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NBS ImageMaster S-18

S-18

The NBS ImageMaster S-18 is one of the fastest high-quality printers on the market. The S-18 is a monochrome thermal only printer, which allows you to personalise cards for customers, clients and employees. The S-18 provides outstanding speed and excellent reliability.

The NBS ImageMaster S-18 comes with an 12 months warranty on the printer.

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Upgrades available:

• Top side ISO (Dualco Mag Stripe Encoding)

• Topside Smart Card Contact: PCSC Coupler

• Contacteless Smart Card

• Carousel with 6 Input Hoppers

• Clear Card Kit

• Thin Card kit (0.015″ and 0.020″ thick cards)

• SW (narrow) ribbon kit

S-18

PRINT TECHNOLOGY
Thermal Transfer, Monochrome only.

PRINT CAPABILITIES
Single-sided or dual-sided

PRINT SPEED
Single-sided: Monochrome – up to 1800 cph;

Input and Output stackers
Input – 200, Output – 200

COMMUNICATIONS INTERFACE
Keyboard for manual data entry, RS-232C Serial 9 Pin; Ethernet 10/100bT, TCP/IP printing using LPR/LPD or Raw socket

NBS ImageMaster E-40 Specifications

Specifications:

Single-sided

Fast, monochrome printing single-sided up to 1800 single-sided cards depending on card layout

Print mode

Thermal transfer (mono)

Card encoding options

Magnetic encoding: 3 track, Dual Coercivity, ISO 7811, Bit to Bit (binary), JISA AND JISC

Smart Card

Smart Card ISO 7816 personalization, Contactless (RF) Mifare card, ISO A & ISO B and others

Warranty

12 month

Printer interfaces

Keyboard for manual data entry, RS-232C Serial 9 Pin; Ethernet 10/100bT, TCP/IP printing using LPR/LPD or Raw socket

Software drivers

Supports online printing from a variety of host computers including PC running Microsoft Windows 7, 8, 10, and AS-400 Supports both internally generated layouts using ASCII text fields from host computer, or full Microsoft Windows® compatibility with Windows 7, 8, and 10 drivers. Supported by NBS SmartSys™ Tabletop batch issuance software, a user-friendly, Windows card design and production application, ideal for batch issuance. Smartsys™ Link option increases production by allowing Smartsys to connect a batch of up to eight S-18s.

Fonts/Images

300 dots per inch (11.8 dots per mm) resolution. Full range of monochrome color ribbons (full and half widths) available. Shipped with Swiss Regular: 6, 8, 10, 14, 18, 24 pt, Swiss Italics: 6, 8, 10, 14 pt, OCRA: 10, 12 pt, Dutch Bold: 6, 8, 10, 18, 24 pt, Any True-Type font can be downloaded from Microsoft Windows to support customized fonts PC Dash Board software for use in downloading additional fonts and images also used for flash loading of firmware for easy updates. It also can be used to back the machine settings.

Barcodes

EAN 13 & 8, UPC-A, Code 39, Codabar, Code 128, Code I 2 of 5. When utilizing Smartsys you can also produce QR codes & PDF417

Card capacity

200 input hopper and stacker, 25 – reject tray, Two production counters, one re-settable

Weight

52 lbs (23.6kg) Power source 110-230 Volts, 50-60 Hz Dimensions 14” (356mm) D x 19” (482mm) W x 12” (305mm)

Environment

Operating temperature: 15°C to 30°C, Relative humidity: 20% to 65% non-condensing, Storage temperature: -5°C to 70°C, Storage humidity: 20% to 70% non-condensing, Ventilation: Free air Monochrome Print speed Single-sided: Up to 1800 cards per hour

Card Specifications

Types

PVC & composite PVC – including breakaway and key cards

Maximum print area 0.100” +/- 0.010” from side edges of card

Card width/length ISO 7810 (CR-80) 2.125” (54 mm) x 3.375” (86 mm)

Card thickness 0.024” (0.61 mm) to 0.030” (0.76mm) , (Optional)Thin card kit for 0.015” (0.38mm) and 0.020” (0.51 mm) cards

NBS ImageMaster E-40 Consumables

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