RESTRICTED USE ONLY Fargo Electronics, Inc.HDPii High Definition Card Printer/Encoder User Guide (Rev. 1.1) 14-2Reading the Serial Numbers on a Fargo PrinterThe purpose of this section is to provide updated instructions for reading serial numbers on aFargo Printer.Finding out when a Card Printer was manufacturedYou can determine when your card Printer was manufactured by reading directly from theserial number (affixed to your card Printer).1. Year Built: The first two digits in the serial number indicate the year that the Printer wasmanufactured.2. Week Built: The second two digits indicate the week.3. Numeric Order: The last four digits indicate the sequence number for the numeric orderin which the Printer’s were built.Reviewing Example No. 1: Serial Number A12802241. A1280224: The first two digits in the serial number indicate the year the Printer was built(e.g., the letter and digit A1 indicate the year 2001).2. A1280224: The third and fourth digits in the serial number indicate the week the Printerwas built (e.g., the digits 28 indicate week 28 of that year).3. A1280224: The last four digits indicate the sequence number for the numeric order inwhich the Printer’s were built.
