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The next generation single-sided printer

As the world leader and innovator in identity issuance, we’re reimagining the ID solutions industry by providing an issuance system that’s specifically designed for today’s environments, which gives you the ability to easily issue the most secure identities in the world.

Types of cards

  • Membership Cards
  • Guest Cards
  • Employee ID Cards
  • Student, Teacher, and Admin ID Cards
  • Food Safe Labeling
  • Passenger Cards
  • Visitor ID Cards
  • Event ID Cards

Industries

  • Retail
  • Hospitality
  • Enterprise
  • Primary Education
  • Food Retail
  • Transportation

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.

Standard Features and Supplies

Print Technology

  • Dye-sublimation / resin thermal transfer
  • Rewritable technology

Print Capabilities

  • Single-sided

Print Resolution

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

Monochrome printing

  • Up to 660 single-sided cards per hour

Print Speed

  • Full color printing
  • Single-sided color ribbon - Up to 175 cards per hour (cph)

Card Capacity

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

Card Sizes

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

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

  • 11.3 lbs (5.49 kg)

Connectivity

  • USB

Warranties

  • 36 Months

Operating System Support for Printer Driver

  • Windows 11
  • Windows 10 (32- and 64-bit)
  • Windows Server 2019
  • Windows Server 2022

Optional Features and Supplies

Magnetic Stripe Encoding

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

WiFi

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

Smart Card Encoding

  • 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 ribbon cassettes:
    • YMCKT (500)
    • KTT (750)
  • Refill ribbon kits:
    • YMCKT (250/500)
    • ymcKT (650)
    • KT (1000)
    • KTT (750)
    • YMCKF-KT (300)
    • YMCKL-KT (300)

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