FARGO electronic How to Read FARGO Serial Numbers for Card Printers

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Reading the Serial Numbers on a Fargo Printer

The purpose of this section is to provide updated instructions for reading serial numbers on a Fargo Printer.

Finding out when a Fargo Card Printer was manufactured

You can determine when your card Printer was manufactured by reading directly from the serial number (affixed to your card Printer).

1.Year Built: The first two digits in the serial number indicate the year that the Printer was manufactured.

2.Week Built: The second two digits indicate the week.

3.Numeric Order: The last four digits indicate the sequence number for the numeric order in which the Printer’s were built.

Reviewing Example No. 1: Serial Number A1280224

1.A1280224: The first two digits in the serial number indicate the year the Printer was built (e.g., the letter and digit A1 indicate the year 2001).

2.A1280224: The third and fourth digits in the serial number indicate the week the Printer was built (e.g., the digits 28 indicate week 28 of that year).

3.A1280224: The last four digits indicate the sequence number for the numeric order in which the Printer’s were built.

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