Digital ID card vs normal ID card?

Answer 1

Our society today is one that is threatened by crime. If there is a technological improvement to prevent something from happening, there are loopholes to work around the technology to breach it. In these times where security is of utmost importance and selective access is a necessity, identity cards are the best way to ensure selective access only to authorized personnel. Identity cards are an excellent choice for businesses, hospitals, schools, universities, private offices and other organizations and places of work, where selective access is of utmost importance. Identity cards come as PVC cards (which is better known as poly vinyl chloride plastic), and provide the card with protection from the effects of dust, water, dirt and air. Identity cards used in universities and colleges generally have a photograph of the person who is entering, and other details such as age, and designation or class and division.

Identity cards are a great way also of ensuring that the university, organization, or school that the identity card holder belongs to develops a sense of belonging with other members of the organization.

Another kind of identity card is the magnetic strip type, which allows access only to people with the card access, when swiped or presented in front of a sensor. These kinds of identity cards have a magnetic strip in their back and are unique to each user.

The Original Way to Make ID Cards

People have been creating and using identification cards since before the turn of the century. Prior to the early 1990s, the most common method of producing an ID card was known as the composite or film-based method. This simply involved taking a person's photo, cutting it out, and laminating it to a card-sized piece of paper containing the person's name, ID number, and any other personal information. Although the initial investment for a film-based system was relatively low, the time, labor, and individual cost per card was high. Plus, these cards were easily counterfeited. As a result, a new method called digital printing arose during the late 1980s and early 1990s.

The New Way to Make ID Cards

Today, digital printing has become the technology of choice for the majority of organizations issuing identification cards - and with good reason. Digital ID card systems are growing increasingly affordable, are easy to use, and offer a host of benefits including. . .

• Ultra-fast production times(complete full-color photo ID badges in as fast as 25 seconds!)

• Low cost per card

• Single-step printing

• Unlimited card design possibilities

• Unlimited color options

• Automatic magnetic stripe, bar code, proximity, or smart card options (for access control, time and attendance, etc.)

• Powerful database options (for employee, student, or membership records or reporting)

• Highly durable cards

• Difficult to counterfeit

• Faster, easier badge replacement

• Far less labor

and the list goes on and on. But to truly understand the benefits of digital printing, you should understand how it works. It's surprisingly simple.

How a Digital ID card System Works

Digital ID card systems are made up of basically 4 components: The software allows you to create an ID card design and enter all the information you would like to appear on the ID card. The digital camera captures a person's photo and automatically loads it into the software. The digital printer/encoder takes all the text, photos, and images from the software and prints them directly onto a plastic ID card. And lastly, the computer is ties everything together. As you can see, digital printing really is a fast, efficient, and easy way to produce ID cards. And the results are outstanding. Just look at all the features digital ID cards have to offer: