The Magicard Opera color ID card printer comes complete with Magicard ID badging software and Windows drivers, all for US$1399. (EUR1330). Users simply add their own PC and web-cam to have a complete badging system.

The drop-in dye-sublimation ribbon cassette and card dispenser means that the Magicard Opera is easy to setup. Hand-feeding of cards one at a time means no card feeding jams and the dye-sublimation technology embeds the image into the plastic card surface for high-quality, scratch and fade resistant images.

According to Ray Coles, Managing Director of Ultra Electronics Card Systems, “The Magicard Opera all-in-one ID badging solution enables resellers to sell ID card printers through the internet, catalogs and via retail sales. The $1399 MSRP meets corporate purchasing limits for internet and catalog sales, and the simplicity of operation means that technical support is minimal”.

As the smallest and lightest color ID card printer at only 8 inches (200mm) each side and 7 pounds (3.2kg), the Magicard Opera is easily portable, and its attractive design makes it great for use in company reception areas and for hospitality or retail applications.

Within the compact dimensions is a fully-featured color ID card printer:

■ Prints a full color edge-to-edge image in 30 seconds using dye-sublimation technology.
■ At no extra consumables cost, a HoloKote® anti-copying watermark is printed across the entire card surface.
■ Magnetic stripe card encoding (available as an option).
Magicard color ID card printers range from the hand-fed Opera and Alto, through the rapid, robust and reliable Rio and Tango models, up to our top-of-the-range reverse transfer Prima.

About Ultra Electronics

Ultra Electronics Card Systems is part of the international defense, aerospace and security group Ultra Electronics, with a worldwide workforce of 3,000 employees. Card Systems has been designing and manufacturing its Magicard range of secure ID Card Printers since 1993, and is now recognized as one of the world’s leading manufacturers. The high technology Magicard printers are used in a wide variety of portrait ID and access control applications, and incorporate innovative HoloKote™ anti-counterfeiting technology, developed and patented by Ultra, which puts a watermark across the printed card surface.

For further information, please contact:

Andy Matko, Marketing Manager
Ultra Electronics Card Systems
Tel: +44 (0) 1305 784738
Fax: +44 (0) 1305 777904
marketing(at)ultra.co.uk
www.ultramagicard.com