Fargo Electronics to Present at the Eighth Annual Needham & Company, LLC Growth Conference in New York.

MINNEAPOLIS -- Fargo Electronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:FRGO) today announced that Gary Holland, president and chief executive officer, and Paul Stephenson, chief financial officer, will present at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time, Thursday January 12, 2006, at the Eighth Annual Needham & Company, LLC Growth Conference at the New York Palace Hotel in New York City. A live webcast of the presentation will be available at http://www.wsw.com/webcast/needham13/frgo/

About Fargo

Founded in 1974, Fargo Electronics is a global leader in the development of secure technologies for identity card issuance systems, including secure card printer/encoders, materials and software. The company has sold more than 100,000 systems in the U.S. and over 80 other countries worldwide. Fargo card issuance systems reduce vulnerabilities and potential for loss of time, money and lives by continually improving the security of identity credentials. Fargo provides physical, information, and transaction security for a wide variety of applications and industries, including government, corporate, national IDs, drivers' licenses, universities, schools and membership. Based in Minneapolis, Minn., Fargo markets its products through a global distribution network of professional security integrators. For more information about Fargo, visit www.fargo.com.