School ID Card Printing can be quite hectic at times. Once a year, children and young adults line up to have their pictures taken for the yearbook and their photo ID card. A large number of pictures must be taken in a small amount of time. Having the ability to take a student’s picture and print out their student ID card on-the-spot is a huge convenience for everybody, and AdvantIDge is here to make it happen for those school photographers.

With the newest ID card printers, students aren’t sitting around for hours. They can have their ID’s printed in as little as 20 seconds. Recently AdvantIDge  helped one local photography company find the benefits of upgrading their ID printing process.  This local business, located in California, purchased new Evolis Primacy printers. By purchasing and using these printers, they tripled their efficiency by improving their output speed. This greatly improved their relationship with schools by being able to provide a faster/higher quality service, as well as helping improve the safety levels for the students of their community.

School ID Card Printing can be done quickly and on-site with the use of ID card software such as Cardpresso. This software gives professional photographers the tools needed to import student photos, create the content required for the ID card, as well as process/execute the print job and send the information to the ID card printer. The provides almost instantaneous issuance with easy to use tools. Having the most updated version(s) of this software is extremely important to ensure customers receive a speedy, reliable service.

Also part of a complete photo ID badge issuance system;

• Photo Backdrops
• ID Badge Holders
• ID Card Printer Ribbon
• Protective Transport Case

AdvantIDge is committed to keeping you up to date with all of your current technology to insure your continued success. We offer a wide variety of other products such as identification card printer systems and other related products to fill any of your asset tracking, visitor management, or identification card printer needs. From card printers and supplies for issuance, through to badge accessories, backdrops and other peripherals, we strive to give you the ability to create company ID cards, unique identification badges and more. With more than 40 years of combined industry experience, we’re ready to help you achieve your identification goals. For specific information please contact our sales department at [email protected] or call 800-965-5932 for more information as we look forward to providing you with excellent customer service!

 

 

Visitor management is the recording and collection of visitor data — manually or through automation — for the purpose of knowing who is in a facility, who they are visiting and how long they spent there. Schools, healthcare facilities and businesses are constantly striving to improve security and do a better job of tracking visitors in their facility.

AdvantIDge visitor management solutions — which include software, hardware and accessories — help address the unique needs of organizations, ensuring safety to your staff and visitors.

From simple visual identification and badge accessories to electronic visitor management systems, self-serve automated kiosks and other sophisticated technologies, visitor management solutions from AdvantIDge help safeguard your people and property, create a record of who is on your premises and make a powerful first impression with guests.

Low Cost and Popular Visitor Management Systems

Lobby Track Standard

Visitor Management Software for Small-to-Mid Size Organizations Designed for low traffic lobbies. Lobby Track Standard is perfect for small installations. Register visitors upon arrival, issue visitor badges, check visitors in and out and view detailed logs and reports with Lobby Track. Register and badge visitors — Register new visitors or other groups of people.

Registration steps are configurable and you define what data you need to collect from the visitor. Design and issue professional visitor ID cards, visitor identification badges or passes using the integrated badge designer. Several pre-designed templates are included to make it easy to issue expiring badges or plastic IDs.

Improve workplace safety — Register and log visitors to your facility. Use the evacuation report in case of emergency to ensure all people have been evacuated from the building.

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EasyLobby Secure Visitor Management (SVM) 

HID Global’s EasyLobby Secure Visitor Management (SVM) software is the main application for processing visitors, including ID scanning, record creation, badge printing, watch list screening, check-in and check-out, and email notification, among other features. The solution improves security by enabling organizations to identify exactly who is in their facilities, while enhancing the professionalism of an organization by streamlining the visitor check-in process and providing high quality visitor badges.

Used by thousands of organizations such as corporations, government agencies, educational institutions, healthcare and property management, the software enables users to capture detailed visitor information more accurately by simply scanning a license, passport or business card, and includes the industry’s most feature-rich, yet easy-to-use visitor management capabilities.

EasyLobby SVM software is installed on a Windows workstation or Kiosk, typically in the lobby, along with any combination of desired hardware peripherals such as a license scanner, badge printer, camera and signature capture pad. Any number of EasyLobby SVM stations can share a central database (SQL Server or Oracle).

