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Primacy Card Printer

The Fast and Versatile Card Printer

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Primacy Card Printer

The Fast and Versatile Card Printer
  • Printing: Single-sided, Double-sided
  • Encoding: Magnetic stripes, Smart contact, Smart contactless
  • Card lifespan: 1-3 years
  • Number of cards per year: More than 30,000
  • Card security level: High
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Speed and versatility

The Primacy printer is ultra fast, powerful, and efficient. Using advanced encoding technologies, this office printer is the ideal solution for printing personalized cards, from the simplest to the most secure.

Available as single or double-sided, Primacy especially meets card printing and encoding needs for medium and large runs.

Primacy is ideal for producing:
  • Transport tickets
  • Payment cards
  • National ID cards
  • Student cards
  • Employee badges

Eco-design

As part of its eco-design approach which aims to reduce the environmental footprint of its products, Evolis:

  • Prioritizes the use of recycled materials in the manufacturing of its printers and consumables,
  • Designs compact and light printers to reduce CO2 emissions related to transport and packaging,
  • Reduces the electrical consumption of its printers with a highly efficient prolonged standby mode.

Save time and increase your productivity

Optimized production and independence

Primacy is adapted to printing in batches as it personalizes cards in record time:

  • In color: up to 225 single-sided cards per hour and 140 double-sided cards per hour,
  • In monochrome: up to 1,000 cards per hour, as the cards are ejected at the rear, enabling the printing speed to be increased (delivered as standard).
The large capacity of the feeder and hopper, which can each hold 100 cards:
  • Provides a great level of autonomy in a very reduced space,
  • And thus reduces the frequency of reloading the cards.

Professional printing

Primacy prints your cards in a high photographic resolution and from edge to edge for a flawless result.

  • Color printing: up to 300x600 dpi
  • Monochrome printing: up to 300x1200 dpi

Quick and easy to use

  • The Primacy printer adapts to your needs:
    • For use in office mode
    • The cards are handled at the front of the machine, ensuring that it is quick to use and allowing you to keep an eye on the printing at any time.
  • For over-the-counter applications (banks, events, shops, etc.):
    • A printer model equipped with an open hopper is available, so you can collect the cards one by one and hand them instantly to your customers or visitors.
    • The touchscreen (optional) allows you to interact with the printer in real time.
  • For applications requiring a high level of security in card printing:
    • If specifically requested, a model is available with an electro-mechanical locking system to secure access to the printer:
    • Blank cards,
    • Printing ribbons,
    • Printer core and encoding systems,
  • From your computer
    • The Evolis Premium Suite® software lets you easily control the printer thanks to notifications directly on your screen.
    • With the Evolis software development kit (SDK), you can easily integrate the Primacy systems into your existing IT systems.
  • The Evolis High Trust® printing ribbons are installed in an instant and are recognized and automatically configured by the printer.

A long term vision

Adaptability

As Primacy adapts to your needs, you can activate the double-sided printing function on site. You can adapt your printer at any time by integrating a CLM (Card Lamination Module) or a

variety of encoders:

  • Magnetic strip,
  • Contact chip,
  • Or contactless chip.

Sustainable investment

Primacy benefits from the experience and proven quality control of Evolis. It guarantees optimal functioning and a perfect result. Evolis' firm commitment to quality is also illustrated by the printer's standard three-year guarantee.

Primacy GO Pack

All-in-one solution to create your cards from databases

Evolis proposes new references of all-in-one packs for Primacy*.

Primacy GO pack contains everything you need to create single or dual-sided cards from your existing databases:

  • Primacy Simplex or Primacy Duplex card printer
  • cardPresso XS card design software - Connects to databases: Excel, .csv and .txt formats
  • YMCKO color ribbon for 200 prints
  • 100 PVC cards - 30mil - 0,76 mm

This ideal package offers the best value for your money !

