Evolis Tattoo RW ID Card Printer
The next-generation printer for rewritable cards

Tattoo RW is an Evolis card printer for single-sided rewritable cards. It effortlessly matches all your expectations when it comes to flexibility, affordability, sustainable development, and regular data updates.
A ribbon-free technology - No consumables - Cards include a thermo-sensitive material that turns visible or vanishes depending on the applied temperature.
The 300 dpi standard resolution and the large print area provide unrivalled freedom when designing cards. Enhance your cards with more texts and graphics (logos, barcodes).
Its compact and sleek design makes it the ideal equipment to integrate and use in multiple environments:
offices, reception desks, points of sale, etc.
With the Tattoo ReWrite Card printer, you can generate or update loyalty cards, visitor badges or membership cards within seconds. Data can be edited on the spot and the same card can be reprinted or reused up to 500 times.
The Tattoo ReWrite will help you save significant money since no ribbon is required and cards are reused, which makes it an environmentally sound solution as well.
The ideal solution to issue rewritable cards:
- Visitor’ details on an access control badge
- Transit passes, travel cards
- Passes for ski and holiday resorts
- Student IDs
- Membership cards with subscription details
- Loyalty cards with the updated number of points, as well as applicable special offers.
- With Tattoo RW, your cards are updated whenever required, while a same card can be erased, revised and printed anew up to 500 times.
Benefits:
Flexibility You can deliver a new card anytime it is required! The erase/write cycle is extremely fast and you can erase, encode, and reprint new data in a matter of seconds.
A cost-efficient solution This revolutionary rewritable technology requires no ribbon, which translates into valuable savings. No need to throw away your cards each time you need an update: erase and reprint only updated data on your existing card!
Environmental-friendly Tattoo RW adheres to sustainable development. It uses rewritable cards and requires no ribbon: Tattoo RW helps you reduce your environmental footprint.
Data updates Now with Tattoo RW, data encoded on magnetic stripes or on contactless chips can also be displayed and updated on the card surface. For example, loyalty points can be printed on a card and updated at each checkout.
Encoding options
- HiCo/LoCo Magnetic stripe encoder ISO 7811 or JIS2
- Contactless encoder ISO14443A & B, Mifare, DesFire (USB connection)
Print Mode
- Direct thermal printing and erasing on rewritable material
- Maximum print area: 48 mm x 76 mm (1.89" x 2.99")
Erasing & Printing speed
- 8 seconds (manual)
- 12 seconds (card feeder)
- 3-Track ISO magnetic encoding: 4 seconds per card
Card feeding
- Manual card insertion and delivery
- Card-feeder insertion and delivery to removable hopper
- Automated Mode: selects a card from the feeder if no card is inserted manually
Card type
- Rewritable thermochromic material
- Mitsubishi Black & Blue
- Ricoh upon request
- Other material upon request and validation
Card thickness
- From 0.5 mm to 0.76 mm (20 to 30 mil)
Resident fonts
- Arial 100
- Arial bold 100
- Barcode:Code 39, 2/5 interleaved
Supported platforms
- Windows 7 (32 & 64 bits), XP and Vista (32 & 64 bits)
- Windows 2003 Server and Windows 2000 drivers available upon request - depending on system configuration
Interface
- USB & Ethernet (USB cable supplied)
Printer form factory
- Without output hopper: 166 mm (6.54") (H) x 290 mm (11.42") (L) x 187 mm (7.36") (W)
- With output hopper: 166 mm (6.54") (H) x 368 mm (14.49") (L) x 187 mm (7.36") (W)
Power supply
- Power supply: 100/240 V AC, 1.8 A, 50-60 Hz
- Printer: 24 V DC, 3 A
Environmental conditions
- >Min/Max operating temperature: 15°/30°C (59°/86° F)
- Humidity: 20% to 65% non-condensing
- >Min/Max storage temperature: -5°/+70°C (23°/158° F)
- Storage humidity: 20% to 70% non-condensing
- Operating ventilation: free air
Warranty
- 2 years (printer and print head), limited to 15,000 inserted cards