Major manufacturers of plastic card printers

DATACARD (USA) is a privately held group with annual revenues of approximately 0 million. It has more than 1,400 employees worldwide. Datacard Group manufactures card printers, ID systems, ID card software, embossers, card counting systems, etc. Datacard plastic card printers are sold through a network of worldwide sales partners in more than 120 countries.

Datacard  card printers are the following: SP Plus printers for traditional applications including staff, corporate, education IDs, and similar, RP90 Plus E card printer employing retransfer technology to print high-quality images on uneven card surfaces such as smart cards and longer lasting non-PVC cards that offer higher durability, and FP65 financial card printer.

 

EVOLIS company headquatered in FRANCE designs, manufactures and markets an extensive line of plastic card personalization solutions. Evolis was founded in December 1999. Today the company is one of the world leaders in plastic card solutions.

Evolis card printer product line includes Tattoo entry level printers, Pebble single-sided and Dualis dual-sided printers ideal for middle volumes, Qantum industrial card printer for high volume badge personalization, and Securion printer for printing secured liminated badges.

FARGO Electronics, Inc. was founded in 1974 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Fargo is a global leader in the development of secure technologies for identity card issuance systems, including secure ID card printer/encoders, materials and software. Fargo merged with a wholly owned subsidiary of ASSA ABLOY’s HID Global Corporation in August, 2006.

Fargo manufactures Persona ID card printers providing a simple, reliable and affordable way to make great-looking plastic ID cards with a modest level of security and card technology, DTC series card printers ideal for small to mid-sized businesses, K–12 schools, public safety departments, and local and state government facilities, and HDP card printers for specific applications (e.g. printing the oversized ID cards).

 

Zebra Technologies (USA) is a leading global provider of rugged and reliable specialty printing solutions, including on-demand thermal bar code label and receipt printers and supplies, plastic card printers, RFID smart label printer/encoders, certified smart media, and digital photo printers. Over six million Zebra printers have been sold worldwide.

Zebra card printers include affodable value printers (single-sided color P100i, P110i, single-sided monochrome P110m, and dual-sided color P120i), perfomance card printers for middle to big offices (single-sided color P330i, monochrome P330m, and dual-sided color P430i), and security laminating card printers (P520i, P630i, and P640i).