HID Global's new Fargo card printers focus on secure printing

HID Global's new Fargo card printers focus on secure printing
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New product line of direct-to-card printers has units for small businesses up to enterprise customers
BY GEOFF KOHL, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
SecurityInfoWatch.com
Updated: 08-31-2010 8:13 am

Image courtesy HID Global/Fargo
From HID Global's Fargo brand come three new direct-to-card printers designed to make access card and badge printing both simple and secure.
Aug. 31, 2010 -- HID Global's Fargo card printer business unit is out today with a new line of printers aimed to fit the needs of small businesses all the way to government and enterprise- level end users who need to create identification badges and access control cards. Announced today were the DTC1000, the DTC4000 and the DTC4500 "direct- to-card" printers that can handle both the badge printing as well as the card programming/reading. It's been since 2008 that the industry has seen a product launch of this magnitude from Fargo; it was June 2008 when Fargo launched the DTC400e (a predecessor to the printers in today's launch) along with the Personal M30e and C30e card printers. The new line is also notable as they are the first card printers Fargo has launched since the acquisition by ASSA ABLOY's HID Global brand.
The new printers are designed with security in mind. All of the units feature password protection to ensure that only authorize users can print cards, and the high-end model (the DTC4500) can handle specialty security printing features done on card laminates, such as holographic images, as well as ultraviolet printing. Read More...