The Fargo DTC400e is simple to operate and virtually maintenance free, and can expand easily as your needs grow.

Never hassle with ribbons or card cleaning again.
Anyone who's ever operated a card printer knows the drill: loading ribbons can be difficult, separate card cleaning mechanisms are a pain, and blinking indicator lights can be more confusing than helpful. The DTC400e's next-generation, one way loading design eliminates these problems once and for all. Its the first printer to feature Fargos SmartLoad Ribbon Cartridge, our all-in-one print ribbon/card cleaning system. This handy, disposable cartridge installs in one easy step just slide it into place and youre done. Best of all, our patent-pending SmartClean Roller is integrated into every cartridge, so youll never have to deal with a separate card cleaning mechanism again.

Never again wonder what your printer is trying to tell you.
Another next-generation feature of the DTC400e is Fargos SmartScreen LCD Control Panel. Unlike other card printers that communicate with confusing, blinking lights (or worse, no status indicator at all), the DTC400e features a clear display of easy to understand prompts and commands. You'll always know the status of your printing and encoding.

Think your needs might change?
Never fear, the DTC400e adapts easily to change with you. Its difficult to know what type of card functionality you might need in the future. Dont worry. Fargo lets you add encoding and/or dual-sided printing modules to your DTC400e as your security system grows. Order the DTC400e thats right for you today. Then, rest easy knowing you can add a proximity card encoder, smart card encoder, or dual-sided printing module to it tomorrow.

Features

• Dual-sided Printing Module (Includes E-card Housing)
• SmartLoad Ribbon Cartridge: Simply slide the cartridge in, close the door, and youre done.
• SmartScreen LCD Control Panel
• 8MB of RAM for fast full-color or monochrome printing.
• SmartClean Roller
• Field-Upgradable Security Features
• Accepted Card Thicknesses: 9 mil - 40 mil

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Includes

• On-line manual & Acrobat Reader
• Clipart Volume
• Multi-lingual:
  English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
• Ease of use - light software for heavy duty card design.

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Specifications

• Print Method:
  Dye-Sublimation/Resin Thermal Transfer
• Resolution:
  300 dpi (11.8 dots/mm)
• Colors:
  Up to 16.7 million/256 shades per pixel
• Ribbon Choices:
  Full-color with resin black and overlay panel, YMCKO, 250 prints
  Resin black and overlay panel, KO, 500 prints
  Resin black, green, blue, red, white, 1,000 prints
  Full-color half-panel with resin black and overlay panel, YMCKO, 350 prints Full-color with two resin black panels and overlay panel, YMCKOK, 200 prints Full-color with fluorescing, resin black and overlay panel, YMCFKO, 200 prints Dye-sublimation black and overlay panel, BO, 500 prints Resin silver and gold, 500 prints YMCKO, YMCKO half-panel and YMCKOK ribbons are available in both disposable and refillable ribbon cartridges.
• Print Speed:
  7 seconds per card/514 cards per hour (K)
  12 seconds per card/300 cards per hour (KO)
  27 seconds per card/133 cards per hour (YMCKO) 35 seconds per card (YMCKOK)
• Accepted Standard Card Sizes:
  CR-80 (3.375"L x 2.125"W/85.6mmL x 54mmW) CR-79 Adhesive back (3.313"L x 2.125"W / 85.6mmL x 52.4mmW)
• Print Area:
  CR-80 edge-to-edge (3.37"L x 2.11"W/85.5mmL x 53.5mmW)
• Accepted Card Thickness:
  9mil to 40 mil (.009" to .040"/ .229 mm to 1.016 mm)
• Accepted Card Types:
  PVC or polyester cards with polished PVC finish; monochrome polyester cards; optical memory cards with PVC finish and Fargo Rewritable Surface cards.
• Input Hopper Card Capacity:
  100 cards (.030"/.762mm)
• Output Hopper Card Capacity:
  30 cards (.030"/.762mm)
• Card Cleaning:
  Card cleaning roller integrated into ribbon cartridge; cleaning roller replaced with each new ribbon used
• Memory:
  2MB RAM
• Display:
  Easy-to-read, backlit LCD Control Panel
• Software Drivers:
  Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP and Linux
• Interface:
  USB 1.1 (USB 2.0 compatible)
• Operating Temperature:
  65 to 80 F/18 to 27 C
• Humidity:
  2080% non-condensing
• Dimensions:
  Dual-Sided: 7.9"H x 18.28"W x 8.14"D / 201mmH x 464mmW x 207mmD
• Weight:
  Dual-Sided: 11.55 lbs. / 5.22 kg
• Safety:
  UL 60950-1, CSA C22.2 (60950), UL-GS (EN 60950-1) Emissions: ITS (EN 55022 Class B), FCC (EN 55024 Class B), CRC
• Supply Voltage:
  100240 VAC, 3.3 A
• Supply Frequency:
  50 Hz/60 Hz

Warranty

• Printer
  Two Year Warranty on Printer and Printhead with One Year of On-Call Express

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Options - DTC400e Printer can be upgraded with any of the following options at a later date.

• ISO Magnetic Stripe Encoding Module, dual high and low corcevity
• Contactless and Contact Smart Card Encoder Module
• Ethernet Networking Option (replaces USB Connection)
• 100-card Output Hopper

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