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How can you determine if an NP5 Prisma is an original or MK2 version?

Friday, August 28th, 2026 |

Imported from the Zendesk Help Center (created 2022-10-04).

Original NP5 Prisma units have serial numbers beginning with 81.

MK2 versions have serial numbers beginning with 82.