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Security you can see and feel

The Entrust Sigma DS3 Direct-to-Card Printer with Tactile Impressor Module adds a counterfeiting and tampering resistance measure that stands out.

Types of cards

  • Government-issued IDs & Cards
  • Employee ID Cards
  • Student ID Cards
  • Access Control Cards
  • Casino Player Club Cards
  • Personalized Gift, Membership, & Loyalty Cards

Industries

  • Regional & Local Government
  • Enterprise
  • Education
  • Healthcare

Key Features

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Out of Box Experience

Reduces the complexity and frustrations of unboxing specifically engineered to start the ultimate printing experience.

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Printer Dashboard

See printer status, order supplies, check cleaning status, update firmware, or contact help, all on your mobile device.

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Issuance Flexibility

Printing cards has never been easier with flexibility to issue IDs with software in the cloud or on-premises.

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Unmatched Security

Ensure your data is safe from intruders with encryption technology, TPM Module, and Secure Boot.

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Purposeful Design

Designed to integrate into your physical environment with features such as variable light LED ring.

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Physical & Digital

Ability to issue a physical ID (card) and a digital ID (mobile flash pass) at the same time.

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Flexible Printing Solution

Customers can modify as they see fit by offering enhancements like smart card capabilities, lamination, and tactile impression.

Standard Features and Supplies

Print Technology

  • Dye-sublimation / resin thermal transfer
  • Rewritable technology

Print Capabilities

  • Single or dual-sided

Print Resolution

  • 300 dots per inch (dpi) (300 X 600, 300 X 1200)

Monochrome Printing

  • Up to 1100 cards per hour single-sided

Print and color tactile speed

  • Single-sided color ribbon and color tactile – Up to 145 cards per hour (cph)
  • Single-sided color ribbon – Up to 250 cards per hour (cph)
  • Double-sided color ribbon – Up to 180 cards per hour (cph)

Card Capacity

  • Input hopper - up to 125 cards
  • Output hopper - up to 25 cards (up to 100 optional)
  • Reject hopper - up to 10 cards

Card Sizes

  • Card input size:
  • Thickness - 0.010 inches to 0.040 inches (0.25mm - 1.016mm)
  • Dimension - ID-1, CR-79, CR-80

Operating Environment

  • Temperature: 60°F to 95°F (15°C to 35°C)
  • Humidity: 20-80 % RH - non condensing

Physical Dimensions

  • L 17.4 in x W 8.9 in x H 9 in / 44.2 cm x 22.6 cm x 22.9 cm

Weight

  • 12.1 lbs (5.49 kg); with options will vary

Connectivity

  • USB & Ethernet

Warranties

  • 36 Months

Web browser support for Instant ID as a Service

  • Chrome - Preferred
  • Edge/Internet Explorer
  • Safari

Operating system support for printer driver

  • Windows 11
  • Windows 10 versions, 32- and 64-bit
  • Windows 8.1, 32- or 64-bit
  • Windows Server 2019
  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows Server 2012, R2, 64-bit

Optional Features and Supplies

Magnetic Stripe Encoding

  • ISO 7811 three-track support (high- and low- coercivity
  • JIS Type II Single-track option

Multi-Hopper

  • Six-compartment multi-hopper (Six 125-card hoppers, 750-card total capacity)

WiFi

  • Wi-Fi types: 802.11g/n
  • Authentication modes: None, WPA2 Personal
  • Dual-band 2.4 GHz & 5GHz

Smart Card Encoding

  • Single Wire or Loosely coupled:
  • Contact smart card encoding: ISO 7816 T=0 (T=1)
  • Class A 5V (3V and 1.8V)

Contactless smart card encoding:

  • ISO 14443 - A (B)
  • ISO 15693, MiFare Series, DESFire Series, HID IClass Series,
  • HID Prox (125 KHZ)

Color Ribbons

  • Prefilled print ribbon cassettes:
    • YMCKT (500)
    • YMCKT-KT (350)
    • KTT (750)
    • ST-KT (500)
    • GT-KT (500)
  • Refill print ribbon kits:
    • YMCKT (250/500)
    • ymcKT (650)
    • YMCKT-KT (350)
    • ymcKT-KT (435)
    • KT (1000)
    • KTT (750)
    • YMCKF-KT (300)
    • YMCKL-KT (300)
    • YMCK** (500)
    • YMCK-K** (500)

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