Badging

Jun 1, 1998 12:00 PM, AC&SSI Staff

IDentifier 750 for Windows identification badge software has been designed for "entry-level" users, according to maker Imaging Technology Corp., Hudson, Mass. The product is a suite of applications that incorporates database management, image capture, badge layout and printing. Features include portrait "ghosting," portrait background removal, signature capture, bar coding (including PDF417), magnetic stripe encoding and "live" adjustment of portrait brightness and contrast.

The TruCard Model 70 card printer can print 100 3M Secure Cards per hour, according to maker Atlantek, Wakefield, R.I. The device, which uses roll-fed media in a one-step process, prints multiple cards simultaneously. The card heat-fuses card layers, including 8 mils of clear PVC on top of the image, which can include color photos, graphics and text. Visual security features are bonded within the card layers. In-line, high-coercivity magnetic stripe encoding is optional.

The ability to customize cards in a horizontal or vertical format is a feature of a badge management software enhancement for access control systems offered by Synergistics Inc., Natick, Mass. BadgePAC complements the company's Building Watch and WA-PAC access control systems, allowing a single database to support access control and ID badging. The single source for data facilitates report generation and password protection. The ID picture, captured by either a TWAIN device or video camera, can be displayed for sizing, stored and printed on a color, dye-sublimation thermal printer. Extensive help screens provide ease of operation, says Synergistics. Graphics such as company logos, signatures and dossier files can be imported for badge customization, and internal magnetic stripe encoding is optional.

The Privilege 300 and 400 plastic card printers offer 300 dpi resolution, monochrome and color printing, respectively, and Windows software and optional smart card and magnetic stripe encoding, according to the manufacturer, Eltron International Inc., Simi Valley, Calif. The 400 model offers card flip capabilities for dual-side printing. The Privilege series includes the 500 and 600 models. The 500 prints and laminates (with a 1-mil overlay) ISO flat cards for durability and high-security applications. Color cards are printed at 300 dpi at a rate of 100 cards per hour, says the maker. The 600 model can print 180 dual-side color cards per hour. Both the 500 and 600 offer hologram overlays and print on a variety of card thicknesses, says Eltron.

The IVIS Plus 500 is a video badging system created for basic identification requirements, says maker IDenticard Systems Inc., Lancaster, Pa. The system includes a digital camera, camera cable, tripod and color backdrop, and it is compatible with a choice of printers using ink jet-printable or PVC card materials. Digital camera technology allows a live image to be viewed on a computer monitor before printing. Cards may be printed with bar codes.

The SAFEnet NT Video Badging System can be integrated with the access control and alarm monitoring functions of the SAFEnet NT system from Monitor Dynamics Inc., Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. A graphic user interface is used to customize badge designs and formats. The camera is controlled with on-screen icons that allow the user to capture, accept and reject photo images. The captured images are compressed and stored in standard JPEG format.

Speed is a feature of the Cheetah IV ID card printer. The card printer can produce 180 cards per hour, says maker Fargo Electronics Inc., Eden Prairie, Minn. The unit prints and laminates dual-sided ID cards with a combination of full-color photos, text, graphics, bar codes and signatures. PolyGuard, a holographic-type overlaminate, produces durable, secure photo ID cards, says Fargo. The printer comes with 4 megabytes of memory and is upgradeable to 16 megabytes. Smart card and magnetic stripe encoding is optional.

A PR5200 dual-side plastic card printer can print 200-plus single-side cards per hour in standard format and 140-plus single-side cards per hour edge to edge, according to maker Nisca, a Japanese company that markets in North America through partner Kanematsu USA Inc., Somerset, N.J. The system can print one dual-side card every 52 seconds using an automatic card flip-over feature, says the maker. The printer has downloadable firmware that allows system upgrades via a software update. A snap-in ribbon cartridge can be replaced without opening the machine.

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