Card Printers

On-demand card and badge production with integrated RFID encoding. Print, encode and issue your cards in seconds.

Print your cards on site, on demand

No more waiting for pre-printed cards from external suppliers. SECANDA drives card printers directly: you produce professional cards at your own desk, exactly when you need them.

SECANDA integrates with Evolis card printers and lets you design the card, print the photo, encode the RFID chip and activate the account, all in a single operation.

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Card printer

Compatible printers

Professional card printers from Evolis

Evolis Solution Partner 2024, Polyright SA
Versatile

Evolis Primacy 2

Direct-to-card printer

Fast, cost-effective direct-to-card printer, ideal for double-sided, high-volume daily production, with a color LCD screen that guides the operator step by step. Thermal rewrite (TRW) updates pre-printed cards (semester dates, validity) without reprinting the whole card. Security options (UV effect, double overlay, KineClipse®) and a 3-year warranty.

  • Print speedUp to 280 cards/hour (single-sided)
  • Print quality300 dpi, double-sided
  • Special featureTRW thermal rewrite
  • RFID encodingElatec reader (MIFARE DESFire, LEGIC)
Evolis Primacy 2
Premium

Evolis Agilia

Retransfer printer

Premium retransfer printer: the ink is laid down on a film and then fused onto the card, for over-the-edge (borderless) printing at 600 dpi. It prints where direct-to-card reaches its limits: chip cards with uneven surfaces and high-security polycarbonate. Lamination module (holograms) and a lifetime printhead warranty.

  • Print speedUp to 150 cards/hour (single-sided)
  • Print quality600 dpi, double-sided
  • Special mediaChip cards, polycarbonate
  • RFID encodingElatec reader (MIFARE DESFire, LEGIC)
Evolis Agilia

Compact and entry-level models

Evolis solutions for small volumes and occasional printing.

Evolis Zenius 2
Compact Evolis Zenius 2 Single-sided

Compact single-sided printer for small to medium volumes. Up to 180 color cards per hour at 300 dpi, with RFID encoding and thermal rewrite (TRW) options. One of the smallest printers on the market.

Evolis Badgy 200
Entry-level Evolis Badgy 200 Ready-to-use kit

All-in-one entry-level kit for printing single cards or small batches. Badge Studio software, a color ribbon and 100 blank cards included, ready to use.

Need to issue payment or banking cards? Evolis also offers dedicated printers (such as the Issengo) for instant issuance of financial cards.

Evolis CLM card lamination module
Card protection

CLM lamination module

Compatible with Primacy 2 and Agilia

The Evolis CLM lamination module applies a protective film to the card after printing, making it thicker and considerably more durable. Holographic films also add a tamper-proof security layer.

  • Protects the card against wear, abrasion and daily use
  • Holographic films for visual security and anti-counterfeiting
  • Add-on module for the Primacy 2 and Agilia printers

Consumables

Evolis High Trust ribbons and cards, matched to each printer.

YMCKOThe YMCKO ribbon is used for all color printing, single- or double-sided.
YMCKOOThe double overlay layer gives printed cards extra protection against wear, and therefore a longer lifespan.
YMCKOKUsed for double-sided color printing, with photo-quality resolution on the front and black resin printing on the back.
½ YMCKOSame ink specifications as the standard YMCKO ribbon, but the yellow, magenta and cyan panels are half-length.
MonochromeEvolis High Trust monochrome ribbons print a single color and come in black, blue, red, green, white, metallic gold and metallic silver.

TRW: thermal rewrite technology

TRW (Thermal Rewrite) lets you update dynamic information on pre-printed cards without reprinting the entire card. Perfect for semester dates, validity periods and other changing data.

  • Update semester dates each term
  • Print only on the designated TRW areas
  • No need to reprint entire cards
  • Works with Info Terminal kiosks
SECANDA Campus Student
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Semester Spring 2026
Valid until 15.02.2027
Section IT-3B

Everything is pre-printed except the dashed TRW band, rewritten every semester.

Centralized and distributed printing with SECANDA Print everywhere

Start print jobs from SECANDA Suite or from a mobile device, manage queues and spread card production across all your sites.

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Lettershop service

Polyright prints, encodes and assigns your cards in Switzerland. You receive them ready to use.

Printing Encoding Assignment Ready to use

Your cards, printed on demand

Let’s talk about the printing setup that fits your volumes and your organization.

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