*not applicable for Latin America

General features

  • Direct-to-card dye-sublimation/Resin thermal transfer
  • Single-sided printing, edge-to-edge
  • Standard 300 x 300 dpi resolution
  • Customizable 300 x 600 dpi resolution (color and monochrome printing) or 300 x 1200 dpi resolution (monochrome printing only)
  • Colors available: fire red & brilliant blue
  • Dual-sided Card Lamination Module (CLM) as an option1
  • 32 MB memory (RAM) standard - optional 64 MB1

Printing performances1

  • Single side:
    • Color (YMCKO): 190 - 225 cards/hour
    • Monochrome: 800 - 1000 cards/hour
  • Dual side:
    • Color (YMCKO-K): 140 cards/hour

Interfaces

  • USB (1.0, 1.1, 2.0, 3.0), cable supplied
  • Ethernet TCP-IP 10BaseT, 100BaseT (Traffic Led)
  • 802.11b/g wireless connection on the Wireless range

Cards management and specifications

  • Feeder capacity: 100 cards (0.76 mm – 30 mil)
  • Output hopper capacity: 100 cards (0.76 mm – 30 mil)
  • Open output hopper as an option for collecting cards one by one
  • Reject tray/output hopper capacity at the back: 50 cards (0.76 mm – 30 mil)
  • Card thickness: 0.25 to 1.25 mm (10 to 50 mil), gauge adjustment (0.25 mm - 10 mil only for monochrome printing)
  • Card types: PVC cards, composite PVC cards, PET cards, ABS cards1, special varnished cards1
  • Card format: ISO CR80 - ISO 7810 (53.98 mm x 85.60 mm)

Additional encoding modules

  • Available modules
    • Magnetic stripe encoder ISO 7811 HiCo/LoCo, JIS2
    • Smart contact station ISO 7816-2
    • Contact smart card encoder - PC/SC, EMV 2011-1
    • Contactless smart card encoder - ISO 14443A, B, ISO15693, MIFARE, DESFire, HID iCLASS, UHF (standard compliance: EPC C1 Gen2 / ISO18000-6C ETSI EN 302 208 or FCC part 15.247)
    • Other specific encoders upon request
  • Internal USB or IP ports
  • USB encoding over IP through additional USB Net Server module, upon request
  • Options can be combined
  • Factory-installed or installed on site

Safety

  • Support for Kensington® security lock
  • Data encryption for magnetic encoding1
  • Locking system as an option1

Display

  • Printer LEDs
  • Color touch screen as an option
  • Graphical notifications from the printer2: cleaning alerts, empty/low level ribbon and card alerts, etc.

Evolis High Trust® Ribbon

To maximize the quality and durability of printed cards, the lifespan of the print head and the overall printer reliability, use Evolis High Trust® ribbons.

  • Ribbon saver for monochrome printing
  • Automatic identification and setting
  • Delivered in a drop-in cassette for easy handling

Software

  • Delivered with Evolis Premium Suite® for Windows®
    • Printer driver
    • Evolis Print Center for administration and settings
    • Evolis Printer Manager for graphical notification3
    • 24/7 online support
    • Compatible with Windows® (32/64 bits): XP SP3, Vista, W7, W8, W10
  • Delivered with cardPresso XXS for designing and editing badges
    • Internal database (unlimited records)
    • Windows® (from XP onwards) and Mac OS X
  • Delivered with a driver for Mac OS X (from 10.6 onwards)
  • Linux OS upon request
  • Evolis Premium SDK for remote supervision of the printer, while facilitating and speeding up integration into IT systems

Eco-friendly design, certifications and statement of compliance

  • Standby, sleep modes & reduced energy consumption
  • CE, FCC, ICES, VCCI, CCC, KC, BIS, EAC
  • RoHS

Size and weight

  • Size (H x W x D)
    • 247 x 205 x 381 mm (9.72’’ x 8.07’’ x 14.99’’)
    • With reject tray/output hopper at the back:
    • 247 x 205 x 487 mm (9.72’’ x 8.07’’ x 19.17’’)
  • Weight: 4.02 kg (8.86 lbs)
    • With reject tray/output hopper at the back:
    • 4.11 kg (9.06 lbs)

Warranty

  • 3-year warranty (printer and print head)4
  • Warranty extension available as an option

1 Under specific conditions / 2 Depends on the Windows® version / 3 Requires the .net 4.0 client profile version / 4 Warranty subject to observance of specific conditions and use of Evolis High Trust® ribbons