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At ID Security Online, we value our customers' feedback. 

That is why we have decided to share with you the experience of one of our clients who needed to purchase an ID card printer for the first time. In this last post, Patricia learns about the benefits of ID car software.

“I had one last thing to figure out: do I need ID card software? The answer was yes, mainly because I needed to import my database to create all my badges at once. 

At ID Security Online, we value our customers' feedback. 

That is why we have decided to share with you the experience of one of our clients who needed to purchase an ID card printer for the first time. In this fourth post, Patricia finds out more about the different ribbons that an ID card printer uses.

“Evidently, ID Card printers don’t use a standard ink cartridge that laser and inkjet printers do. ID Card printers use ribbons, which are plastic cartridges with ink on a film. I assumed a double-sided printer would need two ribbons to operate. Yet again, I was wrong.

At ID Security Online, we value our customers' feedback. 

That is why we have decided to share with you the experience of one of our clients who needed to purchase an ID card printer for the first time. The third installment is all about choosing between a single- and a dual-sided ID card printer.

"I noticed that all six brands carried by ID Security Online have both single and duplex models. There is that word again, “Duplex”. Although this time I have figured out what it means. 

At ID Security Online, we value our customers' feedback. 

That is why we have decided to share with you the experience of one of our clients who needed to purchase an ID card printer for the first time. In this second post, Patricia finds out the differences between a direct-to-card printer and a retransfer solution.

"Calling ID Security Online was probably the best decision I had made thus far. I expected to be put on hold for hours, but that was not the case. I was immediately connected to a sales representative who walked me through my questions.

When thinking about what Identification system you need you have to think about your needs and the size of your business. Here, at photo ID Systems we put the systems in three categories to give an idea of what system might be right for you.

A Small Business

Might only need a low capacity system. A restaurant is doing a great job. The food is great and people talk about the place the whole time. It’s on the map and is starting to get real recognition. The restaurant wants to start to launch its Friday spectacular events. The restaurant wants to send VIP cards so the front of desk knows who’s who and where they should go. Additionally the management of the restaurant as well as their families who also need ID passes. These two groups might get two different cards with identifying information.  There are four machines that meet the needs for a smaller business.

At ID Security Online, we value our customers' feedback. 

That is why we have decided to share with you the experience of one of our clients who needed to purchase an ID card printer for the first time. We hope that this series of 5 posts will help new buyers with their research of the right ID card solution.

"My name is Patricia Kreamer. Being the office manager of a small company has its benefits, but it also comes with its own set of challenges. For example, being asked to purchase an ID Card printer. 

We are very proud to announce that we are now an Elite Merchant on ResellerRatings, a primary consumer reviews website. The Elite Merchant status recognizes ID Security Online’s excellence in customer satisfaction and this is all thanks to you!

We want to support breast cancer research to finally put an end to this deadly disease.

In October, when you make a purchase on ID Security Online, you help us make a difference. At the end of the month, we will donate 1% of our Photo ID Systems sales to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure®.

Since 1982, Komen has played a critical role in every major advance in the fight against breast cancer – transforming how the world talks about and treats this disease and helping to turn millions of breast cancer patients into breast cancer survivors. We are proud of our contribution to some real victories:

If you purchased an ID card printer, you might be part of the vast majority who buy “Basic” printers: no encoding, single-sided capabilities, USB only.

Those printers are perfect to personalize ID badges with names, pictures, logos and barcodes. But what happens if one day, you are asked to print and encode magnetic cards or if you need a dual-sided printer to add more information on the back of your cards? Should you just get another printer?

Here is the thing with card printers today: many machines can easily be upgraded onsite! Let’s say you have a single-sided printer and you want dual-sided capabilities, you can get an upgrade kit and do it yourself in no time! With some card printer manufacturers, this can be done with an activation key or a special upgrade ribbon.

If you want to print color badges, you will need a color ribbon but if you look closer at the options, you will find YMCKO ribbons and Half-panel YMCKO ribbons. What’s the difference?

YMCKO ribbons are standard color ribbons. YMCKO stands for Yellow, Magenta, Cyan, Black and Overlay. The printer uses the YMC panels to print in full color, the Black (K) panel to print in real black and then applies a clear coating overlay (O) to create durable plastic badges.

Half-panel color ribbons are different: the Yellow, Magenta and Cyan panels are half the size of the regular panels of a YMCKO ribbon. The K (Black) and O (Overlay) are full size panels. This means that up to half of the card can be printed in full color while black text or images can be printed anywhere on the card.

ID Security Online is thrilled to launch its first Graphic Design Awards contest!

From Monday, September 9 to Friday, December 6, 2013, undergraduate and graduate college and university students in the United States are invited to design a unique photo ID badge to win amazing prizes.

Students can submit their design on the official contest page or upload it on the Facebook page of the competition. Each student can submit up to two entries.

You are trying to print your badges but your ribbon keeps breaking. The good news is that this issue can easily be fixed.

• The first step is to clean your card printer. Follow the recommendations of your card printer manufacturer to clean printer and printhead. Dust and debris can damage your printer and considerably impact print quality.

Your card printer and card application will determine which ID cards are right for you.

Here are a few tips when choosing ID cards:

• Card thickness: ID card printers will only accept specific card thicknesses. Most printers are built to print 30mil cards (thickness of a credit card) so if you need to personalize thinner cards (10-20mil), check the specs of your printer. 

At ID Security Online, you know that you get the best ID card products at unbeatable prices.

To make you save even more on dozens of items, we have just launched a brand new section with great deals on our top selling photo ID systems, ID card printers, and supplies.  You can check it out at http://www.idsecurityonline.com/bestsellers/.

This page will help you compare different products, find reviews, and get more information on what you are looking for.

Zebra has launched a brand new line of single-sided card printers called ZXP Series 1. You can now print high-quality ID cards and badges on the spot without breaking the bank.

The main features of the printer include:

• Single-sided printing
• Edge-to-edge printing on standard CR-80 cards
• 300 dpi (11.8 dots/mm) print resolution
• Load-N-Go™ drop-in ribbon cassettes to load and replace ribbons in a snap
• Auto calibration of ribbons