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How to recognize a genuine Evolis High Trust consumable

The Evolis High Trust® ribbons have been exclusively designed to work with Evolis card printers. Tested and validated by our R&D and Quality departments, these consumables bring you printing quality and reliability, maximizing the lifespan of the print head.

The use of consumables other than Evolis High Trust® may lead to a bad printing quality and a dysfunction of the card printer. That is why it is important to know how to recognize an Evolis High Trust® ribbon.

Hereafter is a description of the several points to check depending on your ribbons:

Ribbons placed in cassette:

Check the Evolis High Trust® logo on the label.
We placed two "O" from the Evolis logo on each ribbon core.
When installing the ribbon in your card printer, it is instantly detected and can be checked through the Print Center on your computer.

Ribbons with part number R3011, R3511, R3411, R3013, R3314, R3514, in individual boxes:

Check the Evolis High Trust® logo on the box.
We placed a holographic sticker on the ribbon box, with several security features, such as a rainbow color fine lines guilloche design, nano text, two channel image …
We also integrated a unique feature: the floating image. To check the authenticity of your ribbon, you just have to pass the sticker under a standard light and the "O" from the Evolis logo will appear.
On each side of the ribbon cores, check the logo