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ID Card Production

​Create, Connect, Encode, & Produce ID Cards

Featured ID Solution Software

Trucredential
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Design a Durable, More Secure Credential

Build an ID card solution that works harder for you. Increase security and data collection using one or more of the security devices featured below.
  • Use a secure ID badge for 2-factor identification
  • Choose a smart card with layers of features to build security
  • Use ID cards with bio-metrics such as Tactile Impression* for highly secured access control
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Smart Cards - Contact or Contactless
Chip cards are the most secure form of credential card as they contain an embedded microchip and often a traditional mag stripe as well. While information in a barcode is static and remains exactly the same each time it is "read," the microchip in a smart card encrypts personal information to increase data security. Other names for these advanced cards include smart-chip card, chip-enabled smart card, chip-and-choice card (PIN or signature) and EMV card. 
Contactless - Technology Cards
Also known as RFID cards, a tiny radio antenna is embedded in between the layers of card substrate. Commonly used for access control and two-factor authentication on computers, RFID cards may also be encrypted. Some chip cards are also contactless or Near Field Communication (NFC) cards requiring only to be tapped on a reader for the card data to be be received by the card terminal (reader). 
Laminates and Holograms
Lamination extends the life of your card, helps prevent fading and can increase security and hamper fraud. Select a dual-sided lamination module if both sides of the card contain critical content. Laminates are available in clear, standard design, and custom designed, unique to your company.
UV Security Panel
An advanced form of card security, cards printed using a UV panel include a fluorescent image which is visible when exposed to UV (black) light. Design any logo or trademark to be printed in the UV layer and provide a hidden layer of authentication and security. 
Tactile Impression
The tactile impressor feature, designed exclusively for use in the Datacard® CD800 card printer with inline lamination module, offers an affordable and entry-level security feature ideal for any card program. This patent-pending feature utilizes a mechanical die within the laminator that physically impresses a generic or custom design directly onto the card substrate and overlay or patch laminate in the same pass. 
Personalization
The most familiar part of any ID card, the personalization layer carries logos, graphics, photos, even signatures. Add a UV layer to "hide" a repeated photo or signature from the personalization layer. 
1 & 2-D Barcoding
Barcodes carry machine-readable, coded identification information in a series of lines and spaces or a complex series of color, dots and patterns (QR codes). From student ID numbers (SIS) to detailed health data on emergency responders tags and links to websites, these simple graphics are a moderately secure way to convey data and personal identifiers.
Magnetic Stripe
Also called Mag Stripe, adding a magnetic strip to the back of a card is one of the most common security additions. A magnetic stripe is encoded with specific information as the card is run through a specially-equipped card printer. Mag stripe cards carry static information and are machine-readable by swiping the stripe through a card reader. 
Types of Cards
While PVC cards are commonly used for basic ID cards, upgrading to a more complex substrate provides greater durability and reduces the chance of someone counterfeiting the credential. Advanced materials deliver better print quality and help extend the life of your card printer. 
Standard Cards
  • PVC - Commonly used for simple ID badges or loyalty cards. Standard credit card size card blanks are available in .10, .20 and .30 mil. thickness. 
  • PVC/PET (60/40) - More durable and heat-resistant, cards have a PET core and PVC outer layer. 
  • Sticky-back - Commonly used with clamshell cards with a peel-off, printable surface. ​
​Technology Cards
  • MagStripe
  • ISO Printable
  • Clamshell
  • HID Prox (Corp 1000)
  • Rewritable
  • Mifare Classic
  • Mifare Desfire
  • Mifare Desfire EVI
  • Mifare Desfire EV2
  • iClass
Laminate Overlay

​Extend Card Life with Laminates & Overlays

Holograms 
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Holograms are actually three-dimensional images captured into a special laminate film that is applied using card printers with lamination modules. Hologram images cannot be copied with a scanner, copier or standard printing technology. 
UV  Laminates
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Color & Fluorescent Ribbon

Graphics or text is printed in the overlay material and bonded to the card in the printing process. Images and text printed in UV are seen when exposed to a UV or Ultra-Violet (black light).
Laminates & Overlays
​Laminates offer the strongest defense against daily wear-and-tear and provide a level of water and chemical defense. 

Custom laminates help prevent fraud and also offer a branding opportunity for your school or business and are available for use with magnetic stripe and smart (chip) cards.

Patch laminates are thicker and more durable and typically used to protect critical information in a specific area of the card. Overlay laminates cover the full card but are thinner and less durable. 

Advanced Security ID Options

​Custom security topcoats, laminates and advanced security overlays provide a combination of visible, hidden and virtually invisible (forensic) features to prevent fraudulent duplication. These added security measures also provide longer card life and can indicate if the card has been tampered with or altered.  
Overt Features
Visible to the Naked Eye
Simple but important features to aid in preventing fraud. Often used in combinations, these features greatly add to card security.
  • Kinetic patterns: Patterns that appear to move or shift when rotated.
  • Diffractive switch images: Two or more images that occupy the same area and shift from one image to the other when ­viewed from different angles.
  • Rainbow coloring: Images, lines or text that refract light, utilizing the full color spectrum. When the viewing angle changes, so does the rainbow coloring.
  • Achromatic coloring: Images, lines or text that have no color refraction; comprised of only neutral grays, white or black.
  • Guilloche patterns: High-resolution security printing created from complex geometric or mathematical patterns. Each line provides a continuous visual color shift that moves in synchronized animation.
  • Pseudo color: Color that appears in holographic artwork only at a specific angle.
  • High-resolution transparent holograms: Complex light-diffracting imagery that exhibits dimensionality, available in two- and three- dimensional formats.​
Covert Features
Hidden from View
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Concealed features can be seen by a trained inspector using simple tools, such as a UV light or a magnifying glass. 
  • Microtext: Text that varies in size from 60 to 100 microns that can be deciphered only through use of a magnifier or eye loupe.
  • Latent (ghost) images: Images or text that can be viewed with the aid of a higher-powered light source (flashlight) from an extreme angle.
  • UV security printing: Imagery or text that fluoresces in a specific color with the use of a black light.
  • Laser retrievable: Imagery or text embedded in a hologram that cannot visually be seen until illuminated at a distinct angle by a high-powered laser pen.
Forensic Features
Deeply Hidden 
Detectable only through forensic inspection.
  • Nanotext: Text that is less than 30 micron in height and can be seen only through the use of a high-powered microscope.
  • SecureText™ by Datacard: This feature contains a million-character document in a five millimeter by five millimeter square. ​
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