection	N/A	•	•	•
Resin Scramble Data Protection	•	•	•	•
Fluorescent Panel (UV Printing)	N/A	N/A	•	•
Custom Watermark Overlay	N/A	•	N/A	N/A
Single- or Dual-Sided Lamination	N/A	Field-upgradeable (single-side only)	N/A	Field-upgradeable
Multiple-Year Warranty	Three years	Three years	Three years	Three years

APPLICATION / PRINTER	DTC1250e	DTC1500	DTC4250e	DTC4500e
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Government / Military		•	•	•
Drivers License		•		•
National ID		•		•

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