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Model: P-EV-PM2-0001-E

Evolis Primacy 2 ID Card Printer Overview The Evolis Primacy 2 card printer is a direct-to-card ID card printer built for organisations that print regularly and need consistent, professional results at volume. With printing speeds of up to 280 cards per hour single-sided and 170 cards per hour for double-sided cards, it suits medium and large volume printing programmes running tens of thousands of cards a year. It handles colour and monochrome printing, rewritable card printing and a wide range of encoding options, all from a compact desktop unit. Specifications Specification Detail Print technologyDirect-to-card dye-sublimation / resin thermal transfer / Rewrite Print resolution300 × 300 dpi (colour and monochrome); 300 × 600 dpi (colour and monochrome); 300 × 1200 dpi (monochrome only) Colour speed (single-sided)Up to 280 cards per hour (YMCKO) Colour speed (dual-sided)Up to 170 cards per hour (YMCKOK) Printing capabilityEdge-to-edge, single or dual-sided Input hopper100 cards (200-card feeder optional) Output hopper100 cards Reject hopper50 cards Card sizesCR80 / ISO 7810 ID-1 (85.6 × 54 mm) Card thickness0.76 mm (30 mil) standard Card typesPVC, composite PVC, PET, ABS, rewritable ConnectivityUSB, Ethernet standard; Wi-Fi optional OS compatibilityWindows, macOS, Linux User interfaceLED panel standard; LCD touch screen optional Memory32 MB RAM Security featuresDigital erasing, Kineclipse® (optional), UV effect (optional), double overlay (optional), mechanical lock (optional), lamination module (optional) Warranty3 years (printer and printhead) Dimensions205 mm (W) × 297 mm (D) × 195 mm (H) Weight4.1 kg Part numbersPM2-0001-E (single-sided); PM2-0025-E (dual-sided) What's Included: Evolis Primacy 2 printer unit USB cable Power cable and power supply Starter cleaning kit CardPresso XXS software licence Quick start guide Print quality and throughput for a working card programme The Primacy 2 uses direct-to-card dye-sublimation for colour cards. Monochrome printing uses resin thermal transfer. Both technologies produce edge-to-edge results, so logos and backgrounds reach the full card face without a white border. Colour printing At 280 cards per hour, the single-sided model can process roughly 2,200 cards in a standard working day. The printer's colour profile system adjusts output to keep photos, logos and custom graphics accurate and consistent across long print runs. High-resolution mode The 300 × 1200 dpi monochrome printing mode sharpens text and barcodes significantly. It's worth enabling for cards that carry small-font information or machine-read codes like QR codes. Dual-sided printing The double-sided (also called the duplex) model prints both faces of the card automatically at up to 170 cards per hour. If you need to print terms, barcodes or access info..

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Model: 33-1060

Zebra ZC300 ID Card Printer

Zebra ZC300 ID Card Printer Overview The Zebra ZC300 is a direct-to-card ID card printer built for organisations that need reliable, high-quality plastic card production in-house. It is available in single-sided and dual-sided configurations, so whether you're issuing staff badges, membership cards, event passes or access control credentials, the ZC300 is designed to handle the job without fuss. Specifications Specification Single-Sided Dual-Sided Print resolution300 dpi300 dpi Colour print speed200 cards/hr (YMCKO)140 cards/hr (YMCKOK) Monochrome print speed900 cards/hr450 cards/hr Input/output hopper100 cards each100 cards each Card thickness10 to 40 mil10 to 40 mil Card sizeCR80 / CR79CR80 / CR79 Connectivity (standard)USB 2.0, Ethernet 10/100USB 2.0, Ethernet 10/100 Wi-FiOptional (802.11ac)Optional (802.11ac) Magnetic stripe encodingOptional (field upgrade)Optional (field upgrade) Warranty3-year limited3-year limited What's Included: Zebra ZC300 ID Card Printer USB Cable Power Supply Card Feeder and Hopper Installation Disk and Driver Print quality and speed you can plan around The ZC300 uses dye-sublimation thermal transfer printing at 300 dpi, producing edge-to-edge colour or monochrome output on standard CR80 plastic cards. Single-sided, it prints up to 200 full-colour YMCKO cards per hour and up to 900 monochrome cards per hour. The dual-sided model adds an integrated card flipper for automatic two-sided printing, with throughput of 140 YMCKOK colour cards per hour and 450 monochrome cards per hour. Both hoppers hold 100 cards and adjust automatically to card thickness, so switching between 10 mil and 30 mil stock does not require manual reconfiguration. A manual feed slot with LED guidance handles individual cards when you need to print one at a time. Connectivity and encoding options Standard connectivity is USB 2.0 and built-in Ethernet 10/100, which means the ZC300 can sit on your network and serve multiple workstations without additional hardware. Wi-Fi (802.11ac) is available as a field-upgradeable option if a wired connection is not practical. Encoding is modular. The base printer ships without encoding, which keeps the cost down for organisations that only need printed cards. Magnetic stripe encoding (ISO 7811, tracks 1, 2 and 3; high and low coercivity) is available as a field upgrade, meaning you can add it later without replacing the printer. Contactless and smart card encoding options are also available for more complex card programmes. Security built into the hardware The ZC300 includes printer-to-host authentication and AES data encryption, so the print stream between your computer and the printer is protected. A Kensington lock slot lets you physically secure the printer in shared or public-facing workspaces. A locking card hopper deters opportunistic theft of card stock and rejec..

