TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................. 2 SP PLUS SERIES PRINTER OVERVIEW ...................................... 3 DATACARD® SP75 PLUS PRINTER INTRODUCTION................. 3 KEY SP75 PLUS PRINTER IMPROVEMENTS .............................. 4 KEY SELLING POINTS................................................................... 5 PRODUCT POSITIONING – DATACARD® PRINTERS.................. 5 SUPPLIES OVERVIEW ......................................
SP PLUS SERIES PRINTER OVERVIEW As successful printers mature and become the industry standard, there comes a point in time when they need a boost. As a result, Datacard Group is proud to introduce the Datacard® SP Plus Series card printers with a “boost of energy”. The new SP Plus Series printers have taken the best from the current and highly successful SP Series printers and added the features and functionality to once again drive them to the top of the leader board in the card printer market.
KEY SP75 PLUS PRINTER IMPROVEMENTS The following are the improvements from the current SP75 card printer to the new SP75 Plus card printer.
KEY SELLING POINTS The SP75 Plus card printer is a high performance printer designed with the user in mind. It combines all the instrumental features required to enable fast, easy card personalization for secure and durable cards, magnetic stripe encoding and smart card personalization all in one compact user-friendly design. The SP75 Plus printer is ideal for governments, universities and corporations requiring secure cards with holographic or clear laminates for security and/or durability.
PRODUCT POSITIONING – DATACARD® PRINTERS (Continued) SP25 Plus Printer SP35 Plus Printer SP55 Plus Printer SP75 Plus Printer RP90 Plus Printer ● ● ● ● ●* One-Sided Lamination ● ● Two-Sided Lamination ● Feature Card Durability Options T-Panel (In-line within ribbon) (Clear Topcoat or Clear Datacard® DuraGard® Laminate) (Clear Topcoat and/or Datacard® DuraGard® Laminate) Card Security Options One-Sided Lamination ● ● (Custom Topcoat or DuraGard® Custom Security Laminate) ● One- or Two-Sid
SUPPLIES OVERVIEW The SP75 Plus card printer offers the same supplies available for use in other SP or SP Plus series card printers, and introduces several new supply items: + ymcKT Short Panel Ribbon Kit + 650 image yield + Ideal for cost conscious customers + Priced to be competitive against other short panel ribbons on the market today + YMCKT-K Color Panel Ribbon Kit + + + 375 card yield Perfect for customers who print color on the card front and bar codes or other black monochrome information on the
Ribbon Saver Datacard ribbons help to eliminate waste and can actually save ribbon, increasing the yield a customer can achieve from one roll of ribbon. Because these ribbons are designed specifically for use in the SP75 Plus card printer, only Datacard Certified Supplies offer this type of savings. Monochrome Ribbons: Instead of advancing one card length of ribbon for every printed card, the SP75 plus card printer advances just past the actual portion of ribbon that is being used to print on the card.
Color Ribbons available for use in SP series and SP Plus series card printers.
DATACARD® DURAGARD® VIRTUAL EDGE-TO-EDGE LAMINATES Each SP75 Plus card printer includes either one or two laminators, both capable of running Datacard® DuraGard® Clear or Secure Laminates and Clear or Secure Topcoats. Two laminators allow customers to use two different laminates or topcoats for added security and/or increased production.
GREATER VARIETY OF SECURITY AND DURABILITY SUPPLIES The SP75 Plus card printer also includes several unique security and durability supply items, previously unavailable in other Datacard card printers. + Security Topcoat with Registered and Random Security Images. Security topcoats can include random security images or registered security images. + Smart Card Laminates.
REPLACEMENT PRINTHEADS Monochrome printing in the SP75 Plus card printer has been optimized so one printhead can be used to accomplish both color and monochrome printing. The same printhead can be used in the SP35, SP35 Plus, SP55, and SP55 Plus color printers.
