Card Issuance
System Selection Guide
ACCESS SECURE IDENTITY
HID Card Issuance Systems
Fargo® printer/encoders with Asure ID® software
produce the ID cards that make organizations
worldwide more productive.
The end of the lanyard is where the full potential of Want durable, great-looking technology cards for your
your ID cards begins. campus card program?
They’ve gone beyond simply presenting names and faces. ID Build your system around Fargo High Definition Card
cards today, from proximity cards to multifunction technology Printer/Encoders.
cards, have exciting capabilities: Financial transactions. Network Want secure, on-the-spot issuance of customer cards
access control. Secure records management. Organizations of anywhere in the country?
all sizes are tapping the power of these card-based applications HID Asure ID® software will make it happen.
to help them streamline operations, improve efficiency and Need to protect your cards from counterfeiting or
enhance security. tampering?
Fargo Visual Security Solutions™ are the ultimate deterrent.
More capable cards require a more capable system. HID Card Issuance Systems bring all of these elements
Card-based applications require higher-level ID cards — cards together to produce exactly the ID cards your card-based
that are more capable, durable and secure. The applications require.
types of cards that HID Card Issuance
Systems are designed to produce. Start with expert guidance.
With so many possible configurations, be sure to ask an
Authorized Integrator which Fargo printer/encoder and Asure
ID software solution is right for you. With more than 140,000
installations around the world, they’re the experts on building
card identity systems that help make your organization more
productive — whether you issue multifunction technology
cards or basic photo IDs.
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Integrator Finding the best solution
begins with a simple
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Accessories
With so many printer/encoders, software
packages and visual security solutions from
which to choose, where do you start?
Simply access the following quick and
ID Accessories helpful tools online:
Printers/Encoders Printer Selector Tool:
hidglobal.com/pst
Card Selector Tool:
hidglobal.com/cardselector
Secure Materials
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Fargo Card Printer/Encoders
Make your ID cards reflect the people who wear them:
smart, hard-working, dependable and completely authentic.
HDP5000 DTC550
Produces cards in High Definition for FIPS 201 and other government The Direct-to-Card workhorse for diverse applications.
and corporate applications, delivering a new level of ID card production. • Can encode up to three different smart card technologies, plus magnetic stripe,
• Prints on the reverse side of HDP® Film that is then fused to the card, for in the same pass as card printing and lamination.
outstanding print quality over embedded electronics and greater durability and • Integrates with your existing infrastructure.
security.
• Allows for centralized or distributed issuance.
• On the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) list for FIPS 201 Approved
• Perfect for high-volume card printing and encoding.
Products.
• Exceptionally reliable – because printheads never touch the card during the
HDP process, they’re protected from damage.
• Versatile modular design changes with your needs; easily upgrade to dual-sided
printing, single- or dual-sided lamination and card encoding technologies.
• Affordably priced.
HDP5000 Card Identity System DTC550 Card Identity System
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The industry choice for outstanding performance, versatility and security, Fargo card printer/encoders are easy to use for a
wide range of identification applications. With options such as encoding modules and laminators, these units can be configured
to produce cards for a wide range of applications, from basic photo IDs to biometric technology cards.
DTC400e Persona® C30e
The easy, flexible way to print and encode ID cards. Simple ID card printing from start to finish.
• Dual- or single-sided Direct-to-Card printing of photos, bar codes and digital • Delivers sharp, colorful, durable plastic ID cards.
signatures. • Reliable and low-maintenance with simple set-up, loading and operation.
• Exclusive SmartLoad™ Ribbon Cartridge. • Prints on thin, flexible or conventional thickness technology cards.
• Optional modules encode data for contact and contactless smart cards plus • Upgradeable with several card encoding modules.
proximity and magnetic stripe cards for access control and other applications.
• Also available in monochrome only (M30e).
• Rewritable card capabilities eliminate the waste of short-lived cards with the
ability to erase and rewrite cards multiple times.
• Prints on thin, flexible or conventional-thickness cards.
DTC400e Card Identity System Persona C30e Card Identity System
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Asure ID® Card Personalization Software
Powerful, easy-to-use ID card personalization software
for card design, data management and card production,
plus developer tools.
Asure ID® 2009 Card Personalization Software
Trusted worldwide by organizations of all sizes, Asure ID offers ID card application control software
solutions that are easy to learn, feature-rich and capable of enabling today’s ID card applications.
