ID Card Printing Blog
November 30 2017 |
Fargo DTC1500 Printer – Relied on for any Card Print Application
Fargo produces many of these plastic ID card printers. The DTC1500 is one of these. It’s a printer that is user-friendly, ensuring the user of clear prints which are easily identifiable.
September 11 2017 |
Using Watermarks Can Increase Your Security
When you issue ID security cards or badges, you want the most effective and secure form of card possible to ensure your security measures are being met. Whether you issue student ID cards, driver’s licenses, membership cards, or security badges for employees, it should be easy for you to verify the identity of the holder while incredibly difficult for someone else to forge or copy an ID security card you issue.
Watermarks are an inexpensive, simple way to add an additional layer of security to your ID security cards or badges.
August 07 2017 |
When Should I Consider Adding Loaner Coverage?
August 01 2017 |
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July 28 2017 |
College ID Card Printing: The Need for Speed
Imagine you have 500 new incoming students and staff who are waiting in line for their school IDs to be issued.
Now imagine your ID card printer only prints 100 cards an hour. That’s a long time standing in line and an even longer time for your staff who have to process each ID card.
While the need for speed is sometimes a paramount concern when issuing student ID cards, there are some other factors you need to consider before selecting the fastest printer on the market.
June 20 2017 |
When to Use ID Card Services or Print Your Own
April 30 2017 |
Extend the Functionality of your Magicard Card Printer
If you’re in the market for a new ID printer card system for your business or campus, it’s a wise move to consider what your needs are today and what you might possibly need in the future. Upgrading your ID card printer as your needs change is an option offered by many card printers on the market today, making it easy to grow your system when your business grows.
By far, the easiest ID card printer upgrade is offered by Magicard. It’s a simple drop-in kit that lets you upgrade your Magicard printer in the field with little to no down-time.
January 16 2017 |
The Top 3 Questions to Answer Before Choosing an ID Card Printer
Your organization’s security and identification requirements are unique to your individual specifications, and the ID card printer you decide to choose needs to be up to the task or meeting or exceeding those expectations and specifications. So how do you narrow down your choices from the myriad of ID card printer systems available today? Your answers to the following 3 questions will provide you with a guide to choose the best option to meet your needs.
January 13 2017 |
PRINTER REVIEW: Fargo HDP5600 ID Card Printer
At IDSecurityOnline, our ID professionals are highly experienced and deeply knowledgeable about every brand of ID card printer available. It’s our No. 1 job to make sure you get the perfect printer that meets your current and future business and security needs. In this post, we’d like to cover an ID card printer that delivers sharper, crisper images and text thanks to High Definition Printing (HDP). HDP delivers the highest image quality with an HDP film that’s fused to the surface of ID cards, resulting in more vibrant images and text.
December 13 2016 |
2 Shortcuts That Will Cost You More in the Long Run
You may think taking the following shortcuts will save you time and even money, but you’d be surprised what it might add up costing you in the end. If you have hundreds of ID cards to print that need to be attached to a lanyard, you understand the draw of pre-punched slot cards. Who has the time to hand-punch hundreds of cards? But this one little short cut can cause serious damage if you have a direct-to-card printer.
November 10 2016 |
Is It Time to Trade In Your Old ID Card Printer?
If you’re like many businesses today, you rely on your ID cards for access control, authentication, and identification purposes. Any down-time in your current ID card printing system is a loss of productivity that has ramifications far beyond inconvenience. A common response is to wonder if it’s time to trade in your old ID card printer. Many of our customers ask us this important question for a variety of reasons.
August 10 2016 |
How Long Should My ID Card Printer Last?
The life expectancy of ID card printers can vary widely based on several variables that affect their performance. For example, how many cards you print annually, how often your print, and how often you service or maintain your ID card printer will have an effect on how long it will last. This is why no ID printer manufacturer will ever state how many cards their printer is expected to print over its lifetime. There are just too many things that can affect its longevity.
August 03 2016 |
How to Get the Most Eco-Friendly ID Card Solution
All types of businesses, organizations, education systems, clubs, and many others use some form of a PVC card as either access control, identification purposes, membership access, hotel room keys, gift and loyalty cards, promotional purposes, and even gaming and casino cards. And that’s not even including the vast majority of credit cards, ATM cards, and other forms of payment cards.
July 07 2016 |
How an ID Card Printer Can Enhance Your Customer Loyalty Program
If you’ve already realized the benefits of creating a customer loyalty program, you know that research shows you can increase customer spending between 20% to 40% by using gift and loyalty cards. That’s enough of a ROI to consider adding an ID card printer to your program, but there are many more ways that a printer can enhance your customer loyalty program.
January 04 2016 |
Comparing Zebra ID Card Printers — Which is Best Depends on Your Needs
Zebra card printers are widely heralded for reliability and excellent print quality, and also offer a big selection of models and options–to accommodate users’ different card-production needs and budgets.
Zebra set out to create well designed ID card printers that meet you where you work, whether you’re printing cards in high volume or just on a regular basis, and whether you need high security smart cards or just the basics, and deliver the print quality, flexibility, and security you want within your budget.
Below are Zebra’s card printers’ primary features along with some useful comparative summaries for the high- and mid-range models.
November 29 2015 |
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November 18 2015 |
ID Card Security Features Available with Today’s ID Card Printers
Most businesses and enterprises printing ID Cards are concerned about security at some level. What do we mean when we talk about “ID Card security”? Card issuers primarily want to protect identification, proximity and smart cards from fraudulent use and counterfeiting. ID card security features and technologies are designed to discourage fraud and misuse of ID cards.
When a card is issued the issuer wants to ensure the card is used by the actual person to whom it is issued for the purposes it is issued. Issuers don’t want cards to be used by anyone other than the cardholder, or for unauthorized purposes. The consequences of misuse can be significant and costly. Security features help ensure that the person using the card is the cardholder and that the card is used for an intended purpose. This limits organizational risk and enhances operational and financial control.
November 05 2015 |
10 Questions to Ask that Identify Your ID Card Needs
Okay, so you’re getting ready to buy an ID card printer, but you haven’t really thought much about what your ID card needs actually are, right? In fact, you don’t really even know where to begin. Don’t worry, you’re in good company. One thing we know for sure is that identifying your ID-card needs carefully and clearly really helps you make the right ID-card printer decision.
Today’s ID cards can be really basic (a photo and a couple of lines of information on one side) or quite sophisticated with data-storage and security features. Different ID-card printer models are designed for different needs, card volumes, applications and circumstances.
October 14 2015 |
Shopping for the “Perfect” ID Card Printer
If your organization finally needs its own ID card printer, don’t wait around for someone else to tell you which ID Card Printer is the greatest. You may be in for a long wait – at least when it comes to what’s great for your particular card-printing requirements. Don’t worry though, you can do this on your own without much effort.
Truth is, there isn’t an ID card printer that’s perfect for everyone, and ID-card printer sales pitches can miss the mark– or be confusing – in some material respect, unless you well understand your card-related needs before you start shopping. Fortunately, there are enough ID card printers available that the right one is there to meet your organization’s specific requirements. You just need to know what you’re looking for.
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