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Select Your Printer Model CIM Card Printers - CIM K10 Monochrome - CIM K300 Monochrome or Color - CIM K400 Color Optima - CIM K500C Color with Lamination Station - CIM Dolphin Monochrome or Color Printer DataCard Printers - DataCard ImageCard - I, II, III, IV - DataCard ImageCard Express - DataCard ImageCard S2 - DataCard Ultima - DataCard Select - DataCard Magna Digital Imaging Systems - DIS XID 430, 440, 450 EdiGuard IDX 380 ReTransfer Printer Eltron Card Printers - Eltron P205/P210 - Eltron P310, 310C, 310F 310i - Eltron P420, P420C - Eltron P520, P520C Evolis Card Printers - Evolis Tattoo - Evolis New Pebble - Evolis Dualys - Evolis Quantum Fargo Printers - Fargo DTC Series - Fargo HDP Series - Fargo Persona Series Printers - Fargo CardJet Series Printers MagiCard Printers - UltraMagiCard Corporation - Magicard Turbo - MagiCard Rio - MagiCard Tango - Magicard Alto - Magicard Prima NiSCA Card Printers - Nisca 5100 Series - NiSCA 5200 Series - NiSCA 5300 Series

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SmartCardSupply Generic Ribbons - Where Available are in Bold Type and represent the best value.

• Our patented high-density dyes produce the most vivid colors you'll see from any photo ID ribbon. They deliver true-to-life flesh tones, more accurately match Pantone? colors, and reduce dye migration by 33%.
   

• The high-sensitivity black resin dye in our photo ID ribbons prints sharp, bold text and graphics. It also produces ANSI grade A bar codes for superior reliability in scanning.
   

• SmartCardSupply.com Generic Ribbons are unconditionally guaranteed against defects in materials and workmanship and are guaranteed to work flawlessly with your printer.
   

• What about my printer warranty?  My manufacturer says that they will only honor the warranty if I use their ribbon.  (These types of "Tie-In" sales provisions are specifically disallowed within the United States by the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act - so the manufacturer cannot enforce this provision of their warranty as such restrictions are patently ILLEGAL.)

Why are Generic Ribbons so much less expensive?  Card Printer manufacturers have adopted the "razorblade" model for marketing their products.  This is where you develop a patentable component of how a particular consumable part fits within or works with your product.  You can then prohibit others from selling compatible products that violate your patent and thus charge a higher price for your consumables and make substantial profit margins.  Gillette has been very successful with this model in the razor industry - hence the models name.

The only problem with this model is that patents only offer this protection for a limited time.  To get around this, the manufacturer must substantially change either the look, feel, or other specifications of their product to apply for a new patent.  This is why shaver manufacturers come out with a new model with more blades, wider cutting surface, pivoting heads, etc... each year or so.  They can then discontinue their "old models" and continue to reap substantially higher un-earned profits from consumers pockets for the "new consumables".

The same principle applies in the card printing industry.  Card printer manufacturers are constantly changing their product or "tweaking" the design of the ribbon cartridges for the purposes of patent protection of the most profitable part of their business.  With our proven generic printer ribbons - you can get the same high quality result that you are used to and pay substantially less.