Card Jet Printers - About Card Jet Technology

ABOUT CARDJET PRINTING TECHNOLOGY

Fargo has developed inkjet printers for the card printing market designed to meet the demands of low-volume, entry-level ID card applications

CardJet Printing Technology is a quiet and highly dependable method of ID card personalization.

Using a specialized HP inkjet-based print engine, Fargo CardJet Printers transfer color and monochrome inks to specially formulated CR-80 CardJet Cards. A thermal inkjet printing process heats the ink, generating vapor bubbles ejected in small drops through nozzles in the CardJet Ink Cartridge.

Drops are precisely placed on specially coated CardJet Cards to form text and images. CardJet Ink bonds and dries instantly, producing full-color, 600 dpi images that run over the edge of cards.

The technology of choice for HID prox cards

CardJet Series printers are the printers of choice for HID proximity cards.

CardJet printers don’t have a print head. Instead, they use an innovative print jet that never touches the card. The result is maximum image quality across the card’s entire uneven surface.

Inkjet technology has been widely accepted as a printing method for desktop and large-format applications. Now, it is also a viable method, and in certain applications a preferred method, for printing personalized ID cards. Offering ease of use, familiarity and reliability, inkjet printing provides an alternative to traditional direct-to-card printing.