Card Printers Product Support Life Cycle

HID is dedicated to supporting customers at every stage of the product lifecycle, ensuring long-term reliability, security, and performance. From initial product launch through upgrades, enhancements, and eventual retirement, HID maintains a structured and transparent lifecycle management approach designed to protect customer investments.

From the date of market availability, HID provides full technical support, firmware updates, software enhancements, and security improvements. As products evolve, HID continues to deliver upgrades, service packs, and hot fixes to enhance functionality, improve compatibility, and address emerging security requirements.

Even when a product transitions to End of Life or End of Service phases, HID follows clearly defined support policies. This ensures customers receive adequate notice, continued assistance where applicable, and guidance for migration to next-generation solutions. The structured lifecycle framework helps organizations plan upgrades strategically while maintaining operational continuity.

This commitment reflects HID’s focus on long-term value, system stability, and customer confidence across industries including government, enterprise, healthcare, education, and banking.

We apply the following support coverage to each phase of the HID product lifecycle to ensure clarity, transparency, and consistent service standards.

 

Lifecycle Stage Product Sustaining Engineering Technical Support Warranty / Repair
Production Available for sale Upgrades, Updates, Service Packs, and Hot Fixes created for new functionality and/or bug fixes Full Standard Terms
End of Life (EOL) No longer available for sale No Upgrades, Updates, or Service Packs created. Hot Fixes are created only for critical security issues Full Standard Terms
End of Service No longer available for sale No Upgrades, Updates, Service Packs, or Hot Fixes created for any issues Available on a commercially reasonable basis only Repair, replacement, substitution, or commercial credit depending on availability. The "End of Service" date (FARGO printers) within the End of Life phase notes when spare parts and repairs will no longer be available.

Inkjet Printing (Thermal and UV Inkjet Printers)

Product Life Cycle Status Entered Production EOL Date End of Service Date Migration Path
HID ELEMENT UV Printing System Production Sep 15, 2020
INK1000 End of Life Sep 29, 2020 Dec 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2026 DTC1250e, DTC1500, DTC4250e

High Definition Printing / Retransfer Printers

Product Life Cycle Status Entered Production EOL Date End of Service Date Migration Path
HDP5000e Production Sep 18, 2024
HDP600ii Production Mar 31, 2021
HDP6600 Production Jan 15, 2019
HDP5000 - 2013 System End of Life Mar 27, 2013 Dec 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2027 HDP5000e System
HDP5000 - 2013 End of Life Mar 27, 2013 Dec 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2027 HDP5000e
HDP8500 End of Service Mar 30, 2012 Mar 1, 2022 Mar 1, 2025 HDP6600
HDPii Plus End of Service Apr 23, 2013 Apr 1, 2021 Aug 1, 2024 HDP600ii
HDP5600 End of Service Apr 1, 2016 Apr 30, 2020 Apr 30, 2023 HDP5000 and HDP6600
HDP8500LE-2016 End of Service Sep 1, 2016 Feb 2, 2020 Feb 2, 2023 HID ELEMENT Laser Engraving
HDP600 CR100 v2 End of Service May 5, 2010 Jan 31, 2012 Dec 15, 2014 N/A
HDP5000 - 2008 System End of Service Jan 1, 2008 Sep 30, 2013 Dec 30, 2016 HDP5000 - 2013 System
HDP5000 - 2008 End of Service Jul 7, 2007 Sep 30, 2013 Dec 30, 2016 HDP5000 - 2013
HDPii End of Service Nov 1, 2007 Sep 30, 2013 Dec 30, 2016 HDPii Plus
HDP600 End of Service Feb 27, 2004 Aug 1, 2009 Jul 1, 2012 HDP5000 - 2013
HDP820 End of Service Mar 1, 2002 Aug 4, 2006 Dec 31, 2009 HDP5000 - 2013
HDP825 End of Service Mar 1, 2002 Aug 4, 2006 Dec 31, 2009 HDP5000 - 2013
HDP700 End of Service Jan 1, 2000 Mar 31, 2006 HDP5000 - 2013

Direct-to-Card Printers

Product Life Cycle Status Entered Production EOL Date End of Service Date Migration Path
DTCii Plus Production Feb 1, 2021
DTC1500 Production Oct 30, 2017
DTC1250e System Production Nov 18, 2013
DTC4250e System Production Nov 18, 2013
DTC4500e System Production Nov 18, 2013
DTC4500e Lam Module Production Nov 18, 2013
DTC1250e Production Nov 18, 2013
DTC4250e Production Nov 18, 2013
DTC4500e Production Nov 18, 2013
DTC5500LMX End of Life Apr 1, 2016 Mar 31, 2025 Mar 31, 2028 DTC4500e
C50 and C50 Systems End of Service Nov 18, 2013 Jan 31, 2022 Jan 31, 2025 DTC1250e or INK1000
DTCii End of Service Dec 15, 2016 Feb 1, 2021 Aug 1, 2024 DTCii Plus
DTC1000Me End of Service Nov 18, 2013 Oct 31, 2018 Oct 31, 2021 DTC1250e
DTC1000M End of Service Mar 26, 2011 May 2, 2014 Apr 30, 2017 DTC1000Me
DTC1000 System End of Service Jan 31, 2011 May 2, 2014 Apr 30, 2017 DTC1250e System
DTC4000 System End of Service Jan 31, 2011 May 2, 2014 Apr 30, 2017 DTC4250e System
DTC4500 System End of Service Jan 31, 2011 May 2, 2014 Apr 30, 2017 DTC4500e System
DTC4500 Lam Module End of Service Oct 27, 2010 May 2, 2014 Apr 30, 2017 DTC4500e Lam Module
DTC1000 End of Service Sep 1, 2002 May 2, 2014 Apr 30, 2017 DTC1250e
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