Fargo C50 Single Sided Basic System

The Fargo C50 Basic System (item# 51700) is packaged with everything that you need to print your first ID cards within minutes. All you need to do is drop the ribbon and load cards into your Fargo C50 Single-Sided ID Card Printer.

About the Fargo C50 Single-Sided ID Card printer:

The Fargo C50 ID Card Printer is an affordable yet reliable single-sided solution to print professional ID cards and badges on demand.

The Fargo C50 Single-Sided ID Card Printer is a direct-to-card printer that offers stunning edge-to-edge credentials in vivid colors or sharp monochrome.

The Fargo C50 Single-Sided ID Card Printer is very easy to set up so get ready to start printing professional badges within minutes! The printer comes with Built-in Swift ID™ badging application to help you create ID badges in seconds without having to install any additional software. Choose from easy (EZ), all-in-one print ribbon and card cleaner or economical and eco-friendly (ECO) refill ribbons. A card cleaning roller is integrated into the ribbon cartridge for easy maintenance.

The Fargo C50 comes with drivers for all operating systems, including Windows® 7, Windows® 8 (32 bit & 64 bit), MAC OS X 10.5/10.6/10.7/10.8 and Linux.

The Fargo C50 ID card printer features a 2-year warranty on printer and printhead.

Ideal applications:

• Employee ID cards
• Student ID cards
• Access control badges
• Loyalty cards
• Gift cards
• Membership cards
• Event badges

Print Method: Dye-sublimation / resin thermal transfer

Resolution: 300 dpi (11.8 dots/mm) continuous tone

Colors: Up to 16.7 million / 256 shades per pixel

Print Ribbon Options: Options include easy-to-use ribbon with disposable ribbon cartridge (EZ) and more economical and eco-friendly refill ribbon for refill cartridge (ECO).

Both EZ and ECO

• Full-color with resin black and overlay panel, YMCKO, 100 prints
• Full-color with resin black and overlay panel, YMCKO, 250 prints
• Resin black (standard and premium), 1000 prints

ECO only

• Full-color half-panel with resin black and overlay panel, YMCKO, 350 prints

EZ only

• Resin green, blue, red and white, 1000 prints
• Silver and gold metallic, 500 prints
• Rewrite technology - no ribbon is required

Print Speed: 7 seconds per card (K); 12 seconds per card (KO); 24 seconds per card (YMCKO)

Accepted Standard Card Sizes: CR-80 (3.375˝L x 2.125˝W / 85.6 mm L x 54 mm W); CR-79 Adhesive Back (3.313˝L x 2.063˝W / 84.1 mm L x 52.4 mm W)

Print Area: CR-80 edge-to-edge (3.36˝L x 2.11˝W / 85.3 mm L x 53.7 mm W); CR-79 (3.3˝L x 2.04˝W / 83.8 mm L x 51.8 mm W)

Accepted Card Thickness: .009˝ - .040˝ / 9 mil - 40 mil / .229 mm - 1.016 mm

Accepted Card Types: PVC or polyester cards with polished PVC finish; monochrome resin required for100% polyester cards; optical memory cards with PVC finish; rewrite

Input Hopper Card Capacity: 50 cards (.030˝ / .762 mm)

Output Hopper Card Capacity: Up to 30 cards (.030˝ / .762 mm)

Card Cleaning: Card cleaning roller integrated into ribbon cartridge; cleaning roller is automatically replaced with each ribbon change

Memory: 32 MB RAM

Software Drivers: Windows® XP / Vista™ (32 bit & 64 bit) / Server 2003 & 2008/ Windows® 7 & Windows® 8 (32 & 64 bit), MAC OS X 10.5/10.6/ 10.7/10.8 / Linux

Interface: USB 2.0

Operating Temperature: 65° to 80° F / 18° to 27° C

Humidity: 20–80% non-condensing

Dimensions: Single-sided printer: 8.8˝H x 13.7˝W x 7.9˝D / 224 mm H x 348 mm W x 201 mm D

Weight: Single-sided: 7.5 lbs. / 3.4 Kg

Warranty: Printer – two years; printhead – two years, unlimited pass with UltraCard™