Almost every industry today and organizations of all sizes rely on secure photo ID badges. There are a variety of ways to help ensure the authenticity of your plastic cards and to reduce the chances of successful fraudulent reproduction. Although no single type of card technology is 100% secure, employing a combination of security measures, such as embedded holograms, ghost images, UV text or lamination for example, will enhance your card security effectiveness.

The type of card you will be allowed to use depends largely on the type of printer you buy. Choosing the right printer for your particular needs is probably the most important component of your ID-making system. Almost every card printer manufacturer today makes several models specifically designed for security applications.

To make the badging of inmates, staff and medical personnel as manageable and secure a process as possible, investigate an Advantidge secure photo ID card system. Print full-color, oversized photo ID cards that make face recognition possible at a glance. Use printed bar codes to track activity participation, library or food service usage. Encode magnetic stripe badges to allow personnel different clearance to controlled areas and to record individual medical histories confidentially. Your options for secure photo ID badges don’t end there: For even greater security and maximum card durability, laminate printed cards with a custom holographic design and lock your printer with a “smart” key, so that only those with proper authority can produce ID cards.

Advantidge Secure ID Badge Systems are ideal for:

• Inmate, food service personnel, medical staff and guard photo ID cards
• Secure doors at building entrances, and interior controlled areas
• Rapid, on-site ID badge production for maximum security
• Food service charge tracking
• Recording inmate medical information
• Monitoring activity participation
• Welfare Benefit Cards

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