BodnoFargo DTC1250e Single Sided ID Card Printer & Complete Supplies Package with 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.

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.

Seems like a great ID card printer, I'm sure it is. I'll not be able to use it because our office uses Macs. I called support and they told me that they don't have a driver that works with the latest OS (Catalina). What the heck? How can you sell a machine you say works on Mac and PC when it only works on older Macs?Total wast of time.

Works well, however the lack of clear instructions on software / driver download leave a bad taste. This should be a priority to the manufacturer/seller

Update Feb. 12: Feb. 10 we received the part as promised without an additional fee. We haven't installed it yet due to the ice storms by us but yes did receive. So will update starts from 2 to 4.I purchased this bundle and have been able to print some basic cards. The print quality is a little dull, not very vibrant. I also contacted support about the bundle silver package I bought for further instructions on the encoding portion and more instructionsor videos as the instructionsare very very poor and limiting. I purchased this package since the description says you can encode the cards and upgraded the software to even have mire options. Upon contacting Jack at Bodno as Joe told me to for further help or video instructions Jack informed me in an email saying that I needed to purchase a $500.00 additional part for encoding. I told him nowhere in the literature does it say anything about needing additional equipment to encode your cards. It actually says the opposite that you can encode the cards. Which is what we based our decision off of for purchasing the equipment for our security ID cards. We have a useless piece of exquipment from this false advertising if that is the case. You can't advertise a claim then say pay an additional 500.00 for a piece of equipment to convert it to encode that you don't even mention. I have all the materials advertising this bundle and it says encodes and no mention of extra parts to do so. Last email was from Jack at Bodno which he asked for my order number which I provided and inquired 2xs about whom never returned my email after I gave him our order number.Update: On 1/25/19 Bodno shared they would me mailing me the necessary magnetic encoder need without cost. Awaiting arrival.