End of life for Evolis Legacy Printers Pebble4, Dualys3 and Tattoo2

Commercial availability of spare parts ended on December 31, 2018

Pebble4, Dualys3, QB10 and Tattoo2 printers have been withdrawn from the market for several years now, and their spare parts will be withdrawn shortly.

Their commercialization officially ended 2018 so be sure to place any orders prior to this date. Since all support will end for these legacy models we will be reducing our internal inventory of related supplies with the assumption that clients will be moving to the new platform of Primacy printers.

If you need assistance with this transition and would like to consider a trade in upgrade or review the specifications of the new models available, please use the contact us form below so we can assist.

Until now, high volume applications requiring card personalization have been forced to choose between speed vs quality. In 2019 ADVANTIDGE expects to offer BOTH with the new FARGO HDP6600 printer as a Professional Select Partner for HID. This is the sixth-generation retransfer printer from HID and introduces a completely re-engineered printing design. The HDP6600 is new from the ground up to achieve high-volume, high-quality printing, with lower printed cost per card and best-in-class energy efficiency. As a result, the new printer is expected to be less expensive to operate, easier for us to service and more flexible across a wider range of applications.

These breakthrough card throughput speeds are achieved by combining patent-pending iON™ “instant on” technology with other advancements to enable simultaneous film printing and card retransfer processes. This unique approach reduces the time it takes to print the first card to an industry-low 60 seconds, 2-3x faster than any other laminating model. This cuts average annual wait times by up to 20 hours for printed and laminated cards while enabling overall throughput of up to 230 cards per hour. ADVANTIDGE has offered the ION technology on previous models and the reliability is unmatched.

The new technology eliminates the need for continuous transfer roller heating, improving reliability while cutting energy usage. For large projects, utilizing the new printers is expected to save enterprise users thousands of dollars in annual energy costs.

Another benefit of the new HID FARGO printer is the image and color quality on each ID card. The HDP6600 printer’s true 600 DPI resolution and precision color panel registration enables sharper text, crisper barcode edges and more vibrant colors than possible with other products that use dithering techniques that can only approximate this image quality. Regardless of the software your organization uses to manage card issuance, ADVANTIDGE offers a variety of professional services to insure you get the expected output and support for your secure badging application.

The HDP6600 uses a multi-tasking architecture supported by a 1 gigabyte of memory to help enable its faster card throughput speeds, an industry first. The long list of field-upgradable modules include card flattener, dual-side flipper, and choice of magnetic, contact and contactless encoders plus a programmer option for encoding physical access control system data.

If your organization is struggling to meet the high expectations for speed vs quality, contact the expert team at ADVANTIDGE for an in depth analysis of your current process or upcoming project.

The HID Identity and Access Management portfolio provides security solutions that foster operational efficiency, better service levels, tighter IT governance and improved regulatory compliance. This solution is ideal for customers in industries such as education, government, finance, and banking.

While it’s necessary to provide employees, contractors, partners and customers anytime, anywhere access to appropriate resources, it’s also imperative that organizations maintain the security of those resources—without exposing the organization to external threats.

Our mission is to create business value by enabling trust, freedom, and confidence needed by organizations and individuals to thrive in today’s digital world. Axiad IDS is the leader in providing complete Trusted Identity Solutions to organizations, taking a proactive and preventative approach to helping companies reduce the risk, detect and mitigate data breach. Managing cyber-risk is complex, and it’s impossible for any organization to do this alone. Our team consists of experienced cyber-professionals who are technical, subject matter, strategic planning, and execution experts.

This latest infographic from HID Global explores this solution in more detail, covering:

• Multi-Factor Authentication
• Credential Management
• Credential Lifecycle Management
• The Role of Digital Certificates

We invite you to take advantage of a personal session to learn more about this new solution. Contact us to set up a convenient time for a deeper look at the HID Identity and Access Management Solution!

Will Bluetooth® technology and its ability to aid in identification, such as the use of smartphone authentication diminish the importance of the traditional RFID badge? We don’t think so, in fact the Applications Are Endless.

Real-life applications include:

• Sensors that can tell you when a motor needs maintenance in manufacturing.
• A temperature sensor can report that the temperature needs to be adjusted for comfort in healthcare.
• A humidity sensor can report high humidity in a paper mill to avoid the rolls of paper getting stuck together on the production line.
• The accelerometer sensors in your cellphone can determine if you are walking or running and in which direction you are heading.

All of these applications require Bluetooth technology to continue to run smoothly. And when you pair the Bluetooth technology with RFID, you add to the security of the experience. Enter the concept of multi-factor authentication.

Multi-factor Authentication

In today’s day and age, there’s no such thing as being too secure. Passwords are hacked, badges are stolen, systems are overturned. The future of authentication will focus on multi-factor authentication where RFID technology works in tandem with Bluetooth wireless technology to ensure a more secure experience.

For example, an employee badge fit with an RFID chip ensures authentication occurs at a desktop, human machine interface (HMI), multifunction printer – the list goes on and on. While this is a great step toward security, imagine how much further you could get if your company pairs that RFID technology with a Bluetooth sensor that tracks, say a cellphone, to that authentication event. Now, the RFID badge must be presented, and the individuals’ cellphone must also be within a set perimeter of the authentication.

To learn more about how to improve efficiency and maintain security at your facility, contact us for a free consultation to be sure we understand your application.

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New software features offer greater possibilities

The enhanced price tag and food labeling solution now includes these new features:

• Print more than one image or price on your tags
  Use images to share additional consumer information instead of text with Edikio software’s multiple image management.
• Display two variable price fields on a tag
  Add additional price fields to display the price per unit, kilogram or sale price.
• Manage layouts over several computers
  Export your Edikio item list and/or layouts and import them into several shops’ computer systems, for example.
• Print dual-sided tags with the Access or Flex systems
  Don’t worry. It’s easy. We instruct customers as to how to flip cards correctly, ensuring that there is no waste by printing them manually. Available from the Standard edition of Edikio.
• Reorganize product categories due to evolving requirements
  Move items from one category to another to keep your item list and categories organized at all times.
• Use on computers that don’t have an internet connection
  Edikio gives customers the opportunity to activate their software license for an offline computer.
• Print tags from other applications while utilizing Edikio layouts
  Use the Edikio software “silent mode” option to print Edikio designed layouts, by utilizing command lines.

And More:

• More price presets and currencies are available in the design view.
• The “Undo/Redo” option allows for the cancellation of any action performed in your item list or on your layout design.
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Effective January 2018, HID Global will be implementing pricing changes on products within the Secure Issuance products portfolio. The impacted product list consists primarily of specialty configuration printers and low volume products, such as printer spare parts so we don’t expect many customers to be affected. Feel free to browse the list below or contact us for specific pricing on the items you need in quantity.

Say goodbye to handwritten tags and stop wasting time printing onto paper and then laminating it! Join thousands of users who already benefit from our solutions: save time by printing attractive price tags on plastic cards in a few seconds. Now more than ever, retail businesses are focused on providing a better experience for their in store customers to win back the explosion of e-commerce sales!

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