HID FARGO DTC1250e Single-Sided ID Card Printer

The HID FARGO DTC1250e is a direct-to-card ID card printer built for small businesses, schools, and local governments that need professional, full-color credentials on a budget. As the fastest printer in its class, it prints up to 50% more cards in the same time as higher-end direct-to-card printers, producing a full-color card in about 16 seconds (around 225 cards per hour) and a monochrome card in 6 seconds. This is the single-sided base model, part number 050000 (also listed as 50000), with a USB connection.

It prints at 300 dpi, combining dye-sublimation for photo-quality color with resin thermal transfer for sharp black text and barcodes. Designed for ultralow maintenance, even first-time users can issue cards on day one: the EZ ribbon cartridge loads in seconds and its integrated cleaning roller is replaced automatically with every ribbon change. Use it to issue employee badges, student and faculty IDs, membership cards, and visitor passes right from your desk.

Built-in security protects your card program: AES-256 encryption secures data in transit between your PC and the printer, while HID's resin scramble feature renders used ribbon panels unreadable to help guard cardholder data. The DTC1250e grows with you, too: it is field-upgradeable to dual-sided printing, Ethernet with an internal print server, and encoding for magnetic stripe, contact, and contactless smart cards.