Fargo DTC1250e Single or Dual Sided ID Card Printer

If you’re a small business, a school, or even local government, the Fargo DTC1250e ID Card Printer is the right solution for you. A printer/encoder, the Fargo DTC1250e ID Card Printer prints quickly and produces 50% more visually-rich, full-color credentials that look highly professional.

The Fargo DTC1250e ID Card Printer is designed to not take up too much space to fit in anywhere in your office environment. It’s easy to make custom ID badges on the spot thanks to the included Swift ID badging software. You can even upgrade the Fargo DTC1250e ID Card Printer with the iCLASS SE encoder, letting you print secure, personalized photo IDs in a single, easy step.

This highly versatile card printing solution is ideal for:

Corporate IDs
Transportation
Sports & leisure
Schools
Health clubs
Retail & loyalty
Casinos
Manufacturing plants
Libraries
Not-for-profit / NGOs

Create professional ID badges on demand

The Fargo DTC1250e ID Card Printer comes with a built-in Swift ID badge application that easy for anyone to create vivid color credentials in seconds. No more need to install software or send your ID cards out to a third party to print.

Print and encode physical credentials seamlessly

The embedded iCLASS SE encoder in the Fargo DTC1250e ID Card Printer lets you personalize and encode ID cards on the same printer and in the same process. You can encode cards with unique company or employee information and program them to work with a variety of access control systems.

Easy and simple to use

The Fargo DTC1250e ID Card Printer comes with the Fargo workbench diagnostic utility software that helps you monitor and maintain your printer over time.

There’s even an intuitive, user-friendly SmartScreen graphical display that makes it easy to set up, operate, and maintain your Fargo DTC1250e ID Card Printer.

Print 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 eco-friendly refill ribbon for refill cartridge (ECO).

Both EZ and ECO

Full-color with resin black and overlay panel, YMCKO, 100 prints
Full-color with resin black and overlay panel, YMCKO, 250 prints
Resin black (standard and premium), 1000 prints

ECO only

Full-color half-panel with resin black and overlay panel, YMCKO, 350 prints

EZ only

Resin green, blue, red and white, 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)

Accepted Standard Card Sizes

CR-80 (3.375inL x 2.125inW / 85.6 mm L x 54 mm W)
CR-79 adhesive back (3.313inL x 2.063inW / 84.1 mm L x 52.4 mm W)

Print Area

CR-80 edge-to-edge (3.36inL x 2.11inW / 85.3 mm L x 53.7 mm W)
CR-79 (3.3inL x 2.04inW / 83.8 mm L x 51.8 mm W)

Accepted Card Thickness

.009in - .040in / 9 mil - 40 mil / .229 mm - 1.016 mm

Accepted Card Types

PVC or polyester cards with polished PVC finish
Monochrome resin required for 100% polyester cards
Optical memory cards with PVC finish
Rewrite

Input Hopper Card Capacity

100 cards (.030in / .762 mm)

Output Hopper Card Capacity

Up to 30 cards (.030in / .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
Linux

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: 8.8inH x 13.7inW x 7.9inD / 224 mm H x 348 mm W x 201 mm D

Weight

7.5 lbs. / 3.4 Kg

Agency Listings

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

Supply Voltage

100-240Vac, 50-60Hz, 1.6 Amps max

Supply Frequency

50 Hz / 60 Hz

Warranty

Printer — three years

Printhead — three years, unlimited pass with UltraCard

Options

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
Ethernet with internal print server

Software

Swift ID embedded badging application, FARGO Workbench diagnostic utility with Color Assist spot-color matching

Display

Color changing status buttons