The Fargo ID Printer; the first choice for government and corporate needs

Fargo ID Card Printers 

When the discussion of what ID Card printer to buy comes up HID's Fargo Line is still a leader. It is the first choice of the Government and corporations with controlled access and security. They have excellent print quality and have proven themselves reliable over the years.

Security

Many key features make these some of the most secure printers available. Print quality is high. This means that attempts to counterfeit your cards would be difficult to almost impossible. Any attempts to replicate your ID Cards without having the original design template, any nefarious actors will be unable to duplicate that exact look, even using a equivalent quality level ID printer. Fargo Azure software helps you use this to your advantage, using "microimages”. You see these used in currency and government IDs. The software designs an image that is extremely difficult to scan. Fargo printers can encode smart cards or magnetic stripe cards. It can utilize proximity technology in your business security system and encode all the cards on the fly. If you use RFID, most of these cards come pre-configured. The printer also has locking feeder and output bins to protect you card stock and new ID's when they are printed from actual theft. 

Printing Volume

HID Fargo printers offer volume printing. It only takes about 24 seconds to print one card. You can complete 150 cards in just a single hour of printing. During encoding operations wile printing cards with a magnetic stripe, add a couple seconds on to each card. But overall, you can have a pile of cards ready with just a few short moments. The printer can magnetically encode smart cards or magnetic stripe cards. Utilizing proximity technology in your business security system, and encode all the cards on the fly. If you’re using RFID, most of these cards come pre-configured.

Print Quality

Fargo uses a technology known as dye sublimation to create the images. Dye sublimation is the process of vaporizing individual pigments into the clear overlay, which it then lays down on top of the card. This is good for several reasons. With most card printers, multiple passes are made over each card. Tiny alignment issues can happen as a result of the colors not lining up. This makes your print quality just seem "off." Fargo has solved this problem using dye-sublimation.The cards can be fully laminated, making them extremely durable and wear resistant. Scratching or damage from friction impart a lot of wear on the cards and the lamination protects the image from this. Several key features make HID Fargo's printers some of the most secure printers on the market. Print quality is high, attempts to replicate your card would result in obvious distortion. Their proprietary software can help you use this to your advantage.