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We sell a wide range of ID Card printers designed to suit the needs of your organisation and budget. Our expert team are always on hand to make sure you get the best ID card printer for your needs, both present and future.

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Part Number: 700-5501

The PriceCardPro is designed for producing attractive price signs in your bakery and butchers. An ideal solution for small-medium sized businesses looking for an entry level solution designed to enhance counter displays.

  • Printing Technology: Dye-Sublimation
  • Print Resolution: 300dpi
  • Hopper Capacity: Hand-Fed
  • Print Speed: Print Up To 200 Cards/Hour
  • Card Compatibility: CR80 (85.6 x 54mm)
From £685.00
Inc Tax: £822.00
Part Number: 4500-0028-PR

Designed to print on your plastic CR80 and long format cards, the Flex+ is an ideal solution for improving your display counters. The dye-sublimation technology ensures top-quality printing every time.

  • Printing Technology: Full Colour Dye-Sublimation / Rewrite Technology
  • Print Resolution: 300dpi
  • Hopper Capacity: Input 100 / Output 70
  • Print Speed: Print Up To 150 Cards/Hour
  • Card Compatibility: CR80 (86 x 54mm), Long Format (140 x 54mm)
From £1,319.00
Inc Tax: £1,582.80
Part Number: 700-5502

Designed to print on your plastic CR80 and long format cards, the Flex+ is an ideal solution for improving your display counters. The dye-sublimation technology ensures top-quality printing every time.

  • Printing Technology: Full Colour Dye-Sublimation / Rewrite Technology
  • Print Resolution: 300dpi
  • Hopper Capacity: Input 100 / Output 70
  • Print Speed: Print Up To 150 Cards/Hour
  • Card Compatibility: CR80 (86 x 54mm), Long Format (140 x 54mm)
From £1,195.00
Inc Tax: £1,434.00
Part Number: 88936

Upgrade your FARGO HDP5000 with this lamination module which is made to secure and protect your cards from unwanted wear and tear.

  • Single Sided & Dual-Sided Options
  • Works with CR80 Cards
From £1,895.00
Inc Tax: £2,274.00
Part Number: 88935

Upgrade your FARGO HDP5000 with this lamination module which is made to secure and protect your cards from unwanted wear and tear.

  • Single Sided & Dual-Sided Options
  • Works with CR80 Cards
From £1,195.00
Inc Tax: £1,434.00
Part Number: 36-2040
This is IDPs Smart 21S single sided ID card printer, designed specifically for printing CR80 ID cards and badges. Comes with free ID card design software.
 

  • Printing Technology: Dye-Sublimation
  • Print Resolution: 300dpi
  • Card Feeding: Manual / Hand-Fed
  • Print Speed: Print Up To 150 Cards/Hour
  • Card Compatibility: Standard CR80
From £499.00
Inc Tax: £499.00
Part Number: 36-2030-DS

The IDP Smart 31 is designed for producing high-quality ID cards. Perfect for smaller sized businesses looking to scale their production quickly. 

  • Printing Technology: Dye-Sublimation
  • Print Resolution: 300, 600 & 1200dpi
  • Card Feeding: Automatic
  • Print Speed: Print Up To 720 Full Colour (YMCKO) Cards/Hour
  • Card Compatibility: Standard CR80
From £899.00
Inc Tax: £1,078.80
Part Number: 36-2030

The IDP Smart 31 is designed for producing high-quality ID cards. Perfect for smaller sized businesses looking to scale their production quickly. 

  • Printing Technology: Dye-Sublimation
  • Print Resolution: 300, 600 & 1200dpi
  • Card Feeding: Automatic
  • Print Speed: Print Up To 720 Full Colour (YMCKO) Cards/Hour
  • Card Compatibility: Standard CR80
From £695.00
Inc Tax: £834.00
Part Number: 36-2030-CE-BUN

The IDP Smart 31 is designed for producing high-quality ID cards. Perfect for smaller sized businesses looking to scale their production quickly. 

  • Printing Technology: Dye-Sublimation
  • Print Resolution: 300, 600 & 1200dpi
  • Card Feeding: Automatic
  • Print Speed: Print Up To 720 Full Colour (YMCKO) Cards/Hour
  • Card Compatibility: Standard CR80
From £760.00
Inc Tax: £912.00
Part Number: 36-2030-BUN

The IDP Smart 31 is designed for producing high-quality ID cards. Perfect for smaller sized businesses looking to scale their production quickly. 

  • Printing Technology: Dye-Sublimation
  • Print Resolution: 300, 600 & 1200dpi
  • Card Feeding: Automatic
  • Print Speed: Print Up To 720 Full Colour (YMCKO) Cards/Hour
  • Card Compatibility: Standard CR80
From £895.00
Inc Tax: £1,074.00
Part Number: 36-2030-RW

The IDP Smart 31 is designed for producing high-quality ID cards. Perfect for smaller sized businesses looking to scale their production quickly. 

