Company Name: Fargo Electronics
Description: Fargo Electronics, Inc. is a company involved in the manufacture and development of secure technologies intended for secure personal card identification systems. The company was founded in 1974 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
It was in August of 2006 that Fargo went into a merger with the HID Global Corporation which is a 100 percent-owned subsidiary of the ASSA ABLOY and a leading supplier and manufacturer in the industry of access control. Fargo’s key executives include David Sullivan, president, Allan Fontanella, vice president for product marketing, Doug Guse, vice president for quality, Paul Stephenson, chief financial officer, and Elaine A. Pullen, chief technology officer of Gerber Scientific, Inc.
Fargo is a global leader in the industry that it is in. Its comprehensive product lines are distributed through its global sales and service network in 86 countries worldwide. More than 140,000 systems have already been sold by the company in 86 countries. Its product line includes software, materials, secure ID card printer or encoders.
The card identity systems of the company are equipped with printing technologies that are capable of matching the requirements of clients in terms of card security, functionality and appearance. Among the said technology is the High Definition Printing which employs the technology of dye-sublimation in printing clear images of 350 bits per inch on the underside of an HDP film. The technology offers better durability and security because it sandwiches the images between the film and the card. This technology in printing is most suitable for printing cards that have uneven surfaces.
High Definition Printing is also ideal for high security and high profile applications and is available on HDP600 CR100, HDP600 and HDP5000 Printers or Encoders. High Definition Printing in the HDP600 and HDP500 has been approved by the Government Services Administration or GSA.
The second card printing technology that was developed by Fargo is the Direct-to-Card or DTC Printing. The said printing technology is capable of directly printing the images on a plastic ID card by heating the print ribbon beneath the thermal print head. DTC printing can produce a wide array of colors, clear edges and deep blacks. It employs resin thermal transfer and sublimation technologies in achieving these images.
The technology of dye-sublimation involves the use of a dye-based ribbon that is partitioned by a number of panels. These panels are then grouped into a sequence of repeating colors along the length of the ribbon. The transfer of images is a result of heating the dyes using the thermal printhead. The said method has the capability of producing 16.7 million colors.
Resin thermal transfer is a technology that involves printing only one color because a single-color ribbon is used. It is capable of producing prints that have clear bar codes and sharp edges that could be read by visible and infrared light scanners. The technology also involves the heating of the dye by the thermal printhead that transfers dots of solid colors on the card.
The most employed technology in ID card printing in security applications ranging from low to mid-level is the DTC printing. It is usually recommended for use in recreational facilities, membership IDs, small to medium scale organizations and school IDs. The said technology is available on DTC400e, Persona C30, DTC400, Persona C30e, and DTC550 Card Printer or Encoders.
The card encoding systems of Fargo have been employed by various sectors in a variety of applications. Clients utilize it for employee identification, to access control, to track time and attendance, for visitor and parking passes and for student and faculty IDs in school systems. Fargo’s product line is also employed in transportation. It is utilized for airport security, bus and train passes, membership IDs for trade and professional associations, by government agencies, and for loyalty and discount cards.
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