DTC550 Card Printer/Encoders are some of the most reliable and versatile ID card printers available. With optional networking capabilities, the DTC550 supports secure ID card issuance distributed throughout your organization.
With its high-security profile and network accessibility, the Fargo DTC550 ID Card Printer is the one card printer that’s designed to please both IT and security. With Fargo’s optional print security software, your printer is safe and protected from unauthorized use anywhere on a LAN – yet remains available to authorized users. Multiple users at remote locations will have easy access to secure card issuance, with features like the DTC550’s optional Ethernet port and internal print server, making this the ideal card printer for any large enterprise.
Security is built into the Fargo DTC550’s password protection, text, and email messaging, which instantly alert key personnel whenever unauthorized access is attempted. The beauty of this powerful printer lies in its easy compatibility with your Windows© PC which allows a seamless integration with everything else on your network, through a USB port. The DTC550’s modular design allows you to upgrade at any time to add an encoding module, which delivers a wide range of secure card types, from customer loyalty cards with magnetic stripes, to smart cards with embedded electronics.
Fargo’s easy-to-read SmartScreen™ LCD Control Panel offers convenient navigation through printer functions, allowing you to check maintenance status while receiving up-to-date information about print operations. Continuous printing is effortless with incomplete or incorrect cards being sent to the rejected card hopper.
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Specifications
Print Method -- Dye-Sublimation / Resin Thermal Transfer
Resolution -- 300 dpi (11.8 dots/mm)
Colors -- Up to 16.7 million / 256 shades per pixel
Print Ribbon Options
Full-color with resin black and overlay panel, YMCKO*, 500 prints
Full-color with two resin black panels and overlay panel, YMCKOK, 400 prints
Full-color with two resin black panels, no overlay panel, YMCKK, 500 prints
Resin black (3,000 prints); green, blue, red, white, silver and gold (1,000 prints)
Resin black and overlay panel, KO, 1,500 prints
Available only with Print Security Package
Full-color with fluorescing, resin black and overlay panel, YMCFKO, 400 prints
Full-color with fluorescing, two resin black panels and overlay panel, YMCFKOK, 350 prints
Overlaminate Options
Thermal Transfer Overlaminate, .25 mil thick
PolyGuard Overlaminate, 1.0 mil and .6 mil thick
All overlaminates available in clear, standard holographic design or custom high secure or secure holographic design.
PolyGuard available in a CR-80 patch size.
b>Accepted Standard Card Sizes
CR-80 (3.370"L x 2.125"W / 85.6mmL x 54mmW)
CR-79 Adhesive Back (3.313"L x 2.063"W / 84.1mmL x 52.4mmW)
Print Area
CR-80 edge-to-edge (3.37"L x 2.11"W / 85.5mmL x 53.5mmW)
CR-79 (3.30"L x 2.05"W / 83.9mmL x 52.2mmW)
Accepted Card Thickness
Print only: .020" (20 mil) to .050" (50 mil) / .508mm to 1.27mm
(single-sided printing only for 50 mil cards)
Print/Lamination: .030" (30 mil) to .040" (40 mil) / .762mm
to 1.02mm
Accepted Card Types -- PVC or polyester cards with polished PVC finish;
monochrome resin required for 100% polyester cards; optical memory cards with PVC finish.
Input Hopper Card Capacity -- Dual hoppers, 100 cards each (.030"/ .762mm)
Output Hopper Card Capacity --100 cards (.030" / .762mm)
Card Cleaning -- Removable Card Cleaning Cartridge with replaceable cleaning roller.
Memory-- 16MB RAM
Display User-friendly, SmartScreen™ LCD Control Panel; LED display on optional Card Lamination Module
Software Drivers Windows® 2000/XP/Server 2003
Interface -- USB 1.1 (USB 2.0 compatible)
Dimensions
DTC550: 10.75"H x 18.5"W x 11"D / 273mmH x 470mmW x 279mmD
DTC550 + Lam: 10.75"H x 30.5"W x 11"D / 273mmH x 775mmW x 279mmD
Lam Module: 10.25"H x 30"W x 11"D / 260mmH x 762mmW x 279mmD
Weight
DTC550: 20 lbs. / 9.1 kg
DTC550 + Lam: 39 lbs. / 17.7 kg
Lam Module: 19 lbs. / 8.6 kg
Supply Voltage 100-240 VAC, 3.3A
Supply Frequency 50 Hz / 60 Hz
Warranty
Printer, two year (including On-Call Express in the U.S.); optional Extended Warranty Program (U.S. only)
Encoding Options
ISO Magnetic Stripe Encoding, triple coercivity, Lo-Co 300, Hi-Co 2750, Hi-Co 4000,Tracks 1, 2, and 3
Contact Smart Card Docking Station
Contactless Smart Card Encoder (HID® iCLASS™, MIFARE® and MIFARE DESFire)
Contact Smart Card Encoder reads from and writes to all ISO7816-1/2/3/4 memory and microprocessor
Smart cards (T = 0, T = 1) as well as synchronous cards
Prox Card Encoder (HID read-only)
Options
Card Lamination Module
Card Hopper Lock
Ethernet with internal print server
Print Security Suite, Print Security Manager
Dual-sided Printing
Fargo DTC550 Data Sheet
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