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Model: 34-3300

Magicard 300 ID Card Printer

Magicard 300 ID Card Printer Overview The Magicard 300 is a direct-to-card ID card printer built for organisations printing up to 10,000 plastic cards a year. Schools, colleges, membership bodies and medium-sized businesses use it to produce full-colour photo ID cards and staff badges in-house, with security features that protect against counterfeiting built in as standard. Specifications Specification Detail Print technologyDirect-to-card dye sublimation, monochrome thermal, rewritable Resolution300 x 300 dpi Colour print speed160 cards/hour (23 sec/card, single-sided) Monochrome print speed720 cards/hour (5 sec/card, single-sided) Input hopper100 cards Output stacker70 cards Card sizesCR80, CR79 Card thickness20 to 50 mil ConnectivityUSB 2.0, Ethernet (10/100) OS compatibilityWindows 11, 10 (32/64-bit); Mac OS 10.10.x, 10.7.x Ribbon typesYMCKO, YMCKOK SecurityHoloKote® watermark, Digital Shredding Dimensions242 mm H × 215 mm W × 408 mm D Weight4.98 kg Warranty3-year MagiCover Limited Warranty (50,000 card / 250,000 panel printhead coverage); optional 1-year extension What's Included: Magicard 300 Printer Power Supply USB Cable Card Hopper (Output) Driver Installation Print quality and speed that suit a working card programme The Magicard 300 prints at 300 x 300 dpi using colour dye sublimation, which means skin tones in photos and corporate logo colours reproduce accurately. A full-colour single-sided card takes 23 seconds, giving you 160 cards per hour on colour runs. Monochrome jobs run considerably faster at 720 cards per hour, making it practical for large batches of text-only or single-colour membership cards and visitor passes. The 100-card input hopper keeps the printer fed during batch runs without needing attention, and the 70-card output stacker collects finished cards neatly. A hand-feed slot handles one-off prints and rewritable card jobs without disturbing the loaded hopper. Card security: HoloKote® and Digital Shredding The Magicard 300 includes two built-in security layers to protect your data and your physical ID cards. HoloKote® prints a transparent watermark across the surface of every card during the normal print cycle, using the overlay panel of your YMCKO or YMCKOK ribbon so no extra consumables are needed. The printer comes with three standard watermark designs, and you can add custom designs based on your organisation's own logo or security artwork. The watermark is visible when the card is tilted in the light, making duplicated or doctored cards easy to spot. Digital Shredding addresses a less obvious risk: personal data held in printer memory after a job completes. Once the Magicard 300 has used that data to print, it fragments and disperses it so that it cannot be recovered. For organisations subject to UK GDPR obligations around personal data, this is a pract..

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Model: 33-2040

Zebra ZC350 ID Card Printer

Zebra ZC350 ID Card Printer Overview The Zebra ZC350 card printer is a direct-to-card printer built for organisations that need fast, consistent, high-quality ID cards in volume. Available in single-sided and dual-sided configurations, it suits card programmes printing several hundred to several thousand cards a year. It is well suited to a reception desk, a back office or any space with a network connection. Specifications Specification Detail Print TechnologyDye-sublimation thermal transfer, direct-to-card Resolution300 dpi (11.8 dots/mm) Colour speed (single-sided)225 cards/hour (YMCKO) Monochrome speed (single-sided)1,000 cards/hour Colour speed (dual-sided)150 cards/hour (YMCKOK) Monochrome speed (dual-sided)500 cards/hour Input hopper100 cards (auto-adjusting, 30 mil) Output hopper100 cards (30 mil) Card sizesCR80 ISO 7810 ID-1; CR79 Card thickness10 to 40 mil (auto-adjusted) Card materialPVC and PVC composite ConnectivityUSB 2.0 and Ethernet 10/100 (standard); Wi-Fi 5 802.11ac (optional) DisplayGraphical colour LCD with animated help guides Memory2 GB flash SecurityAES data encryption, printer-host authentication, Kensington lock slot OS compatibilityWindows, Mac (CUPS), Linux Dimensions (single-sided)258 mm H × 157 mm W × 383 mm D Dimensions (dual-sided)258 mm H × 157 mm W × 468 mm D Warranty3-year limited on printer and printhead What's Included: Zebra ZC350 ID card printer UK/EU power supply and cable USB cable Output card hopper and manual feed bezel Quick start guide Print quality, speed and the card designs you can produce The ZC350 uses dye-sublimation and thermal transfer in a single pass. Dye panels on the ribbon transfer colour directly into the card surface, and a resin layer on the same ribbon lays down sharp black text and precise barcodes on top. Together they produce edge-to-edge print at 300 dpi across any standard CR80 card. Thanks to this print technology, the ZC350 printer is well suited to cards carrying small fonts, QR codes or close-cropped photographs, as all three resolve cleanly. Card output At 225 cards per hour single-sided, the ZC350 handles a busy card programme without becoming a bottleneck. Monochrome output reaches 1,000 cards per hour, which makes it a practical choice for any site printing large runs of access badges in black resin. Speciality ribbons The ZC350 is compatible with ribbons beyond standard YMCKO. A long-life overlay ribbon adds a protective layer that extends card durability to three to five years and can embed a watermark visible only under UV or when the card is tilted. A pearlescent ribbon embeds colour-shifting graphics that are difficult to replicate, and a metallic colour ribbon produces 3D-style text and logo effects. These options give cards a layer of visual security without requiring a separate laminator. ..

