The Datacard® SP55 Plus card printer combines the speed and power of professional-grade card printing with the overall versatility you need to deliver high-quality cards for corporate, education, loyalty, entertainment and other markets.
SP55 Plus card printer incorporates multiple technologies for printing high-impact cards:
- Issue personalized contact or contactless smart cards for e-purse and access control programs.
- Choose the machine-readable technology that fits with your access control and other automated systems.
- Create superb cards with brilliant color, lifelike photos and other crisp, sharp graphics.
- Print high-quality, single or full-color images across one or both sides of a card. Choose one-sided inline printing or optional two-sided inline printing.
. The SP55 Plus card printer produces up to 190 one-sided, full-color cards or 1,000 one-sided, single-color cards per hour. Optional extra large card input and output hoppers help ensure continuous productivity. Highspeed meets high quality with true edge-to-edge printing and sharp, crisp images driven by our exclusive Advanced Image Technology™. The printer also features front card loading and unloading, so you can place it anywhere.
. The SP55 Plus card printer offers smart card, proximity card, ISO magnetic stripe and bar code options that make it easy to create a wide range of cards on demand. It is ideal for issuing multi-technology photo IDs that provide secure access to facilities, networks and other privileges. This printer also can issue secure IDs in schools as well as loyalty cards and VIP cards for casinos.
. An innovative printer driver provides all the information you need on screen, including message prompts, color image previews and online user help. The SP55 Plus card printer also offers a built-in LCD and optional Ethernet connectivity.
Datacard SP55 Plus Card Printer Specifications
SP55 Plus Standard Features
Print capabilities
One- or two-sided edge-to-edge printing
Continuous-tone, full-color, black-and white photos
Alphanumeric text, logos and digitized signatures
Variety of bar codes
Background patterns
Advanced Imaging Technology™
Print speed:
Full-color printing:
Up to 190 cards per hour (one-sided print)
Up to 155 cards per hour (two-sided print)
Monochrome printing:
Up to 1,000 cards per hour (one-sided print)
Up to 450 cards per hour (two-sided print)
SP55 Plus Capacity:
Input hopper: 100 cards, 0.03 in. (0.76mm)
Output hopper: 40 cards, 0.03 in. (0.76mm)
Operating system support:
Bi-directional USB supported on Microsoft® Windows® 2000, XP and Windows Vista® operating systems
Printer driver pooling supported on Microsoft Windows 2000, XP and Windows Vista operating systems
Datacard® Open Platform printer driver for non-Windows platforms
SP55 Plus Printer driver:
User-adjustable image and color controls
Stand-alone driver diagnostics
Color image and test card preview
Online user help
Add text, image or pattern to topcoat
Supply usage tab
User-friendly operation:
Audible and visual message prompts
Automatic card feed
Operator-replaceable printhead
Continuous cleaning roller
Datacard® Certified Supplies featuring Intelligent Supplies Technology™:
Automatic identification and validation for ribbons
Automatic printer settings
Low ribbon warning
Ribbon saver
SP55 Plus Warranties:
24-month standard depot warranty
24-month printhead warranty (no pass restrictions)
SP55 Plus Options
One-side printing
Two-sided printing with duplex Magnetic stripe encoding:
ISO: IAT or NTT
Dual high and low coercivity
Tracks 1, 2 and 3 (1 track for NTT)
Smart card personalization:
Contact/contactless all-in-one reader
Contact station
Prox by HID
iClass® by HID
Clear card personalization
Input hopper empty alert
200-card input hopper
100-card output hopper
Lockable input tray
Printer security lock
Kensington® lock
Soft-sided carrying case
Networking
Ethernet 10/100 Base-T bi-directional networking supported on Windows 2000 and XP operating systems
Backlit LCD panel
Open Card support (not available in all areas)