Fargo DTC550-LC Direct-To-Card Printer/Encoder with Laminating Station

Distributed or centralized secure ID card issuance

A versatile, reliable, card production workhorse that supports diverse applications throughout your organization. Protects your investment by offering great flexibility whenever you need to reconfigure your ID card issuance system.

• Can encode up to three different smart card technologies, plus magnetic stripe, in the same pass as card printing and lamination.
• Optional Ethernet connectivity and internal print server integrates with existing enterprise networks. Allows for centralized or distributed ID card issuance.
• Optional lamination module adds an extra layer of security and durability that helps extend card life.

For printing, encoding and laminating ID cards across a large organization, nothing integrates easier or is more secure.

The DTC550-LC model comes complete with a lamination station for added card durability. LC can protect your card for up to 10 years.

The one ID card printer that IT and security can agree on. As a security professional, an enterprise network is probably the last place you’d want to install an ID card printer. As an IT administrator, an ID card printer could be a security-sensitive target that you probably wouldn’t want on your network. But as you deploy tougher security measures throughout your organization, a networked and secure ID card printer could be exactly what you’ll need. And Fargo already has it: The DTC550.

Network Flexibility: The Fargo DTC550 Direct-to-Card Printer/Encoder supports secure ID card issuance at multiple locations throughout the enterprise. With an Ethernet port and internal print server, your IT staff can install a DTC550 anywhere on a LAN. The optional Print Security software gives your security team tight control over ID card printer access and use. The DTC550 provides greater flexibility when you’re planning widespread or high-volume card issuance for applications such as employee access cards, government and student IDs, customer loyalty and membership cards.

Easily integrates into your IT infrastructure. The most attractive feature of the DTC550 for IT managers is that it plays well with everything else on your network. The DTC550 connects to your Windows® -based PC through its USB port. It can also be added to your network as easily as any workgroup printer. The optional Ethernet port and internal print server allow you to install and share the DTC550 anywhere you need it. And its print driver provides bi-directional status information, so you can monitor and manage the DTC550 just as you would any other networked printer.
The DTC550 is fully compatible with most ID card issuance software. Plus, Fargo can provide a software development kit that will help you integrate the DTC550 into other applications such as security systems and HR databases.


The DTC550 is one of the most versatile ID card printer/encoders available. It's equally at home in a stand-alone application, or as part of a distributed or high-volume card issuance system. The DTC550 can meet your specific requirements with connectivity, lamination and smart card encoding options.



The lamination option adds on an extra layer of security and durability to extend card life.

1. Maintain quality by automatically routing defective cards to the Reject Card Hopper (available only with the lamination module).
2. Avoid production errors and delays by reading printer and material status, and operator prompts on the user-friendly display.
3. Dual card hopping allows printing on two different card stocks, or longer production runs on one stock. Optional lock helps prevents theft of blank cards.
4. Encoding options handle contact and contactless smart cards, proximity cards and magnetic stripe.
5. Ethernet port and internal print server enable secure network printing.

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