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AdvantIDge is committed to keeping you up to date with all of your current technology, including visitor management systems. We offer a wide variety of other products such as identification card printer systems and other related products to fill any of your asset tracking, visitor management, or identification card printer needs. From card printers and supplies for issuance, through to badge clips and other peripherals, we strive to give you the ability to create company ID cards, unique identification cards, and more. With more than 40 years of combined industry experience, we’re ready to help you achieve your identification goals. For specific information please contact our sales department at [email protected] or call 800-965-5932 for more information on this update– we provide excellent customer service!

One martial arts school in California has been quite successful as of late, and is experiencing a growing customer base. Over the years the school has opened new locations and has hired new staff. Because of this growth, the school was seeking out the idea of purchasing an ID printer. After speaking with the AdvantIDge sales team, they purchased the Zebra ZXP Series 3 Printer, along with some compatible ribbons.

By purchasing these products from AdvantIDge, the school is now able to print out ID cards for their staff, as well as their students. Providing these ID cards to members of their team and students makes it much easier to figure out who is at each martial arts class. It also expedites the attendance process. With a growing number of students per class, the easiest solution is to provide each individual with an ID card. Each student then scans their card before/after class, and staff use software to keep a database of the records.

Another great benefit of ID cards for students is that it makes it much harder for people to cheat their way into free classes. Every new sign-up is important to a small-business. Ensuring everyone has taken the necessary steps to become a paying customer is crucial. With ID cards given to all students and teachers, it is much easier to see people who should not be there, as they would not have an ID card.

AdvantIDge offers a wide variety of card printer systems, and other visitor management devices, to fill any of your asset tracking, visitor management, or identification card needs. From card printers and supplies for issuance, through to badge clips and other peripherals, we strive to put them into your users hands. With more than 40 years of combined industry experience, we’re ready to help you achieve your identification goals. For specific information please contact our sales department at [email protected] or call 800-965-5932 for more information on this update– we provide excellent customer service!

Now that you’ve made the investment into a card printer, you definitely want your cards to last as long as possible. Card durability is essential to guarding your cards from everyday wear and tear — eliminating the cost of creating replacement badges due to card damage. Whether you’re producing student ID’s, construction worker credentials, or staff badges, we have all the ways to keep your cards looking fresh.

Lamination

Just like with anything, lamination protects from scratches, debris, and water. It’s the same for your ID cards! We’ve lined up your options from inexpensive to luxury protection:

Adhesive ID Card Overlays

Clear lamination overlay stickers add great protection and durability to a basic ID card system. Whether it is to protect the image of an ID badge from getting scratched in the wallet or to keep the image from transferring off of the card in a vinyl ID badge holder pouch. These plain overlays are “peel and stick” transparent labels which are manually affixed after the ID card is printed. These are also available in holographic varieties to add visual card security!

Lamination module

Overlaminates add a layer of visual security to your cards, making it more difficult for counterfeiters to duplicate. With varying thickness (.6 mil and 1.0 mil) you can choose the level of durability for your cards. They also add durability by reducing swipe abrasion and dye migration, and by shielding the images on your card from UV light. With lamination, you can add up to 5 times durability to your cards!

HDP Printers

All HDP (High Definition Printers) also known as “retransfer printers” require film for the printing process. In addition to improved color saturation and edge-to-edge printing from HDP printers, the film provides UV protection which protects the card color from fading. Combining this with a lamination unit offers supreme protection for the cards.

Badge holders

Badge holders come in all shapes, sizes, colors, and durability. Badge holders can have “zip lock” features to lock out elements such as rain or debris. Others come in rigid plastic to reinforce badges, making sure they aren’t bent or warped. Commonly, badge holders are thin plastic pouches affixed to lanyards to prevent scratches and scuffs. If dealing with heavy machinery or construction, arm badge holders are an excellent alternative to ensure badges don’t caught in moving mechanical parts.

Break away lanyards

More of a safety precaution than anything else, break away lanyards have a safety latch on them which detaches under pressure. This is usually required for schools and health care facilities to prevent chocking. If a lanyard gets caught on an object or pulled with force, the latch along the neck separates the lanyard into two to prevent chocking.

AdvantIDge offers a wide variety of all of the card printer systems, or other visitor management devices, to fill any of your asset tracking, visitor management, or identification card needs. From card printers and supplies for issuance, through to badge clips and other peripherals to put them into your users hands. With more than 40 years of combined industry experience, we’re ready to help you achieve your identification goals. For specific information please contact our sales department at [email protected] or call 800-965-5932 for more information on this update– we provide excellent customer service!

