DNP Launches CX-D80H
Card printer capable of outputting high-resolution prints
Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (DNP) is pleased to announce the April launch of the CX-D80H card printer, capable of outputting high-resolution prints of 600 dots per inch (dpi).
[Developmental Background]
Card printers are frequently used with portrait prints for company ID cards. And demand for such printing on cards has increased in line with the shift of ID certificates and certificates of qualification from paper to plastic cards. Apart from personal information, such as full name and a portrait photograph, it is also necessary for cards that certify ID and qualification to display ID, qualification categories and instructions. Such category notifications and instructions are displayed in 6 point type (approximately 2mm in height). With currently used card printers, however, print resolution is a low 300dpi, presenting the risk of low visibility for such small text. Because of this, it has frequently been the case to date that cards have been pre-printed with small text at printing factories, with personal information added later using card printer. The effort going into this process has become a challenge.
In order to surmount this challenge, DNP has developed a 600dpi card printer capable of high-resolution prints. Apart from printing ID and qualification categories in small print, it is also possible to include detailed data such as contact information. It is possible to achieve all this with just a single card printer, removing the need to use cards that display pre-printed small text. The use of the single card printer also helps reduce card manufacturing costs, while inventory control burdens can also be reduced by precluding the need to manage multiple types of pre-printed card. And given the 600dpi high-resolution features of the new card printer, it is also possible to achieve even clearer, high level color expressions.
[CX-D80H Features]
Printing resolution and printing speed have been improved compared to the existing model CX-D80.
- Printing resolution:
600 dpi, capable of clearer high-resolution prints compared to the CX-D80 at 300dpi.
- Printing speed:
31 Seconds per side of card compared to the CX-D80 at 40 seconds per side.
[Other Major Specifications]
Printing format |
Dye-sublimation retransfer format1 |
Print area |
Full face (both sides) |
Gradation |
256 levels for Yellow, Magenta, Cyan and 2 levels for Black |
Housing size |
343 (breadth) X 322 (dsepth) X 335 (height) (Stacker not included) |
Weight |
Standard 12.5kg |
Maximum load |
100 pieces |
Energy consumption |
AC 100V-120V 3A |
Applicable cards |
PVC, PET-G, heat resistant PET-G etc. |
Contact IC encoding |
DNP Standard-9, JavaCard, MULTOS etc. |
Contactless IC encoding |
FeliCa, FeliCa Lite-S, MIFARE, MIFARE UL, Type-B etc. |
Others |
Magnetic stripe encoding |
[Pricing]
Open pricing. The reference price is approximately 1.0 million yen per set (on a pre-tax basis).
· Computers, application software and expendables such as ink ribbons, and maintenance will be charged separately.
[Looking Ahead]
DNP will market the CX-D80H to qualification organizations, schools and companies, and along with related products, such as cards, aims for sales of 1.0 billion yen in FY 2015.