Professional credentials, printed at your desk
The Magicard Prima 8 is a single-sided reverse-transfer (retransfer) ID card printer built for high-security, high-durability credentials. It prints your image onto clear film and fuses it over the entire card surface — true over-the-edge, photo-quality printing that excels on smart, contactless, and composite technology cards where direct-to-card printers struggle. It runs at 300 dpi and about 100 full-color cards per hour, with USB and Ethernet standard.
Security is built in: Standard and Custom HoloKote watermarks (up to 10 designs), UV inline printing, optional clear or holographic over-lamination, Zero Latent Data erase, Threat Benchmarking, and a logical printer lock as standard. The Prima 8 is FIPS 201 compliant and on the GSA Approved Product List, and it’s backed by a 3-year MagiCover Plus warranty with a hot-swap loaner.
This configuration includes factory-fitted contact smart card (chip) encoding for programming contact credentials.
This is a printer-only purchase; ribbons, blank cards, and cleaning supplies are sold separately — see Complete your setup and Compatible Supplies for the matches recommended for this configuration.
Consumables
A complete list of compatible consumables for the Magicard Prima 8. Click any part number for details.
| Part Number | Description and Yield |
|---|---|
| Prima831 | Magicard PRIMA831 Ribbon & Film Kit, 1,000 Prints |
| Prima833 | Magicard PRIMA833 Color Ribbon, 750 Prints |
| PRIMA834 | Magicard UV Color Ribbon, 750 Prints |
| Prima436 | Magicard PRIMA436 Retransfer Film, 1,000 Prints |
| Part Number | Description |
|---|---|
| SPID-8670-WHITE | Specialist ID Composite PVC/PET Cards, CR-80 30mil |
| 082137 | HID FARGO UltraCard Composite HiCo Mag (500) |
| Part Number | Description |
|---|---|
| E9887 | Magicard Cleaning Kit for the Magicard Prima 8 ID Card Printer |
Technical Specifications
- Print method
- Reverse-transfer (retransfer) dye-sublimation, printed over the edge of the card
- Resolution
- 300 dpi (optional 600 dpi model available)
- Print sides
- Single-sided (prints the card front)
- Print speed, color
- Up to 100 full-color cards per hour (single-sided, including the retransfer step)
- Card capacity
- 100-card input hopper, 70-card output stacker (optional 200-card input)
- Accepted card sizes
- CR80
- Card materials and thickness
- PVC, composite PVC/PET, ABS, PET, and polycarbonate; 0.25 mm to 1.02 mm (10 to 40 mil)
- Security
- Standard and Custom HoloKote watermark (up to 10 custom designs); UV (ultraviolet) inline printing; clear and holographic over-laminates via the optional inline laminator; Zero Latent Data erase; Threat Benchmarking; logical printer lock fitted as standard; FIPS 201 compliant and on the GSA Approved Product List
- Encoding
- Contact and contactless smart card encoding (contact chip; MIFARE, DESFire, iCLASS), factory-configured — add it under Complete your setup. Magnetic stripe encoding requires the dual-sided Prima 8.
- Connectivity
- USB 2.0 (Hi-Speed / Full-Speed) and Ethernet (10/100), both standard
- Lamination
- Optional inline laminator (single- or double-sided), connected via infrared
- Operating systems
- Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 8, 7 and Windows Server; macOS (300 dpi model)
- Dimensions
- 13.5 in W x 12.6 in H x 13 in D (343 x 320 x 330 mm)
- Weight
- 34.1 lb (15.5 kg)
- Warranty
- 3-year MagiCover Plus (250,000-panel; hot-swap loaner printer; optional 1-year UltraCover extension)
- Made in
- United Kingdom
Compatible Supplies
Genuine Magicard ribbons and supplies matched to the Magicard Prima 8.
