Magicard Printers
Ultra Electronics manufacture the Magicard range of ID printers. They are probably the World's most advanced and certainly the most reliable ID Card printers & ID badge printers. Whatever your needs for ID badge and card printing, Ultra's Magicard printer family has the right solution for you. Magicard color ID card printers range from the low cost Alto, through the high performance Tango and Rio models.
Magicard Security Features & Support are simply the very best. With the Ultra Magicard range of ID Card and Photo Badge printers, you will have the answers to your ID and badging needs.
ID Card Security
Magicard offers the only complete solution to protecting cards against tampering and counterfeiting. Ultra Electronics patented HoloKote and HoloPatch technology is low cost and highly effective in the fight against card fraud. A standard Holocote Logo is built into the Tango Printer. Increased security can be achieved through the use of your own encrypted custom logo. The client custom logo is stored electronically in a miniature compact flash Ultrasecure™ key.

Magicard Rio Printer
The Magicard Rio printer downloads and prints a full color, single-sided card image in less than 20 seconds using advanced bi-directional USB or parallel port.

Magicard Rio is sold with Free ID badging software.

Magicard Rio is sold with Free 2 year UltraCoverplus protection within the EU.

The Ultracoverplus plan allows for Free printhead replacement and Free loaner service if the printer has to be returned to the manufacturer for repair.

The Magicard Rio options listed below need to be specified when ordering a Rio printer.
The HoloKote Custom Key can be ordered separately.

Magicard Rio Printer Options:

HiCo/LoCo Magnetic stripe encoding option.

Smart card contact chip encoding option.

Rio printers can be specified with a variety of contact and contactless RFID encoders for biometric data.

Specify a custom HoloKote Key for your Rio printer. Prints your logo into the HoloKote and HoloPatch security feature. (Can be ordered separately).

Specify the special HoloPatch card stock for your Rio printer. Puts a daylight visible security seal on every card. (Works with all the built-in HoloKote models).

Magicard Tango Printer
The Magicard Tango printer downloads and prints a double-sided card with full color on one side and resin black on the other in less than 25 seconds using advanced bi-directional USB or parallel port. (full color both sides: 40 seconds)

Magicard Tango is sold with Free ID badging software.

Magicard Tango is sold with Free 2 year UltraCoverplus protection within the EU.

The Ultracoverplus plan allows for Free printhead replacement and Free loaner service if the printer has to be returned to the manufacturer for repair.

The Magicard Tango options listed below need to be specified when ordering a Tango printer.
The HoloKote Custom Key can be ordered separately.

Magicard Tango Printer Options:

HiCo/LoCo Magnetic stripe encoding option.

Smart card contact chip encoding option.

Tango printers can be specified with a variety of contact and contactless RFID encoders for biometric data.

Specify a custom HoloKote Key for your Tango printer. Prints your logo into the HoloKote and HoloPatch security feature. (Can be ordered separately).

Specify the special HoloPatch card stock for your Tango printer. Puts a daylight visible security seal on every card. (Works with all the built-in HoloKote models).

Magicard Printers are manufactured in the UK by Ultra Electronics Card Systems
Magicard, Alto, Rio Tango, UltraCoverplus, Holocote, Ultrashield and UltraSecure are trademarks of Ultra Electronics Limited