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Model: 34-3601-5001

Magicard 600 ID Card Printer

Magicard 600 ID Card Printer Overview The Magicard 600 is a direct-to-card ID card printer built for organisations that run a continuous, high-volume card programme. It prints up to 190 full-colour cards per hour, carries built-in anti-fraud security as standard and is manufactured in the UK by Magicard, the only plastic card printer manufacturer based in Britain. If your organisation issues more than 10,000 cards a year, or runs a busy team that needs cards turned around quickly, this is the printer built for that workload. It is available in single-sided and dual-sided configurations, with optional encoding upgrades that can be added at any point. Specifications Specification Detail Print technologyDirect-to-card dye sublimation (colour), monochrome thermal, rewritable Print resolution300 dpi colour; 600 x 300 dpi resin only (text and fine detail) Colour print speed19 seconds per card / up to 190 cards per hour (single-sided) Monochrome print speed5 seconds per card / up to 720 cards per hour (single-sided) Print areaEdge-to-edge Card sizesCR79 and CR80 Card thickness20 to 40 mil Input hopper100 cards Output stacker70 cards ConnectivityUSB 2.0 (USB 3.0 compatible), 10/100 Ethernet, Wi-Fi via supplied dongle (IEEE 802.11b/g/n, WPA/WPA2) OS compatibilityWindows 7/8/10/11 (32/64-bit), Windows Server 2008/2012/2016, Linux (CUPS), Mac OS X 10.9.0+ Security featuresHoloKote® watermark (up to 10 designs), Digital Shredding™, Threat Benchmarking Encoding optionsMagnetic stripe (HiCo/LoCo, ISO 7811), smart card (contact, MIFARE®, DESFire®, iClass®), Single Line Encoding Print modeSingle-sided standard; dual-sided upgrade available Dimensions475.5mm L × 211.5mm W × 248mm H Weight4.7 kg Warranty3-year MagiCover Plus (printhead cover + hot-swap loaner); optional 1-year extension Made inUnited Kingdom What's Included: Magicard 600 ID card printer Power supply USB cable Input and output card hoppers Wi-Fi dongle Please note: no ribbon or blank cards are supplied with the printer. Print quality and speed for a working card programme A full-colour card with a HoloKote® watermark takes around 19 seconds. At that pace, the Magicard 600 produces up to 190 cards per hour, enough to handle a large new-starter intake or a scheduled card renewal without the printer becoming a bottleneck. The colour resolution is 300 dpi, which gives you crisp photo IDs and solid branding. Switch to the 600 x 300 dpi resin-only mode and text stays readable down to 5-point type, so barcodes, micro-text and reference numbers come out cleanly even at very small sizes. For monochrome-only jobs, the 600 produces around 720 cards per hour. Single-sided or dual-sided The printer ships as single-sided, with dual-sided printing available as an upgrade. A dual-sided setup lets you put the cardholder's photo, name and role ..

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Do You Need a Double-Sided ID Card Printer?

A standard photo ID card with your company logo, staff photo, job title, etc, can usually be printed on a single-sided ID card printer. However, when your design require more than a name or a photo, a double-sided printer can come in really handy.

The back of an ID card can hold: A barcode for scanning, terms and conditions for a membership card, a return address if the card gets lost, or a second logo for a partner organisation, for example, keeping the front clean and on brand while ensuring your cards contain all of the information needed.

The Evolis Primacy 2, Zebra ZC300 and Zebra ZC350 all print at 300dpi, which is sharp enough for most photo ID and barcodes. The Magicard 600 doubles that to 600dpi which is a good step up if you're printing fine text, small QR codes, or anything where a slightly soft edge would affect your design.