Asure ID Exchange™ Asure ID Enterprise™
• Designed for the most sophisticated secure credential applications, where • Networkable card personalization software allows multiple workstations to
multiple users on the network need to create, update and maintain multiple share a common database.
shared records in real-time. • Database connectivity is enhanced with the support of a variety of database
• Advanced smart card functionality is supported by the iDIRECTOR™ types, as well as the ability to Live Link™ with external databases for real
encoding and management module. time data exchange.
• Enhanced database connectivity with the capability to Live Link™ with • Features include advanced, yet intuitive, card design processes, a
multiple external databases for real time data exchange and through support configurable Data Entry Center for quick, no-nonsense card production and
of multiple database types. batch and sheet printing capabilities.
• Configurable Data Entry Center provides quick, no-nonsense card
production along with batch and sheet printing capabilities.
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Asure ID® 2009 makes it easier to design and manage ID cards than ever before. Featuring a highly intuitive user interface
based on the Microsoft® Ribbon, Asure ID 2009 puts everything you need to create a card within just a few mouse clicks.
Plus, the software is built on the Microsoft .NET technology platform for stability and interoperability.
Asure ID Express™ Asure ID Solo™
• Popular card personalization software for stand-alone systems with • Entry level card personalization software that provides simplified processes
advanced, yet intuitive, card design processes. for card design.
• Provides basic external database connectivity with real-time data exchange. • A configurable Data Entry Center enables quick, no-nonsense card
• Features include a configurable Data Entry Center, batch and sheet printing production.
custom reports and password access control. • Features include basic database functionality to save records along with dual-
sided printing capabilities.
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HID Card Issuance Development Software
Printer Software Development Kit
The SDK gives commercial and in-house software developers
and security system integrators a logical model for accessing
the functions of Fargo printer/encoders.
• Get direct access to the capabilities of Fargo Card Printer/Encoders and Systems.
• Easy-to-use, high-level API command set controls card printing and encoding,
diagnostics, upgrades, audits and enables printer security.
• High-level interface abstracts devices, allowing performance of complex functions
with a few lines of code instead of hundreds.
• Supports programming environments such as Visual Basic, Visual C++, Visual C#,
.NET-based languages or any other language that supports COM-based objects.
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Get your FREE guide to designing ID Cards.
Learn how to create dynamic, effective and
secure ID cards.
Fargo’s 28-page Card Design Guide Book shows you how to
create IDs that:
• Reflect your brand identity.
• Enhance your physical and logical security.
• Reduce your vulnerability to ID counterfeiting.
• Increase your efficiency and productivity.
Also includes a bonus section: A gallery of ID cards intended
to provide a creative spark for your own designs.
Visit hidglobal.com/freeguide to get your free copy of
Fargo’s ID Card Design Guide.
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Secure Materials
One look tells counterfeiters that
they’re defeated before they even try.
Holographic HDP Film Fluorescing Ribbons
High Secure holograms on HDP Film — the ultimate in visual An economical way to add an incremental level of security
security. Only for Fargo HDP printer/encoders. to your photo identification cards. Only for Fargo HDP5000
printer/encoders.
Custom High Standard High YMCFK Ribbon
Secure HDP Film Secure HDP Film In addition to yellow (Y), magenta (M), cyan (C), and resin black (K) panels,
Your unique holographic image, Fargo’s standard Orbit Globe this ribbon contain a dye-based fluorescing panel (F) which prints a static or a
plus Visual Security Elements (VSEs) hologram featuring multiple VSEs dynamic one-to-one personalized grayscale fluorescing image. The fluorescing
such as morphing images and micro imaged onto HDP Film. Like the image is completely invisible until exposed to ultraviolet light.
text, all integrated within HDP Film. custom film, any attempt to peel
Extremely difficult to forge, yet easy apart the layers destroys the image
to authenticate. for a tamper-evident solution.
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Secure Materials are an essential part of any card identity system. HID offers a wide selection of Fargo brand films, overlaminates,
cards, ribbons and other materials that combine to add features that resist counterfeiting and tampering. Plus, these materials
ensure superior print quality for great-looking cards. View our online Visual Security Solutions Demonstration for insight on how
you can increase the cache of corporate or student ID’s while reducing the threat of counterfeits: hidglobal.com/vssdemo
Holographic Overlaminates
Choose from Secure or High Secure holographic lamination. Only for Fargo HDP or Direct-to-Card lamination modules.
