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 |