The DTC500 Series offers

the most versatile and compact solution for printing, encoding and laminating plastic cards.

Government

Education

DTC500 Series 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*, 400 prints

 

• Full-color with two resin black panels and overlay panel, YMCKOK*, 350 prints

 

• Full-color, no overlay panel, YMC*, 700 prints

 

 

• Full-color with resin black panel, no overlay panel, YMCK*, 500 prints

 

• Full-color with two resin black panels, no overlay panel, YMCKK*, 400 prints

 

• Dye-sublimation black, BO*, 500 prints

 

 

• Resin black (3,000 prints); green, blue, red, white, silver, gold and scratch-off (1000 prints)

 

 

 

Overlaminate Options:

• Thermal Transfer Overlaminate, .25 mil thick

 

 

• PolyGuard Overlaminate, 1.0 mil and .6 mil thick

 

 

All overlaminates available in clear, holographic globe design

 

or custom holographic design

 

 

 

 

Print Speed:**

Batch Mode:

 

 

• DTC515: 7 seconds per card / 514 cards per hour (K)*

 

• DTC515: 12 seconds per card / 300 cards per hour (BO)*

 

• DTC515: 27 seconds per card / 133 cards per hour (YMCKO)*

 

• DTC525: 35 seconds per card / 102 cards per hour (YMCKOK)*

 

• DTC515-LC/525-LC: 30 seconds per card / 120 cards per hour (YMCK/lamination)*

 

• DTC525-LC: 36 seconds per card / 99 cards per hour (YMCKK/lamination)*

 

 

 

Accepted Standard Card Sizes:

CR-80 (3.370"L x 2.125"W / 85.6mmL x 54mmW)

 

 

CR-79 Adhesive Back (3.303”L x 2.051”W / 83.9mmL x 52.1mmW) (DTC515/525 only)

 

 

Print Area:

CR-80 edge-to-edge (3.37"L x 2.11"W / 85.5mmL x 53.5mmW)

 

CR-79 (3.3”L x 2.051”W / 83.8mmL x 52.1mmW)

 

 

 

Accepted Card Thickness:

Print only: .010" (10 mil) to .050" (50 mil) / .254mm to 1.27mm

 

(single-sided printing only for 10 mil and 50 mil cards)

 

Print/Lamination: .020" (20 mil) to .040" (40 mil) / .508mm 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 hopper; 200 cards (.030")

 

 

 

 

Output Hopper Card Capacity:

100 cards (.030" / .762mm)

 

 

 

 

Security Features:

SmartGuard, SmartShield, Card Hopper Lock

 

 

 

Card Cleaning:

Removable Card Cleaning Cartridge with replaceable cleaning tape

 

 

 

Memory:

4MB RAM

 

Display:

User-friendly, SmartScreen LCD Control Panel; LED display on Card Lamination Module

 

 

 

Software Drivers:

Windows® 98/Me/2000/XP

 

Encoding Options:

• ISO Magnetic Stripe Encoding Module, dual

• Contact Smart Card Encoder

 

high- and low-coercivity, Tracks 1, 2, and 3

reads from and writes to all

 

• JIS II Magnetic Stripe Encoding Module

ISO7816-1/2/3/4 memory and

 

• E-Card Docking Station (required for all e-card

microprocessor smart cards (T=0,

 

T=1) as well as synchronous cards

 

options or 3rd party smart card encoding)

 

• Prox Card Encoder (HID read-only)

 

• Contactless Smart Card Encoder (MIFARE®)

 

System Requirements:

IBM-PC or compatible, Windows 98/Me/2000/XP, Pentium® class

 

 

133MHz computer with 32MB of RAM or higher, 200MB free hard disk space

 

 

or higher, ECP parallel port with DMA access

 

 

 

 

Interface:

Centronics Parallel, IEEE 1284 compliant

 

 

Optional EIA-232C serial interface (for embedded fonts and bar codes)

 

 

Optional USB-to-Parallel Interface Cable (Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP only)

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Temperature:

65˚ to 80˚ F / 18˚ to 27˚ C

 

 

 

 

 

 

Humidity:

20-80% non-condensing

 

 

Dimensions:

DTC515/525: 10.75"H x 18.5"W x 11"D / 273mmH x 470mmW x 279mmD

 

 

DTC515-LC/525-LC: 10.75"H x 30.5"W x 11"D / 273mmH x 775mmW x 279mmD

 

 

LC Module: 10.25"H x 30"W x 11"D / 260mmH x 762mmW x 279mmD

 

Weight:

DTC515/525: 24 lbs. / 10.8 kg

 

 

 

DTC515-LC/525-LC: 43 lbs. / 19.5 kg

 

 

LC Module: 19 lbs. / 8.6 kg

 

 

Agency Listings:

Safety: UL 1950, CSA C22.2 (950), TüV-GS (IEC-950), CE and CCC

 

 

Emissions: ITS (EN 55022 Class B:1995), FCC Class B, EN 50082-1:1997, BSMI,

 

 

CRC c1374, CE and CCC

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supply Voltage:

DTC515: 100-240 VAC, 1.2 A

DTC525/515-LC/525-LC: 100-240 VAC, 2.2 A

 

 

 

 

Corporate

Supply Frequency:

50 Hz / 60 Hz

 

 

 

 

Warranty:

Printer – One year; optional Extended Warranty Program (U.S. only)

 

Printhead – One year, unlimited pass with UltraCard™ Cards

Maximize the performance of your Fargo Card Identity Solution. Ask your authorized Fargo integrator about:

•Fargo Certified Software

•Fargo Certified Supplies

•Fargo Extended Warranties

•Fargo On-call Express

•Fargo Visual Security™ Solutions

Fargo Certified Supplies:

Fargo Card Printer/Encoders require highly specialized media to function properly.

 

To maximize printed card quality and durability, printhead life and printer/encoder

 

reliability, use only Fargo Certified Supplies. Fargo warranties are void, where not prohibited by

 

law, when non-Fargo Certified Supplies are used.

Options:

• Card Lamination Module

• External Print Server (Windows only; required

 

• Printer Cleaning Kit

for stand-alone networking of printer/encoders)

*Indicates the ribbon type and the number of ribbon panels printed where Y=Yellow, M=Magenta, C=Cyan, K=Resin Black, O=Overlay, B=Dye-Sublimation Black **Print speed indicates an approximate batch print speed and is measured from the time a card feeds into the printer to the time it ejects from the printer. Print speeds do not include encoding time or the time needed for the PC to process the image. Process time is dependent on the size of the file, the CPU, amount of RAM and the amount of available resources at the time of the print.

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