Primacy Lamination ID Plastic Card Printer
An all-in-one lamination system for long-life ID cards.
Primacy Lamination ID card printer is an all-in-one, affordable system for Encoding, Colour sublimation printing and monochrome thermal transfer and laminating your cards with or without holograms. Evolis has a wide range of patches and laminates, with or without holograms. For added security, our teams can develop entirely personalized laminates.
Durable ID cards
After your cards have been encoded and printed, Primacy Lamination then heat seals a film (varnish or patch of varying thickness) over the surface of the card. Lamination adds durability to your cards and increases their life cycle.
Printing ribbons and lamination films are installed intuitively and are automatically recognized by the system.
Highly secure cards
Your ID cards will have maximum durability and a high level of security. Laminating your cards will prevent incidents of fraud. This system is ideal for producing secure cards such as:
- Secure employee badges,
- Driver’s licenses,
- Resident cards,
- Military or police ID badges,
- Airport access control badges,
- Social security cards.
Accessories and Consumables
It is important to choose which Primacy printer you have before ordering your ribbons, Please note the ribbons for each printer are different so check whether you have the Primacy or Primacy2 ID Card Printer and then click on the links below to view the correct ribbons for each printer.
Technical specifications
Direct-to-card dye-sublimation/Resin thermal transfer/ Rewrite |
Edge-to-edge printing, single or dual-sided |
Customizable 300 x 600 dpi resolution (color and monochrome printing) or 300 x 1200 dpi resolution (monochrome printing only) |
Interfaces: USB, Ethernet, Wifi (optional) |
Feeder capacity: 100 cards (optional), Feeder capacity: 100 cards |
Printing performances Single side: 225 cards/hour Dual side: 140 cards/hour |
Dual-sided Card Lamination Module (CLM) as an option |
3-year warranty |
Delivered with cardPresso XXS for designing and editing badges |
Card printing solution – simplex card printers
PRODUCT CODE | COLOR | PRODUCT DESCRIPTION |
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PM1H0000RS | Fire Red | Primacy Simplex Expert Expert printer without option, USB & Ethernet |
PM1H0000BS | Brilliant Blue | Primacy Simplex Expert Expert printer without option, USB & Ethernet |
PM1S-GP2 | Fired Red | GO Pack Primacy Simplex Expert printer without option, USB & Ethernet |
PM1H0000LS | Fire Red | Primacy LCD Simplex Expert Printer with Touch Screen LCD display, USB & Ethernet |
PM1H00001S | Fire Red | Primacy Simplex Expert Expert printer with open output hopper, USB & Ethernet |
PM1W0000RS | Fire Red | Primacy Simplex Wireless Printer without option, USB & Wi-Fi |
PM1HB000RS | Fire Red | Primacy Simplex Expert Mag ISO Printer with Mag ISO Dual HiCo/LoCo 3-track magnetic stripe encoder, USB & Ethernet |
PM1HB000BS | Brilliant Blue | Primacy Simplex Expert Mag ISO Printer with Mag ISO Dual HiCo/LoCo 3-track magnetic stripe encoder, USB & Ethernet |
PM1H0G00RS | Fire Red | Primacy Simplex Expert Smart Printer with Evolis Elyctis Smart Smart Card Encoder, USB & Ethernet |
PM1H00HSRS | Fire Red | Primacy Simplex Expert Contactless Printer Contactless with SpringCard Crazy Writer HSP encoding module, USB & Ethernet |
PM1H00USRS | Fire Red | Primacy Simplex Expert Contactless Printer with CAEN RFID UHF R1230CB FCC Contactless Encoder, USB & Ethernet1 |
PM1H00UHRS | Fire Red | Primacy Simplex Expert Contactless Printer with CAEN RFID UHF R1230CB ETSI Contactless Encoder, USB & Ethernet1 |
PM1H0HLBRS | Fire Red | Primacy Simplex Expert Smart & Contactless Printer with Evolis Elyctis Dual Smart Card and Contactless Encoder, USB & Ethernet |
PM1H0OMNRS | Fire Red | Primacy Simplex Expert Smart & Contactless Printer with Omnikey 5122 Smart Card and Contactless Encoder, USB & Ethernet |
Card printing solution – duplex card printers
PRODUCT CODE | COLOR | PRODUCT DESCRIPTION |
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PM1H0000RD | Fire Red | Primacy Duplex Expert Expert printer without option, USB & Ethernet |
PM1H0000BD | Brilliant Blue | Primacy Duplex Expert Expert printer without option, USB & Ethernet |
PM1D-GP3 | Fired Red | GO Pack Primacy Duplex Expert printer without option, USB & Ethernet |
PM1H0000LD | Fire Red | Primacy LCD Duplex Expert Printer with Touch Screen LCD display, USB & Ethernet |
PM1H00001D | Fire Red | Primacy Duplex Expert Expert printer with open output hopper, USB & Ethernet |
PM1W0000RD | Fire Red | Primacy Duplex Wireless Printer without option, USB & Wi-Fi |
PM1HB000RD | Fire Red | Primacy Duplex Expert Mag ISO Printer with Mag ISO Dual HiCo/LoCo 3-track magnetic stripe encoder, USB & Ethernet |
PM1HB000BD | Brilliant Blue | Primacy Duplex Expert Mag ISO Printer with Mag ISO Dual HiCo/LoCo 3-track magnetic stripe encoder, USB & Ethernet |
PM1H0G00RD | Fire Red | Primacy Duplex Expert Smart Printer with Evolis Elyctis Smart Smart Card Encoder, USB & Ethernet |
PM1H00HSRD | Fire Red | Primacy Duplex Expert Contactless Printer Contactless with SpringCard Crazy Writer HSP encoding module, USB & Ethernet |
PM1H0HLBRD | Fire Red | Primacy Duplex Expert Smart & Contactless Printer with Evolis Elyctis Dual Smart Card and Contactless Encoder, USB & Ethernet |
Options
PRODUCT CODE | PRODUCT DESCRIPTION |
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PMY1-KTDS | Dual-Sided upgrade kit |
S10207 | Touch Screen LCD Display kit Incl. Touch Screen LCD display and cable. To be installed by an ERC (Evolis Repair Center) partner |
S10107 | Smart Contact station (DB9) kit* Incl. Smart Contact Station, daughter board and DB9 cable |
S10108 | Magnetic ISO encoding kit Incl. Mag ISO Dual HiCo/LoCo 3-track magnetic stripe encoder, flywheel |
S10281 | Evolis Elyctis Smart encoding kit* Incl. Evolis Elyctis Smart encoder, smart contact station, daughter board and cables |
S10170 | SpringCard Crazy Writer HSP encoding kit* Incl. SpringCard Crazy Writer HSP encoder, antenna bracket, daughter board and cable |
S10175 | SAM extension board kit for SpringCard Crazy Writer HSP Incl. 3 SAM slots board for SpringCard Crazy Writer HSP, screws and spacers |
S10169 | Evolis-Elyctis Dual encoding kit* Incl. Evolis-Elyctis Dual encoder, smart contact station, antenna bracket, daughter board and cables |
S10176 | SAM extension board kit for Evolis Elyctis Dual Incl. 2 SAM slots board for Evolis Elyctis Dual, screws and spacers |
S10168 | Evolis Elatec TWN4 Legic® NFC encoding kit Incl. Evolis Elatec TWN4 Legic® NFC encoder, antenna bracket, daughter board and cable |
S10182 | CAEN RFID UHF R1230CB FCC encoding kit1 Incl. CAEN RFID UHF FCC encoder, antenna bracket, daughter board and cable |
S10183 | CAEN RFID UHF R1230CB ETSI encoding kit1 Incl. CAEN RFID UHF R1230CB ETSI encoder, antenna bracket, daughter board and cable |
S10112 | Encoder’s mounting plate kit Incl. Encoder’s mounting plate and screws and rivets |
S10131 | Locking system kit Incl. Locking system and Torx allen key and screws |
S10212 | Card Lamination Module (CLM) |
S10280 | Omnikey 5122 Incl. smart contact station, antenna bancket and connecting board |
* For these encoding options, it is necessary to order the encoder’s mounting plate kit to finalize the installation of the options, only one plate per printer.
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Ribbon options for the Primacy Lamination card printer

