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The Fargo 4500 is a high-performance card printer with built-in password protection, graphical display, and a wealth of field upgradeable modules for customized printing capabilities. The DTC4500e is ideal for medium-to-large sized organizations and is capable of producing secure, professional quality credentials at high volumes, daily. Its modular design makes it easy to update the functionality of your printer at any time to include encoding options, dual-sided printing, WiFi connectivity, lamination, and more.
Environmentally friendly, the DTC4500 is GreenCircle certified for efficient energy consumption and accepts Fargo’s refillable ECO printer ribbons.
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The DTC4500e by HID Fargo is a robust, reliable, and incredibly versatile print engine that is easy to use and easy to upgrade with field-upgradeable options. Designed for medium-to-large sized businesses and other high-volume printing and encoding applications, DTC4500e direct-to-card printers include high-capacity ribbon supplies and are outfitted with dual-input card hoppers that allow you to load 200 cards at a time. Fargo 4500e printers offer maximum security with standard password-protected printer access, optional magnetic stripe and smart card encoding, optional locking card hoppers, and optional card lamination modules. They are ideal for a full range of printing applications, including student ID cards, corporate ID cards, temporary employee ID cards and visitor badges, gift cards, health cards, controlled access cards, and more.
Fargo direct-to-card 4500e card printers offer a variety of user-friendly features including:
Unless you need to encode your cards, or to include an extended amount of company or cardholder information on your cards, you will most likely be satisfied with the single-sided DTC4500e. The single-sided DTC4500e allows you to print to a single side, and can be updated for dual-sided printing to at any time by adding the duplex printing module. We recommend the dual-sided DTC4500e for applications featuring more robust cardholder information, especially when combined with magnetic stripe encoding, barcodes, and/or smart card encoding – all of which occupy valuable card surface area. Having the option to print to both sides of the card keeps the card front from looking too busy or difficult to read.
A lot of customers ask whether it is possible to print to both sides of the card using a single-sided DTC4500e printer by manually flipping the printed cards and reloading the card hopper for a second pass through the printer. While this is technically possible, we do not recommended it. Printing two-sided cards using the single-sided DTC4500 printer will expose your printhead to additional dust, debris, and oil from your fingertips. Printhead damage resulting from non-standard use such as this typically voids manufacturer warranty coverage, costing you more in replacement and repair than it would have cost you to invest in a dual-sided printer or duplex printing module. In addition, the obvious advantage of the DTC4500e dual-sided printer’s ability to print to both card sides in a single printer pass cannot be overstated; when you’re printing a high volume of cards, saving time is important.
In plastic card printing, lamination is a clear, protective layer applied over the top of your printed cards by a printer with lamination capability. If you recall the old days of cut-and-paste assembled ID cards, lamination may confuse you and seem like an unnecessary, outdated step. Given the durability of PVC plastic cards and the convenience of direct-to-card printing technology, you might wonder why lamination is necessary when printing directly to plastic.
While lamination isn’t essential to the card printing process, it does offer three primary benefits that may complement your ID program:
One of the most remarkable features of the HID Fargo 4500 printer is its ability to evolve with the changing needs of your organization. There are a number of field-upgradeable features available that can be added to your printer, either at the time of purchase or later on an as-needed basis. Your DTC4500e printer can be modually upgraded to offer the following:
Dual-sided printing: The DTC4500e duplex module doubles the printable area of your cards and enables you to print to both sides of your card in a single printer pass.
Same-side input/output hopper: The DTC4500e same-side input/output hopper reduces the amount of space needed to operate your printer and helps to fit the printer into smaller workspaces.
Card encoding: A number of encoding options are available and can be added any time, including magnetic stripe encoding, contact and contactless smart card encoding, and prox card encoding. Barcode coding can be completed with a standard DTC4500 printer.
Single- or dual-sided lamination: The DTC4500e single-sided lamination module or dual-sided lamination module can be added any time by ID Wholesaler's in-house Technical Support Team. As demonstrated and detailed above, lamination protects your cards from forgery, tampering and physical wear. Note: Dual-sided printing is required to have dual-sided lamination.
Wi-Fi Connectivity: The DTC4500e comes with standard USB and Ethernet connectivity, but can be upgraded to include wireless connectivity as well. With the Wi-Fi accessory, you can print and encode freely and remotely – anytime, anywhere.