Custom ID Badge & Card Production Services

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Bridgeway's Turnkey Card Production Service delivers economical ID cards and badges to your door. Our Custom Card Production Service is ideal for customers that don't have the time, staff or budget to dedicate to ID card or badging issuance. 

Let US take the worry out of your ID badging production

Our card printing service can handle projects requiring fast turnaround on large quantities or quick, economical card production when you only need a single card or a few dozen IDs. Our turnkey process is an easy way for customers to incorporate complex designs and security layers without the cost of ownership for advanced equipment. ​

• Direct-to-card or Over-the-Edge (retransfer) printing
• Full color front with blank, black, or full color reverse side
• Magnetic stripe and/or RFID encoding
• Bar-code printing
• UV security images, holographic overlay, watermark overlay
• Lamination
• Any quantity!!

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Call 800-333-3608 or
email Sales@BridgewayID.com for assistance. 

Direct-to-Card or Retransfer Card Printing - ​Which is best for your ID badging project? 

Before placing a card order, consider which technology works best for your particular needs. Such things as the life expectancy you need for your cards, how critical color accuracy is to your company/agency, whether or not you'll be using a technology card, and if you need additional security layers are critical to a successful card production project. 

DIRECT-TO-CARD
Direct-to-card printers print the image directly onto the surface of the card. The print head directly touches the card to deliver the colors which leaves a very small white border around the design.

Consider your card design with this in mind. If you use bold solid colors the white border will be more obvious. Lighter colors or designs with white backgrounds work best with direct-to-card printing. 

• Price:  Direct-to-card printers are typically less expensive to own and operate.

• Speed: Direct-to-card printers are faster as they do not require the film layer used in retransfer printing.
• Quality: Although both technologies produce excellent results, each printer model will produce slight variations in color, durability and sharpness. 

RETRANSFER CARD PRINTING
Retransfer technology adds an extra step. Retransfer printers apply the image in reverse onto a clear, thin film which is then applied to the surface of the card. Because the images is "wrapped" around the card, retransfer printing completely covers the face of the card without leaving any border.

​Retransfer printing is the best option for technology cards as the design can flow over the surface and cover completely regardless of any variations in the card surface. As retransfer printing requires higher temperatures, composite cards are highly recommended. 

• ​Protective Layer: The clear retransfer film required in retransfer printing, acts as a thin laminate adding a protective layer to shield against rubbing and scratching.
• Image Quality:  Compared with most direct-to-card printers, retransfer technology creates images that are noticeably more crisp and vivid. 

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Use the chart below to calculate the cost of your desired card design and features. Minimum card order is $50.

• $50 setup fee for design and proofing for a first time card printing project. 
• One offs, such as Police or Law Enforcement IDs, $20.00 each with signature, $15.00 each if no signature included
• Additional card designs for Photo ID projects - $50.00 each​

DIRECT-TO-CARD PRINTING ​Card Configuration	50	100	250	500	1000	2500	5000+
Color/Blank	2.40	2.40	2.05	1.84	1.70	1.52	1.47
Color/Black	2.74	2.74	2.31	2.05	1.87	1.65	1.58
Color/Color	3.32	3.32	2.74	2.39	2.16	1.87	1.77
Add Mag Stripe Encoding	.25	.25	.25	.25	.20	.20	.10
Add Slot Punch	.25	.25	.25	.25	.25	.20	.20
Add Laminate - 1 side	.50	.50	.50	.50	.40	.40	.35
Add Laminate - 2nd side	.50	.50	.50	.50	.40	.40	.35
Read Card #	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	.75	.60	.50

RETRANSFER CARD PRINTED ON COMPOSITE STOCK Card Configuration	50	100	250	500	1000	2500	5000+
Color/Blank	4.12	4.12	3.34	2.87	2.56	2.17	2.04
Color/Black	5.22	5.22	4.16	3.58	3.11	2.58	.2.41
Color/Color	6.29	6.29	4.97	4.17	3.64	2.98	2.76
Add Mag Stripe Encoding	.25	.25	​.25	.25	.20	.20	.10
Add Slot Punch	.25	.25	.25	.25	.25	.20	.20
Add Laminate - 1 Side	.75	.50	.50	.50	.25	.25	.20
Add Laminate - 2nd Side	.75	.50	.50	.50	.25	.25	.20
Read Card #	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	.75	.60	.50