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Datacard SP55 Card Printer


Datacard SP55 Card Printer

The Datacard® SP55 Plus card printer combines the speed and power of professional-grade card printing with the overall versatility you need to deliver high-quality cards for corporate, education, loyalty, entertainment and other markets.
The SP55 Plus card printer produces up to 190 one-sided,full-color cards or 1,000 one-sided, single-color cards per hour. Optional extralarge card input and output hoppers help ensure continuous productivity. High speed meets high quality with true edge-to-edge printing and sharp, crisp images driven by our exclusive Advanced Image Technology™. The printer also features front card loading and unloading, so you can place it anywhere.


  Features

Print capabilities
One- or two-sided edge-to-edge printing

  • Continuous-tone, full-color,black-and white photos
  •  Alphanumeric text, logos and digitized signatures
  •  Variety of bar codes
  •  Background patterns, Printer Pooling

Advanced Imaging Technology™
Print speed

  • Full-color printing:
  • Up to 190 cards per hour (one-sided)
  • Up to 155 cards per hour (two-sided)

Monochrome printing:

  • Up to 1,000 cards per hour (one-sided)
  • Up to 450 cards per hour (two-sided)

Connectivity

  • Bi-directional USB

Capacity

  • Input hopper: 100 cards,0.03 in. (0.76mm)
  • Output hopper: 40 cards,0.03 in. (0.76mm)

Printer driver

  • User-adjustable image and color controls
  • Stand-alone driver diagnostics
  • Color image and test card preview

Online user help

  • Add text, image or pattern to topcoat
  • Supply usage tab

User-friendly operation

  • Audible and visual message prompts
  • Automatic card feed
  • Operator-replaceable printhead
  • Continuous cleaning roller
  Specifications

Physical dimensions

  •  L 21.5 in. x W 7.8 in. x H 9.5 in. to H 11.9 in. (54.6 cm x 19.8 cm x 24.1 cm to 30.2 cm)

Weight

  •  Less than 11 lbs (5.3 kg) without supplies

Print resolution

  • 300 dots per inch, 256 shades

Electrical requirements

  • 100/120V, 50/60 Hz
  • 220/240V, 50/60 Hz

Plastic cards accepted

  • ISO ID-1/CR-80 size cards
  • 3.370 in. x 2.125 in. (85.6 mm x 53.98 mm)
  • PVC with glossy laminate surface,  Clear cards
  • Other core materials with PVC
  • overlaminates are optional

Card thicknesses accepted

  •  0.009 in. to 0.055 in. (0.2286 mm to 1.397 mm)

Operating environment

  •  60°F to 95°F (15°C to 35°C)
  •  20% to 80% non-condensing humidity

Storage environment

  • 5°F to 140°F (-15°C to 60°C)
  • 10% to 90% humidity

Operating system support

  •  Microsoft® Windows Vista®,
  •  Windows® XP,
  • Windows® 2003 Server, and
  • Windows® 2008 Server supported on printer driver version 4.0
  •  Windows® 2000 supported by
  •  printer driver version 2.0
  •  Datacard® Open Platform printer driver for non-Windows platforms

Agency approvals

  •  UL, cUL, FCC, CE, CCC, Ctick, RoHS