Badging

Jul 1, 1997 12:00 PM, By Staff

Two products from Cardkey, Simi Valley, Calif., provide second generation Windows-based video imaging systems. BadgeMaster fills basic badging needs while BadgeMaster Plus provides single workstation or networked solutions where multiple badging stations share a common database. Both have their own internal graphics generator. Features include user-defined fields, detailed reports, and audit trail and multiple badges per cardholder.

A self-expiring badge has been developed for visitors to educational institutions. The school visitor badge from Temtec Inc./TEMPbadge, Suffern, N.Y., changes color within a day, so a visitor or anyone who finds the discarded badge cannot re-use it. The visual alert clearly shows that the badge has expired, according to Temtec. The company also offers the One-Write Sign-In System, which allows the visitor to sign in on a carbonized log sheet that simultaneously transfers the visitor's name onto the self-expiring badge. The visitor badging system requires no hardware, software or electronics.

Badging system software enables users to photograph people, capture signatures and fingerprints, scan documents and print ID cards with the click of a mouse. The system, called JVC ID, is produced by JVC, Elmwood Park, N.J., and includes JVC's TK-1070 single-chip camera, a video frame-grabber board, special software, a high-speed dye sublimation card printer with 300 dpi resolution and connecting cables. The software offers custom database application development tools, custom card design tools and links to existing database applications. Users can add employee images and related documents to human resource or security records without reprogramming existing databases, according to JVC.

An ID video imaging system offers integration with access control, employee time and attendance and other data collection activities. Called the IVIS Plus 1000 and manufactured by IDenticard Systems Inc., Lancaster, Pa., the system stores all card information, including photos and signatures, on a PC or file server. The program, run with Windows 3.1 or greater allows end-users to control the appearance of data entry screens and create card formats. IVIS Plus 1000 can analyze data to call up the proper card format. The badging system is also available in the IVIS Plus 2000 version. The database incorporates internal security features such as a user audit trail and creation of automatic card histories.

A card printer with a four-megabyte image memory enables production of a full-color portrait ID card with protective overlay in less than one minute, according to the maker, Plastic Card Systems Inc., Marlboro, Mass. With the MagiCard 300 plus edge-to-edge ID card printer, cards can be personalized with a combination of photo, barcode, signature, logo and other graphics. A three-track magnetic stripe encoder is standard, and smart card encryption is available as an option. MagiCard software permits printing from any Windows-based application.

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