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Evolis Tattoo RW


Evolis Tattoo RW

The next-generation printer for rewritable cards

Tattoo RW is an Evolis card printer for single-sided rewritable cards. It effortlessly matches all your expectations when it comes to flexibility, affordability, sustainable development, and regular data updates.With Tattoo RW, your cards are updated whenever required, while a same card can be erased, revised and printed anew up to 500 times.


  Features

The ideal solution to issue rewritable cards :

  • Visitor’ details on an access control badge
  • Transit passes, travel cards
  • Passes for ski and holiday resorts
  • Membership cards with subscription details
  • Loyalty cards with the updated number of points, as well as applicable special offers.

 

With Tattoo RW, your cards are updated whenever required, while a same card can be erased, revised and printed anew up to 500 times.

BENEFITS

Flexibility
You can deliver a new card anytime it is required! The erase/write cycle is extremely fast and you can erase,encode, and reprint new data in a matter of seconds.

A cost-efficient solution
This revolutionary rewritable technology requires no ribbon, which translates into valuable savings. No need to throw away your cards each time you need an update: erase and reprint only updated data on your existing card!

Environmental-friendly
Tattoo RW adheres to sustainable development. It uses rewritable cards and requires no ribbon: Tattoo RW helps you reduce your environmental footprint.

Data updates
Now with Tattoo RW, data encoded on magnetic stripes or on contactless chips can also be displayed and updated on the card surface. For example, loyalty points can be printed on a card and updated at each checkout.

  Specifications

Encoding options

  • HiCo/LoCo Magnetic stripe encoder ISO 7811 or JIS2
  • Contactless encoder ISO14443A & B, Mifare, DesFire (USB connection)

Print Mode

  • Direct thermal printing and erasing on rewritable material
  • Maximum print area: 48 mm x 76 mm (1.89" x 2.99")

Erasing & Printing speed

  • 8 seconds (manual)
  • 12 seconds (card feeder)
  • 3-Track ISO magnetic encoding: 4 seconds per card

Card feeding

  • Manual card insertion and delivery
  • Card-feeder insertion and delivery to removable hopper
  • Automated Mode: selects a card from the feeder if no card is inserted manually

Card format

CR-100 – ISO 788 (53.98 mm x 85.60 mm – 2.125" x 3.37")

Card type

Rewritable thermochromic material

  • Mitsubishi Black & Blue
  • Ricoh upon request
  • Other material upon request and validation

Card thickness

From 0.5 mm to 0.76 mm (20 to 30 mil)

Resident fonts

  • Arial 100, Arial bold 100
    Barcode – Code 39, 2/5 interleaved

Supported platforms

  • Windows 7 (32 & 64 bits), XP and Vista (32 & 64 bits)
  • Windows 2003 Server and Windows 2000 drivers available upon request - depending on system configuration

Interface

USB & Ethernet (USB cable supplied)

Printer form factor

  • Without output hopper: 166 mm (6.54") (H) x 290 mm (11.42") (L) x 187 mm (7.36") (W)
  • With output hopper: 166 mm (6.54") (H) x 368 mm (14.49") (L) x 187 mm (7.36") (W)

Printer weight

2.4 Kg (5.3 lbs)

Power supply

  • Power supply: 100/240 V AC, 1.8 A, 50-60 Hz
  • Printer: 24 V DC, 3 A

Environmental conditions

  • Min/Max operating temperature: 15°/30°C (59°/86° F)
  • Humidity: 20% to 65% non-condensing
  • Min/Max storage temperature: -5°/+70°C (23°/158° F)
  • Storage humidity: 20% to 70% non-condensing
  • Operating ventilation: free air