FARGO DTC1500 Direct-to-Card Printer

The DTC1500 offers the convenience and lower cost of high-capacity consumables along with a comprehensive feature set and innovative, easy-toimplement security elements — enabling organizations to routinely issue highly secure cards and IDs at a fraction of the cost without sacrificing quality

Designed for government, universities and colleges, K-12 schools, healthcare facilities, and small-to-medium corporations, the DTC1500 boasts distinctive security features. A built-in custom watermark overlay function allows for the application of a customized transparent security image — such as a logo, symbol or text — to be integrated as a permanent watermark within the printed card’s overlay panel, making duplication virtually impossible. The DTC1500 custom watermark provides organizations with a cost-efficient way to significantly increase card security and thwart would-be-counterfeiters without additional investment in holographic overlaminates or foil cards.

The DTC1500 also comes equipped with a unique resin scramble data protection feature, providing an additional layer of security by hiding any information printed with a resin panel. Standard password protection and AES 256 data encryption provide additional peace of mind.

Beyond robust security, the DTC1500 offers innovative printing features such as resin threshold. Resin threshold allows for true K panel printing by allowing printer operators to manually set and adjust precisely when the resin is utilized based on color concentration. As a result, text and barcodes are darker and more crisply defined.

What’s more, built-in dual-side printing can be activated by simply using an RFID tag, making after-purchase upgrades virtually effortless. Due to its modular, scalable design, optional lamination or encoding modules can also be added at any time. Security, lower cost, innovation and versatility — they all come standard with the DTC1500.

Key Features

Innovative, built-in security features – Easy-to-implement security features such as resin scramble data protection and custom overlay watermark come standard on every unit

Low-cost, high-capacity consumables – High-capacity, full- and half-panel color ribbons significantly lower cost-per-card and reduce total cost of ownership

Highly versatile – Powerful printing in a modular, scalable design that simplifies  in-field equipment upgrades and migration to higher levels of security

Earth friendly – GreenCircle Certified for efficient energy consumption and  eco-friendly (ECO) refill ribbons

Optional Features:

Built-in dual-side printing can be activated with the simple use of an RFID tag making after-purchase upgrades virtually effortless

Card lamination module for applying overlaminates to produce highly secure and durable cards

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 magnetic stripe and proximity cards as needed

Additional Product Features

Custom watermark overlay and resin scramble data protection

Password-protected printer operation and AES data encryption

High-capacity ribbon consumables

Resin threshold

Built-in Ethernet and USB connection for centralized or remote ID card issuance (Ethernet is optional on BIS-certified units)

FARGO Workbench diagnostic utility for printer maintenance facilitation, including Color Assist spot-color matching

Interoperable with Asure ID card personalization software for badge design, database management and technology card encoding

Encoding Options

(Supported smart card and magnetic stripe technologies)

125kHz (HID PROX) reader

13.56 MHz (iCLASS® Standard/SE/SR/Seos,  MIFARE Classic, MIFARE Plus, MIFARE DESFire, MIFARE DESFire EV1/EV2, 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