Bodno Fargo Dtc1250E Id Card Printer & Complete Supplies Package with Silver Edition Id Software Silver Edition Software

The printer is easy to use and setup. It has everything I would expect and things worked right out of the box. It's not quite as simple as just tearing off all the tape holding things together like a regular printer but easy if you follow the instructions. It's quick enough for what it does and easily the best value at it's price point. The only thing that would cause me to buy a more expensive version if I could afford it would be print quality. Print quality is totally good with singular colors (although not super color accurate) but if you're going to try to do gradients or multi-shade patterns it won't look as good as a more expensive version.

We are a small school district that has just begun using ID cards. We could not invest $1,000's in a camera, printer, cards, etc. for about 130 ID cards. This fit the bill for us. It has been problem-free and worked well for our needs. The cards and ribbons are affordable and the printer is user friendly. The software leaves a little to be desired, but again, for our needs it is just fine.

Set up was easy and the tech support was so helpful! Especially Jude!

I used it for producing event badges for a school Mega Reunion celebration. I had one ink cartridge jam in the machine which wasted a little more than half of the ribbon. This was after one full ribbon cartridge of printing a little over two hundred badges. I have produced over three hundred badges now. And so far, the machine has worked quite well. I need to produce about five hundred more. I feel comfortable that it will complete the project.

The security company we used quoted us $4000 for a HID card printer. After doing some research we found the Fargo DTC1250e printer was made by the same card manufacturer and at a much lower cost. At first we tried printing on our original HID Clamshell blank cards but discovered that this printer is not compatible. After a quick call to tech support they helped us identify a new thinner version of HID ISOPROX cards as the proper upgrade. Once we received the new cards printing on the DTC1250e was no problem and works great with the easy to use BODNO software. The package we purchased included blank cards which helped us practice our new ID designs on. Overall a great package and excellent value.