  • Printing Technology: Dye-Sublimation
  • Print Resolution: 300, 600 & 1200dpi
  • Card Feeding: Automatic
  • Print Speed: Print Up To 720 Full Colour (YMCKO) Cards/Hour
  • Card Compatibility: Standard CR80
From £795.00
Inc Tax: £954.00
Part Number: 36-2005

Featuring 300dpi resolution, the IDP smart 51 is designed for producing high-quality ID cards. Perfect for medium-large sized businesses looking to scale their production quickly. 

  • Printing Technology: Dye-Sublimation
  • Print Resolution: 300dpi
  • Card Feeding: Automatic
  • Print Speed: Print Up To 212 Cards/Hour
  • Card Compatibility: Standard CR80
From £999.00
Inc Tax: £1,198.80
Part Number: 36-2000

Featuring 300dpi resolution, the IDP smart 51 is designed for producing high-quality ID cards. Perfect for medium-large sized businesses looking to scale their production quickly. 

  • Printing Technology: Dye-Sublimation
  • Print Resolution: 300dpi
  • Card Feeding: Automatic
  • Print Speed: Print Up To 212 Cards/Hour
  • Card Compatibility: Standard CR80
From £799.00
Inc Tax: £958.80
Part Number: 36-2000-BUN

Featuring 300dpi resolution, the IDP smart 51 is designed for producing high-quality ID cards. Perfect for medium-large sized businesses looking to scale their production quickly. 

  • Printing Technology: Dye-Sublimation
  • Print Resolution: 300dpi
  • Card Feeding: Automatic
  • Print Speed: Print Up To 212 Cards/Hour
  • Card Compatibility: Standard CR80
From £1,160.00
Inc Tax: £1,392.00
Part Number: 36-2010

Featuring 300dpi resolution, the IDP smart 51 is designed for producing high-quality ID cards. Perfect for medium-large sized businesses looking to scale their production quickly. 

  • Printing Technology: Dye-Sublimation
  • Print Resolution: 300dpi
  • Card Feeding: Automatic
  • Print Speed: Print Up To 212 Cards/Hour
  • Card Compatibility: Standard CR80
From £1,950.00
Inc Tax: £2,340.00
Part Number: 36-1110
Turn your IDP Smart 70 printer into a dual-sided ID card printer with this flipper module. Easily print on both sides of your plastic cards.
 

  • Enables Dual-Sided Printing
  • Image Scanning (600 / 300dpi)
  • Connectivity: USB
£650.00
Part Number: 36-1105

Equipped with dye-sublimation printer technology, the Smart 70 printer is designed to print high-quality ID cards with it's 300dpi resolution. An ideal choice for users that want extremely fast printing speeds. 

  • Printer Technology: Dye-Sublimation | Edge-To-Edge
  • Print Resolution: 300 dpi
  • Hopper Capacity: Input 200 / Output 100
  • Print Speed: Up to 144 Full Colour Cards per Hour
  • 3 Year Warranty

Please note, the double-sided version comes with a hybrid flipper designed to help print on both sides of the card.

From £2,995.00
Inc Tax: £3,594.00
Part Number: 36-1100

Equipped with dye-sublimation printer technology, the Smart 70 printer is designed to print high-quality ID cards with it's 300dpi resolution. An ideal choice for users that want extremely fast printing speeds. 

  • Printer Technology: Dye-Sublimation | Edge-To-Edge
  • Print Resolution: 300 dpi
  • Hopper Capacity: Input 200 / Output 100
  • Print Speed: Up to 144 Full Colour Cards per Hour
  • 3 Year Warranty

Please note, the double-sided version comes with a hybrid flipper designed to help print on both sides of the card.

From £1,899.00
Inc Tax: £2,278.80
Part Number: 36-1115
This laminator is ideal for adding a protective layer over the surface of your cards, making it the perfect solution for preventing wear and tear. 
 
  • Compatibility: IDP Smart 70 ID Card Printer
  • Easy Installation
  • Single Sided (Works Double Sided with Hybrid Flipper)
£1,199.00
Part Number: 36-3055
This IDP shredder is designed to destroy used card printer ribbons in order to protect confidentiality after a print job. Once you have printed onto an ID cards and have used up the printer ribbon, this smart bit shreds the ribbon into tiny particles therefore making it unreadable.
 
  • GDPR Compliant
  • Shredder Instantly Disposes of Used Card Printer Ribbons 
  • Shredable Ribbons Types: Dye-Sublimation, Resin & Wax

 
£575.00
Part Number: 31-2042-D-BUN

Are you in need of a cost-effective printer that can produce high-quality ID card and badge designs. The FARGO DTC1250e is one of the fastest printers in its class that can print both single or dual sided cards with the upgraded option.

  • Printing Technology: Dye-Sublimation / Thermal Transfer
  • Print Resolution: 300dpi
  • Card Feeding: Automatic
  • Print Speed: Full-Colour Card in 16 Seconds | Monochrome in 6 Seconds
  • Card Compatibility: Standard CR80/CR79
From £1,145.00
Inc Tax: £1,374.00
Part Number: 31-2042-BUN

Are you in need of a cost-effective printer that can produce high-quality ID card and badge designs. The FARGO DTC1250e is one of the fastest printers in its class that can print both single or dual sided cards with the upgraded option.