The Zebra ZC350 is the fastest of our options at 16 seconds per card in full colour. So it's a great choice if you're issuing cards in a queue rather than printing them ahead of time. The Magicard 300 and 600 run a bit slower but are still fantastic quality dual sided ID card printers.

Printer Ribbons Genuine ribbons for Evolis, Magicard and Zebra printers. View Products

Blank ID Cards A range of blank ID cards and access control cards. View Products

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Why Castlemount?

Why customers choose Castlemount to buy double-sided ID card printers

Three major brands in stock: Evolis, Zebra and Magicard, ready to ship.
Help matching the right model to your needs: Our team helps you find the right printer for your needs.
Genuine consumables stocked alongside: Ribbons, cards and cleaning kits from the same order.

One supplier for the whole setup: Printer, cards, ribbons and holders in a single order.
Free design software included: Every printer ships ready to start designing.
UK-based team: Speak to someone who can talk through security features, not just specs.

FAQs About Double-Sided ID Card Printers

Do I actually need double-sided printing, or is single-sided enough?

If your card only needs a photo, name and job title, single sided can do the job just fine. Where a dual-sided ID card printer comes into play is when you need a barcode, terms and conditions, a return address, or a second logo on the back. If you're not sure which is the best ID card printer for your needs, please get in touch with our team, and we can recommend the ideal one for your organisation.

What's the real difference between 300dpi and 600dpi?

300dpi, which the Evolis Primacy 2 and both Zebra models use, is sharp enough for the vast majority of photo ID and barcodes. The Magicard 600 doubles that to 600dpi, which matters most for fine text or small QR codes, where a slightly soft edge would actually cause a scanning issue.

What's the difference between Kineclipse and HoloKote?

They're security features from different manufacturers doing different jobs. Kineclipse, on Evolis printers, wipes sensitive data off a used ribbon so it can't be recovered from your bin. HoloKote, on Magicard printers, adds a watermark to every card to help spot a fake, paired with digital shredding that clears any personal data sent to the printer after it's used.

How many cards can these printers produce per hour?

It varies quite a bit by model and depends on your card design too. Plus output drops when you switch from single to dual-sided since the printer's doing two passes instead of one. The Evolis Primacy 2 leads on raw speed at 280 cards an hour in full colour. The Zebra ZC350 is close behind, producing a full-colour card roughly every 16 seconds, which works out to around 225 an hour, with the ZC300 slightly behind that at about 200. The Magicard 300 does 160 an hour single-sided, dropping to 125 once you're printing both sides, and the Magicard 600 manages 190 single-sided and 170 dual-sided, despite the extra work its higher resolution puts in.

If you're issuing cards in bulk, one of the faster printers will be able to keep up with all your staff ID cards. If you tend to print in smaller batches, any of the printers we stock will be able to keep up with your workflow.

Can these printers encode cards for access control?

Yes, most models support optional encoding, including magnetic stripe, MIFARE contactless and smart card options. Check which encoder matches your existing access control reader before ordering, since not every printer supports every technology.

Which of these is best for a small organisation just starting out?

The Zebra ZC350 is a reasonable starting point; it's the lowest priced here and still covers single or dual-sided printing at a solid speed. If speed is essential, the Evolis Primacy 2 is a firm favourite among our in-house printing team for its speed and quality and the Magicard 600 provides the best quality in its price bracket.

If you're not sure which ID card printer is right for your needs, please speak with our team. They'll be able to help you decide which one is right for your needs, how many cards you need to print and the type of cards you are printing.

Don't Forget Your ID Card Accessories

We stock genuine ID card ribbons for all of the card printers we stock, as well as high-quality ID cards. Cleaning kits are also vital to the continued performance of your ID card printer; they are straightforward to use and prolong the life of your printer by keeping the rollers and printhead clean. Oh, and don't forget ID card holders and lanyards to ensure that once your card are printed, your staff can display them.

Printer Ribbons Genuine ribbons for Evolis, Magicard and Zebra printers. View Products

Blank ID Cards A range of blank ID cards and access control cards. View Products

Cleaning Kits Keep your printer running cleanly. View Products

ID Card Holders Keeps cards safe and visible. View Products

Double Sided ID Card Printers

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Do You Need a Double-Sided ID Card Printer?

Why customers choose Castlemount to buy double-sided ID card printers

FAQs About Double-Sided ID Card Printers

Do I actually need double-sided printing, or is single-sided enough?

What's the real difference between 300dpi and 600dpi?

What's the difference between Kineclipse and HoloKote?

How many cards can these printers produce per hour?

Can these printers encode cards for access control?

Which of these is best for a small organisation just starting out?

Don't Forget Your ID Card Accessories

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