AdvantIDge is pleased to announce that Nisca is extending its warranty for their professional Nisca PR-C101 printer! This new extended warranty provides peace of mind and worry-free operation of your Nisca PR-C101 ID card printer, long after your original printer warranty has expired. Moving forward, we are pleased to announce a 5 year/10,000 print warranty. Warranty period ending on which ever mark is reached first.

The Nisca PR-C101 single-sided printer provides a simple and affordable out-of-the-box solution for high quality, high durability ID card printing with low maintenance requirements. This printer is small enough to fit into an office overhead bin or under a counter, and offers the first ever rotating LCD panel and optional front or back exit. This basic professional solution is a great addition to ID card systems for every small organization, including police, libraries, schools, clubs, casinos and more.

The Nisca PR-C101 has 24-bit image quality, allowing the imprinting of 2-point text on your plastic ID cards while its design allows for front or rear card exiting depending on what best suits your working space. The rotating LCD panel provides complete easy-to-read status messages and prompts, and the all-in-one ribbon cartridge and cleaning roller keep printer maintenance easy. The Nisca PR-C101 card printer has been equipped with a desktop locking port that will help to deter unauthorized handling, and you can additionally password-protect the PR-C101 within its printer driver so only authorized users can produce cards.

See the Nisca PR-C101 ID Card System with Advantidge!

We offer a trade-in credit program if you are looking to upgrade your card printer. The old unit is sent in to us and used as credit towards a new card printer. Feel free to reach out for more information when the time comes to upgrade.

AdvantIDge offers a wide variety of all of the card printer systems, or other visitor management devices, to fill any of your asset tracking, visitor management, or identification card needs. From card printers and supplies for issuance, through to badge clips and other peripherals to put them into your users hands. With more than 40 years of combined industry experience, we’re ready to help you achieve your identification goals. For specific information please contact our sales department at [email protected] or call 800-965-5932 for more information on this update– we provide excellent customer service!

Meet their needs with TEMPBadge Visitor Management products.

A foundational priority for schools is to provide a positive learning environment for students and staff. Today, that means an increased focus on security and safety. As the school year nears, many of your school customers will be looking for a new Visitor Management solution. Meet their needs with versatile TEMPBadge products from IDSupershop.

TEMPbadge expiring badges These badges expire in either a half-day or full-day time frame to show a visitor’s time is up, and come with pre-printed school titles like “STUDENT” and “SCHOOL VISITOR”.

Visitor Badge Log Books Small schools with a single entry point will love how easy our log books are to use: the receptionist or visitor can quickly and easily personalize and issue a one-day expiring badge!

TEMPbadge Visitor Management System Customizable text fields and a user-friendly interface are among the highlights of our fast, efficient and secure full-scale system.

Schools will need other supplies as well! Offer your customers other school essentials like ID cards, card printers, printer supplies, lanyards or UBand™ wearable access credentials.

AdvantIDge offers a wide variety of all of the card printer systems, or other visitor management devices, to fill any of your asset tracking, visitor management, or identification card needs. From card printers and supplies for issuance, through to badge clips and other peripherals to put them into your users hands. With more than 40 years of combined industry experience, we’re ready to help you achieve your identification goals. For specific information please contact our Sales department at [email protected] or call 800-965-5932 for more information on this update, we provide excellent customer service!

Recently Butler University took a long look at their badge issuance solution. When they learned that they had an opportunity to both streamline the time and save money in the process they were ready to explore the possibilities. The results were dramatic, as the case study below demonstrates.

The Challenge

On the Butler University campus, your student ID is your all-access pass into the library, athletic center, and usually your next meal. When incoming students register, they receive the laminated photo cards and carry them with them at all times. Loaded with “Dawg Bucks,” their student ID cards act like debit cards for purchases at campus dining spots, some select off-campus restaurants and the campus bookstore.

During high-volume new student registration – when hundreds of students need cards in a short timeframe – fast ID card creation is critical. When cumbersome printing slowed the process, Butler began looking for a better way. Previously, card creation required a two-step process to print and then laminate, adding up to considerable time for each card.

“A separate laminate step added about 45 seconds to creating each ID card, which was unacceptable when we were trying to process 200 students in a couple of hours,” said Eddie Marsh, systems analyst. “When you’ve got mom, dad, grandma, grandpa, brother and sister waiting with the student, it’s high-stress for us if printing is slow.”

