Printers for plastic cards

Ermes Srl: Official Distributor of Plastic Card Printers

Welcome to the Ermes Srl catalog, the official distributor in Italy for the world’s leading brands in card and badge printing: DNP, Entrust Datacard, Evolis, HID Fargo, IDP, KIS, and ArtisJet InkJet solutions. We guarantee ready-to-use solutions, immediate availability of original consumables, and the support of our in-house technical team, directly certified by the manufacturers.

Explore our comprehensive range of plastic card printers, featuring direct-to-card sublimation (for fast, cost-effective standard cards) and indirect Retransfer technology (for premium over-the-edge photographic quality and printing on RFID or contactless smart cards) up to 600 DPI.

To choose the right printer model, please use the filters below or contact us for a personalized consultation.

Printers for plastic cards

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Entrust Datacard Sigma DS2 - Direct printer on card

Sigma DS2 is specially designed for the new needs in the world of card issuance. Easily print the most secure ID cards with the ability to choose whether to print the cards via cloud software or on-site.

Sigma DS2 is the ideal solution for:

  • ID Cards
  • Company badges
  • Student cards
  • Membership cards
  • Visitor ID card
  • Loyalty cards
  • Sanitary badges


Evolis Primacy2 Evolis Primacy2

Evolis Primacy 2, new high-tech feature-rich printer for today's and tomorrow's needs!

Primacy 2 is a high-end printer with low cost, easy to use, flexible and very fast. In fact, it prints up to 280 cards per hour only single side and 170 cards per hour in dual side color mode. It can also upgraded in the field with magnetic stripe, contact chip and RFID encoding modules and with the activation key of the flip over module to make it dual side.

Primacy 2 is the ideal solution for the emission of:

  • ID cards
  • Badges for employees
  • Access control cards
  • Smart card (chip cards, contactless...)
  • University cards


IDP SMART 70 Printer IDP SMART 70 Printer

IDP SMART 70, High speed printing ideal for Kiosk

The SMART 70 Series is ideal for users with large card capacity needs or for end users who want to securely protect thei credentials inside the locked printer. The SMART 70 series offera a unique modular design that can be easily updated by the end user.

The configurations vary from printing only in front of a fully configured system with front/back printing, lamination and 500 card output hopper.

SMART 70 is the ideal solution for the issue of:

  • Employee badges
  • ID cards
  • Membership cards
  • Loyalty cards
  • Access control badge
  • Technology cards


IDP SMART 51 Printer IDP SMART 51 Printer

IDP SMART 51, Print identification cards in high quality

SMART 51 represents the new generation of professional printer for printing ID cards.

The SMART 51 inherits the elements that have made the SMART 50 range of printers successful for its reliability.

The SMART 51 evolution guarantees an even greater experience in issuing cards.

SMART 51 is the ideal solution for the emission of:

  • Employee badges
  • Identification card
  • Membership card
  • Loyalty card
  • Access control badge
  • Government card


IDP SMART 31 IDP SMART 31

IDP SMART 31, Print ID cards at no extra cost

SMART 31 is a range of card printers perfect for anyone looking for printer with excellent value for money.

The rewritable SMART 31R printer is the ideal solution for printing temporary information on identification cards.

SMART 31 is the ideal solution for the issue of:

  • Employee ID card
  • Student ID
  • Payment card
  • Health card
  • Leisure resort pass card
  • Identification card
  • Transport pass card
  • Loyalty card / Event card


HID Fargo Element

HID® Element - Industrial UV Inkjet Printer / Encoder

With the HID ELEMENT, industrial card printer/encoder, HID Global delivers the most reliable, cost-effective, high-volume ID and financial card issuance available in the industry.

Highly versatile, HID ELEMENT is ideal for a variety of high-volume applications for today’s large organizations and service bureaus, including:

  • Government-to-Citizen (G2C) Issuance
  • Government-to-Employee (G2E) and Corporate Enterprise Issuance
  • Commercial Issuance
  • Financial Issuance

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"All-in-one" solution to create and print tags on plastic card

We offer you a solution to create and print your presentation tags and any other type o card on PVC supports wuickly, effectively and economically, directly in your premises.

The bundle includes:

  • A card printer
  • A creation and printing software
  • A print ribbon
  • PVC cards in credit card format and in long format

HID Fargo HDP6600 HID Fargo HDP6600

HID Fargo HDP6600, the fastest retransfer printer on the market

The HID Fargo HDP6600 retransfer printer offers versatility to meet needs today and in the future. With duplex printing modules, additional encoding and laminating modules, the system's flexible architecture allows you to expand or reduce production instantly.

For greater system capacity an optional double card loading drawer allows you to easily manage multiple types of cards for printing higher card volumes while accelerating event the largest production jobs.

HPD6600 is ideal for:

  • ID card
  • Government badge
  • Business badge
  • School card


HID Fargo DTC1250 HID Fargo DTC1250

HID Fargo DTC1250, printer for small and medium-sized business

Designed for small and medium-sized businesses, the HID Fargo DTC1250 offers maximum efficiency in an elegant and intuitive design. The DTC1250 printer requires virtually no maintenance and is able to print color identification cards, including technological ones, at a low cost.

Ideal for:

  • ID card
  • Smart card
  • Retail
  • Accesso control


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Dai Nippon CX-D80, High quality retransfer printer

The Dai Nippon CX-D80 is a retransfer printer capable of offering high quality printing at 300 dpi, lasting results with an unbeatable value for money. Technologically advanced, thanks to the optional encoding modules, the greater anti-counterfeiting security guaranteed by the lamination module and the excellent print quality of the retransfer technology, the CX-D80 is the ideal printer for all card emissions.

Ideal for:

  • ID Card
  • Access Control Card
  • Smart card
  • Points of sale Card
  • Fidelity card


Evolis Zenius

Evolis Zenius, the compact and agile card printer

Eco-designed, Zenius is the new tool for customizing plastic card which is declared to be pro-user and with an unparalleled printing quality.

Zenius is the ideal solution for quality colour printing and encoding of all types of technological cards:

  • Company badge
  • Access control badge
  • Membership card
  • Transportation titles


Evolis Avansia Evolis Avansia

Evolis Avansia, Retransfer printer for high quality cards

Evolis Avansia is a printer with retransfer technology for the production of very high quality cards. Designed for continuous use, the Avansia printer is extremely robust and produces cards with maximum security.

Avansia is the ideal solution for issuing of:

  • Business ID card
  • Access Control card
  • University card
  • Payment card
  • Loyalty and gift card
  • Identity card