MARKET OPPORTUNITIES With increased emphasis on security throughout the world requiring an integrated secure identification solution, the SP75 Plus printer delivers all the needed features and functionality to make a successful card program The SP75 Plus printer is specifically designed for those applications and/or markets that require any of the following: − Physical card security − Extended card life − A secure printing environment − A highly reliable solution − A full solution with tested and integrat
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Direct-connect 10/100 Base-T Ethernet Input hopper holds 100 - .030 in. (.76mm) cards (200 card hopper optional) Output hopper holds 40 - .030 in. (.76mm) cards (100 card hopper optional) LCD panel USB Cable Connection, Ethernet support Microsoft® Windows® 2000, XP printer drivers and Open Platform driver for non-Windows operating systems i.e.
• • • • • • • • • • • Print resolution: 300 dots-per-inch Electrical requirements: Dual voltage-auto sensing − 100/120V, 50/60 Hz − 220/240V, 50/60 Hz Communications: Bidirectional USB, Ethernet Plastic cards accepted: - Size: 3.370 in. x 2.125 in. (85.6mm) x (53.
Agency Approvals • The Safety approvals: − CE − UL − cUL • FCC Emissions: − FCC CFR 47, part 15, subparts b and c, class A • European EMC − Emissions: EN55022:1998, Class A − Immunity: EN55024: 1998 • RTTE: − ETSI 300-330-2 − ETSI 300-489-3:2000 • RoHS – EU and China • FIP 201 Approved Options • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Dual laminator ISO Magnetic stripe encoding − IAT − Dual high and low coercivity − Tracks 1,2 and 3 (1 track for NTT) Smart card personalization − Contact/contactless all-in-one reader
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Q. What is the print speed of the Datacard® SP75 Plus card printer? A. The print speed for the SP75 Plus card printer is: Up to 175 cards per hour front side YMCK ribbon with front side lamination Up to 165 cards per hour front side YMCK-K ribbon, back side K with front side lamination Q. Is the SP75 Plus card printer field upgradeable? A.
A: The only monochrome ribbons that function with the SP75 Plus card printer are the ribbons listed above all other monochrome ribbons are not recognized by the SP75 Plus card printer and will not allow the printer to produce cards. Q. How does the SP75 Plus card printer run the isopropanol-cleaning card used to perform a cleaning cycle? A.
Q. Can you laminate twice on one-side of the card? A. Topcoat can be applied twice on the front side. Q. Can ribbons, laminates and topcoats defaults still be adjusted via the driver even though they are identified by the RFID tag? A. Yes. Q. Is the Hardware Lock Option field upgradeable? A. No, this must be purchased at time of printer order. Q. Is the second laminator option field upgradeable? A. No, this must be purchased at time of printer order. Q.
information provided on the tag to take advantage of enhanced value-added features available in the SP75 Plus card printer. These enhanced features include: + Automatic Supply Validation – When a print ribbon is installed, the printer automatically checks to see that the loaded print ribbon matches the requirements of the current print job. + Automatic Printer Settings & Offsets – When a new print ribbon is installed, the printer detects the change and updates the printer settings automatically.
Q. How does the SP75 Plus card printer recognize the isopropanol-cleaning card used to perform a cleaning cycle? A. Unlike other desktop printers that use an adhesive-cleaning card, the SP75 Plus card printer utilizes a single isopropanol-cleaning card to clean both the transport rollers, magnetic stripe head and card flipper. Through the printer driver, the end user must request that a cleaning cycle be performed.
IMPORTANT DATES Product Overview – Available via PartnerPage.com April 20 Price Pages Available via PartnerPage.com April 20 Sales Training – Web Casts Week of April 16 Product Shipments Start May 18 Official Public Product Launch – Cards Asia Trade show Datacard.
COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS When comparing the SP75 Plus printer with other mid-to-high volume card printers, there really is no comparison.
COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS (continued) Datacard Evolis Fargo Name SP75 Plus Securion DTC550 P640i Print Speed Up to 175 CPH Single Sided w/ lamination Up to 165 CPH YMCK-K w/ dual side lamination 27 lbs. Up to 120 CPH YMCK, single side w/ lamination Up to 105 CPH YMCKK, single side lamination 33.15 lbs. 144 CPH YMCKO 120 CPH YMCKOK 20 lbs. w/ laminator 39 lbs. 35 lbs.
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