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SD160 Plastic ID Card Printer

An extension of the proven Datacard® SD Series, the affordable and efficient Datacard® SD160TM card printer offers the right combination of technologies to meet a wide range of application requirements. Direct-to-card (DTC) printing technologies provide the versatility to reliably produce attractive cards with high quality, full-color or single-color photos, graphics and text.

Featuring rewritable printing, inline magnetic stripe encoding, a unique ultraviolet (UV) printing security feature and intuitive operation, the SD160 card printer provides security and simplicity while protecting your bottom line.

  • Launch Your ID card program with the right mix of affordability, security and simplicity
  • Get one reliable system for producing full-color or monochrome cards, plus magnetic stripe encoding
  • Add an invisible layer of covert security with a UV ink ribbon option
  • Expect intuitive operation and less user intervention
  • Produce a wide variety of high quality photo ID cards or badges

Print technology

  • Direct-to-card dye-sublimation/resin thermal transfer

Print capabilities

  • One-sided, edge-to-edge printing
  • Rewritable printing
  • Full-color and monochrome printing capability
  • Alphanumeric text, logos and digitized signatures; 1D/2D bar code images
  • Printer pooling/sharing
  • UV printing

Print resolution

  • 300 dots per inch, 256 shades per color panel
  • High-quality mode: 300 x 600 dots per inch; enhanced text, bar code and graphics printing 300 x 1200 dots per inch; enhanced text and bar code

Print speed

  • Full-color printing: up to 150 cards per hour, one-sided (YMCKT)
  • Monochrome: up to 500 cards per hour, one-sided (black HQ)

Card capacity

  • Automatic feed: 100-card input for 0.030 in. (0.76 mm) cards; 25-card output standard
  • Exception slot manual feed: 1-card input

Physical dimensions

  • L 15.4 in. x W 6.9 in. x H 8.8 in. (39.1 cm x 17.5 cm x 22.4 cm)

Weight

  • 8.1 lbs (3.7 kg) (depending on options)

Operating system support for printer driver

  • Windows 7 (32 and 64 bit)
  • Windows 8.1 (32 and 64 bit)
  • Windows 10® (32 bit and 64)
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 (64 bit)
  • Windows Server 2012 (64 bit)

Included with printer

  • Printer driver CD, Quick Install Guide and warranty
  • Complimentary TruCredential™ Express identification software
  • Cleaning swab (5/pk)
  • Cleaning roller spindle
  • USB cable
  • Power supply
  • Power cord (region-specific)

Warranties

  • 24-month standard depot warranty
  • 24-month printhead warranty (no pass restrictions)

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