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Imaging Corner: The software behind the card printers

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Today’s ID cards do far more than just present a name and face. They can conduct financial transactions, enable you to log on to your PC and access networks, track time and attendance as well as grant building access.

In addition, ID cards are an important extension of an organization’s image and brand. Consequently, those charged with designing and activating ID cards for their organizations have a pretty big responsibility.

“Effectively personalizing ID cards involves more than meets the eye,” says Steve Lohman, product marketing manager at HID Global. “For most organizations, it’s not just about creating a visually attractive card. It’s also about appropriately enhancing security while ensuring the effectiveness of the entire card program.”

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Every year since 1998 Beloit College has released the Beloit College Mindset List. Created by Beloit’s own Keefer Professor of the Humanities Tom McBride and former Public Affairs Director Ron Nief, it was created as a reminder to faculty of dated references, and quickly became a catalog of the rapidly changing worldview of each new generation. Most students entering college for the first time this fall - the Class of 2014 - were born in 1992.

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Credit and debit card manufactures are working on giving payment cards a face lift, literally. Talk of inserting a small LCD screen displaying passwords and account balances is in the works, according to a report on creditcards.com. For enhanced identity security, there is the possibility of a three-dimensional, 360-degree video of the card owner and a sample of the owner’s voice.

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Safe Card ID, an online retailer of security card printing systems and identity kits, is expanding its ID card software and printer line. The Evolis Printer joins Zebra printers to help Safe Card’s customers meet their in-house ID printing needs.

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Digital Identification Solutions announced it has received purchase orders from three separate driver license programs.

The first of the orders is from L-1 Identity Solutions for the State of Kentucky, and another is from 3M for the State of Arkansas. Furthermore, the State of South Carolina, a customer for several years, has also decided to extend its current install base.



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HID Global announced an extension of its secure access and identification solutions to secure print authentication. The company is partnering with multi-function printer manufacturers and their application partners to develop secure print authentication solutions that enable HID Global customers to use iClass credentials on printers to reduce print costs and increase security and compliance.

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HID Global introduced a new line of direct-to-card FARGO printer/encoders. The new product line is made up of three models designed to meet the needs of small organizations to global enterprises. This is the first new line of printers introduced since HID purchased Fargo.

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