Generic Hologram cartridge
These generic holographic ribbons allow for applying a hologram (an optical variable design) on the card in the form of a transparent patch.
Thanks to these ribbons, you add security and durability to your cards. A hologram is not possible to duplicate and simplifies the examination process.

Holo patch security ribbon
The generic holographic patch ribbons allow the application of a hologram on card in a form of a transparent patch.
- Holographic lamination ribbons in PET
- For single or dual-sided lamination
- Patches not covering the entire surface of the card (near-to-edge) Patch dimension : 83 mm x 51.4 mm. 92 % coverage.
- Compatible with PVC or composite cards
- Not compatible with smart contact cards or magnetic stripe cards
- Registered generic hologram. Artwork already created (Generic Globe Design), composed by security features level 2.
Evolis Primacy Lamination Card Printer specification
- Direct-to-card dye-sublimation/Resin thermal transfer
- Single or double sided printing, edge-to-edge
- Standard 300 x 300 dpi resolution
- Customizable 300 x 600 dpi resolution (colour and
- monochrome printing) or 300 x 1200 dpi resolution
- (monochrome printing only)
- 32 MB memory (RAM) standard – optional 64 MB1
- Single and double sided (via flip over) lamination in
- standard
- Standard built-in card flattener
Warranty
The Primacy Lamination ID card printers proudly carry the stamp of Evolis’ strong commitment to reliability and benefit from a 3-year warranty.

What is included with the ID card printer
Primacy Lamination ID Card printer, Ethernet and USB as standard. Works with Windows 10 & Apple Mac.
Colour ribbon, prints 200 cards per roll.
100 Blank White Cards, supplied with the printer.
Card design software, Primacy ID printer is supplied with Cardpresso XXS version.