Fargo Electronics Announces Fourth Quarter 2005 Conference Call; Call to be held March 1 at 10:00 a.m. Central Time

Fargo Electronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:FRGO) today announced
that it will release financial results for the fourth quarter and
fiscal year 2005 on Wednesday, March 1, 2006, before the market opens.
   Gary Holland, Fargo's president and chief executive officer, and
Paul Stephenson, Fargo's chief financial officer, will host a
conference call to discuss the fourth quarter 2005 results on
Wednesday, March 1, 2006, at 10:00 a.m. Central Time. Investors may
access the call by dialing 1-800-240-2134. A link to a simultaneous
web cast of the conference will be available at www.fargo.com in the
Corporate Info/Investor Info section.
   The web cast is also being distributed over Thomson Financial's
Investor Distribution Network to both institutional and individual
investors. Individual investors can listen to the call through Thomson
Financial's individual investor center at www.fulldisclosure.com or by
visiting any of the investor sites in Thomson Financial's Individual
Investor Network. Institutional investors can access the call via
Thomson Financial's password-protected event management site at
www.streetevents.com.
   A digital audio replay of the web cast conference call will be
available through midnight March 10, 2006, at 1-800-405-2236, passcode
11053959#, or at www.fargo.com in the Corporate Info/Investor Info
section.

   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.