Campus Cards, College and University Identification and Security

Focus on the printer, the card, and the process to secure your ID issuance

Friday, January 4, 2008


“It’s no longer simply about putting a photo on a white piece of plastic,” says Ryan Park, Fargo Electronics’ director of product marketing for secure printers/encoders. “It’s just not secure. Unfortunately, that represents a lot of the ID vehicles out there today. There are very few applications in the ID card world that don’t have a need for security.”

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