  • Printing Technology: Dye-Sublimation / Thermal Transfer
  • Print Resolution: 300dpi
  • Card Feeding: Automatic
  • Print Speed: Full-Colour Card in 16 Seconds | Monochrome in 6 Seconds
  • Card Compatibility: Standard CR80/CR79
From £995.00
Inc Tax: £1,194.00
Part Number: 31-2042-D

Are you in need of a cost-effective printer that can produce high-quality ID card and badge designs. The FARGO DTC1250e is one of the fastest printers in its class that can print both single or dual sided cards with the upgraded option.

  • Printing Technology: Dye-Sublimation / Thermal Transfer
  • Print Resolution: 300dpi
  • Card Feeding: Automatic
  • Print Speed: Full-Colour Card in 16 Seconds | Monochrome in 6 Seconds
  • Card Compatibility: Standard CR80/CR79
From £894.00
Inc Tax: £1,072.80
Part Number: 31-2042

Are you in need of a cost-effective printer that can produce high-quality ID card and badge designs. The FARGO DTC1250e is one of the fastest printers in its class that can print both single or dual sided cards with the upgraded option.

  • Printing Technology: Dye-Sublimation / Thermal Transfer
  • Print Resolution: 300dpi
  • Card Feeding: Automatic
  • Print Speed: Full-Colour Card in 16 Seconds | Monochrome in 6 Seconds
  • Card Compatibility: Standard CR80/CR79
From £754.00
Inc Tax: £904.80
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Printer Types


When you begin your ID card printing journey, you may have a design in mind. The type of ID badge printer you need will differ depending on your requirements, and there are a number of different features available between printers to keep costs low without compromising on the printed ID you're looking for. We stock a range of plastic card printers as well as printers that can print on paper, with single sided and dual sided features, as well as options for oversized cards, laminated cards, and encoded cards.


Single-Sided Printers


Single sided ID card printers are ideal if you only need to print on one side of the card. They can often be upgraded after purchase to grow with your business, ensuring you are not limited.

Double-Sided Printers


To add information on the back of your card, a double-sided printer (also known as dual-sided) printer is ideal. This can be upgraded after purchase, or is available pre-configured.

Oversized Card Printers


If you need to include additional information to your card design, there are oversized card printers available that print larger than standard cards. Ideal for events and ticketing.

Laminated Cards


If you require ID cards or membership cards with added durability, we offer a range of laminated ID card printers that add an additional protective layer on top of your design.

Printer Technology


When producing ID cards, the type of printing technology you require depends on what you need your ID cards and badges to look like. These types of technology produce different results, and have benefits depending on the card surface you are printing onto.


Dye-Sublimation


Some of the cheapest ID card printers utilise dye sublimation technology, which is where the printhead heats the ink to fuse it directly to the card's surface.

Direct-To-Card


Direct-to-card ID card printers (DTC) work in the same way as dye sublimation. The heating process creates million shades of YMCK for lifelike colour printing.

Retransfer Printers


Suitable for printing onto the surface of access control cards, retransfer ID card printers print colour designs onto a clear film that is then fused onto the plastic card.

Rewrite


Rewrite printers offer capabilities for creating and reusing ID cards, using heat technology and specialised cards to create a monochrome blue or black design that can be erased.

Encoded Cards


Turn your photo ID cards into access control cards with a range of card printers capable of producing encoded cards, with technology available such as Elatec, HID, SpringCard, MIFARE and more.

Browse Printers By Brand


We stock a large range of printers from all major and popular ID card printer brands and manufacturers. Feel free to browse by printer brand. Each printer brand will then further allow you to filter by printer type.


ID Card Printer FAQs


What's the best ID card printer for my business?


This entirely depends on your requirements as a business as well as the size. If you need high-quality cards with large input and output hoppers, the Magicard 600 is perfect. For smaller businesses requiring basic ID card printing, the IDP Smart 21 is a perfect contender. We highly recommend you taking a look at our best ID card printers of 2025 blog to help you choose the right printer.




How do I know what cards I require and how easy is the setup process?


The type of ID card depends on the security system that you have in place. If you're looking to print basic photo ID cards, our blank white ID cards are perfect. For access control card printing, there are many solutions such as contact cards, proximity cards and multiple branded cards for you to choose from.

Many of our photo ID card printers support encoding such as magnetic stripe and contactless card encoding, making them easy to integrate into your systems. The setup process is easy as we provide everything needed for straight out of the box printing.




How often do ID card printers need maintaining?


ID card printers need maintaining regularly (every couple months) to ensure you receive the best printer performance possible. Take a look at our maintenance cleaning kits and printer upgrades.




What comes standard with each printer?


  • Free ID Card Design Software (Software types vary depending on printer price)
  • Free Shipping as Standard
  • Printer Warranty with Every Printer



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