Designed for small-to medium businesses, the DTC1250e provides maximum efficiency in a sleek, user friendly design. This printer is virtually maintenancefree and prints full-color, plastic ID and technology cards on a budget.
A dual-sided printing module that enables you to add additional company or cardholder information as needed.
A Wi-Fi accessory for Ethernetenabled printers, allowing you to print anywhere, anytime.
Choose from either the easy-to-use allin-one ribbon cassette (EZ ribbons) or the more economical and eco friendly refill ribbon (ECO ribbons) option.
An optional iCLASS SE® encoder that enables your printer to be compatible with the HID secure identity ecosystem. This includes the ability to program the HID PACS data in the printer. The encoder provides an additional layer of security to your identity program by allowing for processing of Secure Identity Object (SIO) data, and enabling the printer to become a Trusted Identity Platform (TIP) endpoint.
Optional internal server for secure printing over a network, enabling distributed card issuance in seconds.
Optional technology card encoders that allow you to easily migrate to contact and contactless smart card technologies (including but not limited to iCLASS SE® or MIFARE®) or simple mag stripe and prox cards as needed.
Eco-friendly erase and rewrite feature, ideal for creating temporary ID cards, such as visitor badges.
Ability to print on a variety of card thicknesses to create simple loyalty cards as thin as 9 mil, or access control badges as thick as 40 mil.
Summary
FARGO DTC1250e DIRECT-TO-CARD PRINTER
Designed for small-to-medium businesses, the DTC1250e provides maximum efficiency in a sleek, user-friendly design. This printer is virtually maintenancefree and prints full-color, plastic ID and technology cards on a budget.
The FARGO® DTC1250e is built with Genuine HID® technology and is fully interoperable with other products in the HID ecosystem, enabling organizations to leverage their existing technology investments.
Fastest printer in its class – Minimize wait time for cards and IDs with this speedy card printer.
High-quality output – Simple, reliable and affordable photo ID card personalization, delivering a new level of durable, great-looking credentials.
Simple plug-and-play – The intuitive user-focused design allows for easy set-up, loading and operation for increased efficiency.
Convenient and affordable – Create ID cards right out of the box with plug-and-play Swift ID™ embedded badging application.
End-to-End Control, Flexibility and Security – The optional iCLASS SE® encoder (part of the iCLASS SE open encoder platform) can be fully integrated into your printer, allowing you to create, encode (read/write) and manage your secure credentials from start-to-finish. Design personalized ID badges locally and then program them to work with your current physical access control system (PACS), streamlining your ordering, inventory management, and issuance processes.
Additional Data Protection – Secure data sent to printer with AES-256 decryption.
The DTC1250e adds a level of convenience to easily print what you need, including:
Choose from easy (EZ), all-in-one print ribbon and card cleaner or economical and eco-friendly (ECO) refill ribbons.
Built-in Swift ID™ badging application enables you to create ID badges in seconds without having to install any additional software.
Edge-to-edge printing in full-color or simple black and white.
Intuitive design provides instant system status through color-changing buttons.
Industry’s first, inline card printing and technology card encoding with a single connection using USB or optional Ethernet or Wi-Fi connectivity.
Specifications
SPECIFICATIONS OVERVIEW
Printing Method: Dye-sublimation / resin thermal transfer
Resolution: 300 dpi (11.8 dots/mm) continuous tone
Colors: Up to 16.7 million / 256 shades per pixel
Print Ribbon Options:
Options include easy-to-use ribbon with disposable ribbon cartridge (EZ) and more economical and ecofriendly refill ribbon for cartridge (ECO).
Both EZ and ECO:
Full-color with resin black and overlay panel, YMCKO*, 250 prints
Resin black (standard), 1000 prints
ECO only:
Full-color half-panel with resin black and overlay panel, YMCKO*, 350 prints
EZ only:
Full-color with two resin black panels and overlay panel, YMCKOK*, 200 prints
Resin black and overlay panel, KO*, 500 prints
Resin black (premium), 1000 prints
Dye-sublimation black and overlay panel, BO*, 500 prints
Resin green, blue, red, white, silver, gold, 1000 prints
Silver and gold metallic, 500 prints
Rewrite technology – no ribbon is required
Print Speed**:
6 seconds per card (K*); 8 seconds per card (KO*); 16 seconds per card (YMCKO*); 24 seconds per card (YMCKOK*)
Accepted Standard Card Sizes:
CR-80 (3.375ËťL x 2.125ËťW / 85.6 mm L x 54 mm W); CR-79 adhesive back (3.313ËťL x 2.063ËťW / 84.1 mm L x 52.4 mm W)
Print Area:
CR-80 edge-to-edge (3.36ËťL x 2.11ËťW / 85.3 mm L x 53.7 mm W); CR-79 (3.3ËťL x 2.04ËťW / 83.8 mm L x 51.8 mm W)
Accepted Card Thickness:
.009Ëť – .040Ëť / 9 mil – 40 mil / .229 mm – 1.016 mm
Accepted Card Types:
PVC or polyester cards with polished PVC finish; monochrome resin required for100% polyester cards; optical memory cards with PVC finish; rewrite
Input Hopper Card Capacity:
100 cards (.030Ëť / .762 mm)
Output Hopper Card Capacity:
Single Sided: Up to 30 cards. Dual Sided: Up to 100 cards. (.030″ / .762 mm)
Card Cleaning:
Card cleaning roller integrated into ribbon cartridge; cleaning roller is automatically replaced with each ribbon change
Memory:
32 MB RAM
Software Drivers:
Windows® XP / Vista™ (32 bit & 64 bit) / Server 2003 & 2008 / Windows® 7 / Windows® 8 (32 bit & 64 bit)/
MAC OS X 10.5/10.6/10.7/10.8/10.9/ Linux*** (Available Soon)
Interface:
USB 2.0, optional Ethernet with internal print server
Operating Temperature:
65° to 80° F / 18° to 27° C
Humidity:
20–80% non-condensing
Dimensions:
Single-sided printer: 8.8ËťH x 13.7ËťW x 7.9ËťD / 224 mm H x 348 mm W x 201 mm D
Dual-sided printer: 9.8ËťH x 18.7ËťW x 9.2ËťD / 249 mm H x 475 mm W x 234 mm D
Safety: UL 60950-2, CSA C22.2 (60950-07), and CE; EMC: FCC Class A, CE (EN 55022 Class A, EN 55024), CCC, BSMI, KC
Enviornmental Features:
ENERGY STAR® qualified card printer (base models only without encoders) and refillable supply cartridges (ECO)
Supply Voltage:
50 Hz / 60 Hz
Warranty:
Printer – three years; printhead – three years, unlimited pass with UltraCard®
Encoding Options:
Supported smart card and magnetic stripe technologies: 125 kHz (HID Prox) reader; 13.56 MHz (iCLASS® Standard / SE / SR / Seos, MIFARE Classic®, MIFARE Plus®, MIFARE DESFire®, MIFARE DESFire® EV1, ISO 14443 A/B, ISO 15693) read/write encoder; 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; ISO magnetic stripe encoding, dual high- and low-coercivity, tracks 1, 2 and 3
Single wire Ethernet and USB 2.0 interface for inline printing and encoding (note: single wire Ethernet encoding is only available for iCLASS® , MIFARE®, and contact smart card encoding) – Ethernet-enabled printer supports wireless accessory; dual-sided printing module; smart card encoding modules (contact/contactless); magnetic stripe encoding module; printer cleaning kit; ethernet with internal print server; secure proprietary consumables system
Software:
Swift ID™ embedded badging application, FARGO Workbench™ diagnostic utility with Color Assist™ spot-color matching