Identification Systems & Products

People have created and used ID cards for over 100 years. Prior to the early 1990s, the most common way of producing an ID card was known as the cut-and-paste or film-based method. This involved taking a person's photo, cutting it out and then laminating it to a card-sized piece of paper containing the person's data. The result of this labot-intensive emthod was cards that weren't very durable and were easy to alter.
 
Today, digital printing has become the technology of choice for organizations issuing identification cards. Digital photo ID systems are now affordable, easy to use and offer a host of benefits that cut-and-paste systems can't: ultra-fast produciton times, low per-card cost, single-step printing and encoding, unlimited card designs and color options, magnetic stripe, bar code, proximity or smart card options, powerful design database options, highly durable cards, difficult to counterfeit cards, faster and easier badge replacement and far less labor.
 

Elements of an Identification System

Identificaiton Software: IdentiSys offers software from entry level to advanced packages, including server-based systems.
 
Image Capture Devices: IdentiSys integrated camera packages capture images, making it easy to produce attractive, multi-purpose cards. With our integrated capture devices, you can capture photo images, signatures or biometric data.
 
Card Printers: IdentiSys offers a broad range of printers to choose from. The type of printer needed depends on the number and type of cards issued.
 

Card Printer Technologies

  • Dye Diffusion Thermal Transfer (D2T2): printing directly onto cards surface
  • Re-transfer (reverse transfer): a mirror image is printed onto transfer film, then bonded to the card surface
  • Ink jet: Ink bonds and dries instantly to cards
  • Re-writable: erase and rewrite cards.
 
    Andrei Puchert
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Determining how you will use an identificaiton card and the level of security needed in your organization will determine the configuration and reatures for a photo ID system, related secure supplies and accessories.
 

Questions to Consider Before Purchasing an Identification System

  1. How are your identification cards going to be used?
  2. Will your card be part of an access control/security program?
  3. Will you need to assign users different levels of security clearance?
  4. Do you need to secure multiple sites?
  5. How many cards will you issue per year?
  6. How long do your cards need to last?
  7. Will your cards be printed on one or two sides?
  8. How much personalized information will your cards contain?
  9. Will you need to badge employees at several locations?
  10. What level of security will you need?
Consider your needs even if you plan to use badges only for visual identificaiton. Also consider future applicaitons. Make usre the system you purchase today will be ablet o handle your needs tomorrow. IdentiSys can provide you with more specific information on the system that would work best for your organization.