Fargo Electronics Announces First Quarter Conference Call For April 22 at 10:00 a.m.

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MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 4, 2003

Fargo Electronics, Inc. (Nasdaq:FRGO) today announced that it will hold a teleconference to discuss 1st Quarter 2003 results on Tuesday, April 22, 2003 at 10:00 a.m. Central Time. Quarterly results will be released before the market opening on April 22.

Dialing 1-800-218-0530 prior to the start time will access a listen-only broadcast of the conference call. A link to a simultaneous web cast of the conference call will be available at www.fargo.com in the Corporate Info/Investor Info section and also at http://www.visualwebcaster.com/event.asp ID #13404.

A digital audio replay of the web cast conference call will be available through midnight, April 25 at 1-800-405-2236, pass code 534102#, at www.fargo.com, or at http://www.visualwebcaster.com/event.asp ID #13404.

About Fargo

Fargo is the world's leader in innovative technologies for desktop plastic card personalization systems. Based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Fargo is the only manufacturer to offer three distinct technologies in printing systems - High Definition Printing(TM) (reverse image), traditional Direct-to-Card printing (dye-sublimation), and CardJet Printing Technology(TM) (inkjet) - to personalize plastic identification cards, complete with digital images and text, lamination, and electronically encoded information.

Personalized identification cards provide physical, information, and transaction security for a wide variety of applications including Corporations, National IDs, Drivers' Licenses, Universities, Schools, Government Installations, Transportation, Casinos, Healthcare Facilities, E-commerce, Retail Stores, Correctional Institutions, Associations, Sports Events and Recreation Sites. More than 70,000 Fargo systems have been sold in the U.S. and in over 80 other countries. For more information, visit Fargo's Web site at http://www.fargo.com.