Evolis Primacy 2 Printer

The Evolis Primacy 2 Simplex Expert ID Card Printer is a desktop card printer for organisations that need to produce staff ID cards, visitor badges and membership cards in-house.

The Primacy 2 uses direct-to-card printing technology to produce full-colour plastic ID cards with sharp photographs, logos and identification details. It supports printing speeds of up to 280 cards per hour, depending on the ribbon configuration, with USB and Ethernet connectivity for workplace installation.

The Simplex Expert is supplied in a single-sided printing configuration. Optional upgrades are available for double-sided printing, card encoding and additional security features.

Key Benefits of the Evolis Primacy 2

Fast, Full-Colour ID Card Printing

The Evolis Primacy 2 is designed for organisations managing regular ID card printing requirements.

It uses dye-sublimation and resin thermal transfer technology to print photographs, employee names, logos and other identification details onto compatible plastic cards.

The printer offers several resolution settings:

• 300 × 300 dpi standard printing
• 300 × 600 dpi enhanced colour and monochrome printing
• 300 × 1200 dpi enhanced monochrome printing

Manufacturer-rated colour printing speeds reach up to 280 single-sided cards per hour, depending on the ribbon used.

This makes the Primacy 2 suitable for facilities teams preparing employee ID cards, replacement badges and larger batches of identification cards.

Single-Sided Printing with an Optional Duplex Upgrade

The Primacy 2 Simplex Expert is supplied for printing on one side of an ID card.

This is suitable for organisations that need to display an employee photograph, name, company branding or other identification details on the front of a card.

Double-sided printing is available as an optional upgrade for compatible Primacy 2 configurations.

This provides additional space for printed information where organisations require both sides of the card.

USB and Ethernet Connectivity

The Primacy 2 Expert supports USB and Ethernet connections.

USB allows the printer to connect directly to a workstation, while Ethernet provides an option for installation within a compatible workplace network.

This is useful for facilities teams that need to incorporate card printing into their existing IT setup.

100-Card Input and Output Capacity

The Primacy 2 includes a standard input feeder capable of holding 100 cards at 0.76 mm thickness.

Its output hopper also holds up to 100 cards.

An optional 200-card feeder is available for organisations producing larger batches of cards.

This helps reduce manual card loading during longer printing runs.

Optional Magnetic Stripe and Smart Card Encoding

The Primacy 2 can be configured with optional encoding modules for compatible identification and access control technologies.

Available configurations include:

• Magnetic stripe encoding
• Contact smart card encoding
• Contactless smart card encoding
• Compatible encoding modules from supported hardware providers