Custom High Standard High Custom Secure Custom Secure
Secure Overlaminate Secure Overlaminate Overlaminate Express™ Overlaminate
Your custom holographic design Our standard Orbit Globe A cost-effective solution that The fast track to basic, yet
integrated with a combination of hologram featuring multiple VSEs. uses simple, 2D movement of customized holographic protection.
VSEs produces a hard-to-duplicate An off-the-shelf solution where your graphic or text to create a Fast delivery. Low minimum order
ID card. Also available in a standard incremental security is important. holographic design. requirements. Supports basic designs
design. and text.
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Secure Materials
Holographic Foil Cards
Fargo Holographic Foil Cards provide a high level of protection by making their visual security elements part of the card itself.
Holographic foil elements are either embedded on the card surface, or just below the surface, beyond the reach of counterfeiters.
Custom HoloMark™ Card Custom Translucent Custom VeriMark™ Card Custom Metallized
Your custom 3D image in a Foil Card Your custom 2D graphic hot Foil Card
high-resolution hologram that’s A secure hologram of your custom stamped in gold onto a silver Your custom design in a metallized
permanently embedded onto the design in a translucent 2D foil metallic foil. Visual security with hologram that’s layered just below
card surface. Virtually impossible to embedded just below the card minimum cost and delivery time. the card surface for maximum
duplicate, yet easy to validate. Also surface for maximum security and durability and resistance to
available in a standard design. durability. counterfeiting or tampering.
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Card Stock
Whether you need to print cards for traditional identification or have more advanced uses such as access control,
cashless vending or secure logon, HID offers a card that will meet the needs of your specific application.
Standard Cards iCLASS® & MIFARE®/ HID & Indala® Prox Multi-technology Cards
Video-grade PVC Fargo UltraCard , ™ DESFire® These 125 kHz cards work with Seamlessly upgrade from existing
PVC/PET or PVC/Polyester 13.56 MHz read/write contactless existing HID and Indala proximity magnetic stripe, proximity and/
composite blank white card stock smart card technology in various readers. Add new applications to or Wiegand readers and cards to
with polished, scratch- and debris- combinations with magnetic stripe your proximity card with a contact a contactless smart card system.
reduced surfaces optimizes the and contact smart module. smart module. Implement multiple applications
quality of your printed images for requiring diverse technologies with
High Definition* and Direct-to-Card a single credential.
Printing.
*When customizing cards using Re-Transfer Printers that fuse images to the surface of the card by
applying heat and pressure (such as the Fargo HDP5000), we recommend the use of composite
cards, which are better able to withstand the higher application temperatures.
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Accessories
Everything you need to create
a complete ID card solution.
ID Accessories Camera Accessories
ID accessories give you choices for convenience, security and Customize and complete your card identity system with digital
durability, plus premium quality and reliable service. cameras, photography backdrops and other accessories.
High-quality ID accessories help you create the right presentation for your Our entire selection of cameras and accessories provides a simple, turnkey
secure credentials. Combining a lanyard with a badge holder, for example, way to complete your Card Identity System. Digital cameras are an essential
protects your ID card while providing quick access. Our ID accessories part of any photo ID system and our USB-connected cameras deliver the
provide choices for convenience, security and durability. And, as with all of sharp, clear images that today’s high-quality photo ID cards require. Our
our products, you’ll get premium quality and reliable customer service. backdrops are easy to set up and enhance the appearance of your ID photos.
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Worldwide Network of Integration Services
Don’t think you have to do this alone.
HID has experts all over the world.
Authorized Integrators Fargo Professional Services
From corporations to schools to government agencies, our A partnership for successful implementation of large-scale identity
integrators put the power of HID Secure Card Issuance to work. programs.
Our worldwide network is made up of professional integrators in the Working on a large card identity system can be a complex, time-consuming
identification and security industries dedicated to providing ongoing sales and program. Doing the job right takes extensive, specialized knowledge and
service for Secure Card Issuance systems. Authorized integrators exist in experience. Our Professional Services experts offer a proven methodology for
over 80 countries, have sold more than 140,000 card personalization systems optimizing the security and performance of sophisticated and often customized
worldwide and are highly trained on Fargo printers and Asure ID® software. card identity systems. From planning through integration and deployment, our
These integrators have the real-world experience to implement anything from Professional Services works in tandem with your integrator to create a card
high-security access control to charging a cafeteria lunch with a student ID. identity system that meets your specified operational and business goals.
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