Cards also didn’t last as long as the typical student’s college career. Less than halfway through their four years on campus, the cards would begin fading under normal use and printed dye bled onto wallets.

The Solution

In a trial, Zebra’s ZXP Series 7 card printers performed with the speed that Butler needs for high-volume printing. “When I first saw the Zebra printers, I was really impressed with the speed,” said Theresa Hilliard, who handles ID cards and vehicle registration at Butler.

Beyond faster printing, the ZXP Series 7 card printer provides photo-like printing and ease of use. It automatically adjusts to the thickness of the card, and ribbon loading takes just a few seconds. Critically, the ZXP Series 7 integrates printing and lamination in one step, reducing the overall time to print the barcoded, magnetic stripe cards.

Butler deployed the printers well before new student registration. While two printers reside normally in the campus police department, the university brings them to a more central location for registration, requiring wireless network printing. When Butler needed help connecting printers to a sub-network for registration, Zebra’s tech support team quickly rewrote the print drivers to get the printers to communicate with the network.

Results

For new student registration, integrated printing and lamination gives Butler University back approximately 45 seconds on every card. Across 200 students, that saves 2.5 hours, allowing staff handling registration to complete the process sooner. By increasing the ribbon per roll capacity from 250 to 750, the staff spends significantly less time replacing ribbons and more time helping students.

Marsh also says that the ZXP Series 7 printers are ready to go when turned on, without the warm-up time required of previous printers. All-in-one printing and lamination likewise saves the university on supply costs.

With a magnetic stripe and barcoding, Butler University’s ID cards work hard for students. The cards printed on the ZXP Series 7 printers are proving to be more durable over time – a critical requirement for the high usage students put them through. With digital printing, color photos don’t fade and printed dye doesn’t wear off or transfer to wallets, creating longer lasting identification cards for students and campus staff.

“We’ve been really happy with Zebra,” Hilliard said. “When someone comes into our office for a replacement card, the printer is ready to go and we have their cards right away. They comment, ‘That was fast!’”

If a solution as simple as that can make such a dramatic difference in the results, as well as save money in the long run, imagine what that could mean for you!

With over 40 years of combined industry experience, Advantidge has been helping institutions around the world create secure, cost-effective identity management solutions featuring easy-to-use ID card printers. As one of the top distributors for the industry’s most respected ID card product manufacturers, Advantidge is committed to ensuring that every client receives the right ID products for their specific needs.

Today, businesses of all sizes choose Advantidge because our ID card systems deliver guaranteed reliability with personal attention from qualified account managers. We take pride in our 360 degree approach to complete customer satisfaction while our end-to-end ID card solutions help clients protect physical and intellectual assets in today’s digital age. Whether you issue hundreds or millions of ID badges each year, count on Advantidge to help you conduct business productively and efficiently. Contact us today at [email protected]advantidge.com or call 800-965-5932, we provide excellent customer service!

With hundreds of school photographers and labs working with Advantidge year after year, we are proud to serve your community and play an integral role in the success of your organization when it comes to ID card printing. We have long standing relationships with the top manufacturers serving the school photography industry and expect to develop the same relationship with you and your team.

For those of you doing onsite ID badge issuance who are tired of low end webcams, count on Advantidge to provide a high quality solution that meets your expectations. For less than $300 you can get a current High Resolution Color Housed Digital ID Camera + Lens along with custom driver that provides direct connection via twain so you or your client don’t have to deal with slow, low quality web cams or search through folders to find the right pictures for the right student.

Hands down we provide the best service in both pre- and post-sales support for our photographers, whether they are in the field issuing ID badges or back at the office printing photo ID cards in batch mode with an ID card system. Our team is intimately familiar with the unique needs of photographers and our organization is configured with the specific goal of serving you during the busy season from Summer to Fall, when universities and K-12 schools are registering their students for the year.

While most clients are simply looking for the cheapest and easiest solution to issue student ID cards for their school clients, many have discovered that there are other opportunities to utilize the same ID card printing equipment for profitable add-ons to a variety of other markets already served.

School Photographey ID Card System Additional Uses include:

• Emergency Preparedness Cards
• Community Discount Cards
• Student Travel ID Cards

At Advantidge we know how to help you focus on what matters most and promise to add value to your organization to increase your profitability, whether it’s cutting costs or breaking into new products and/or markets.

School Photography clients are handled by Lawrence Grafstein who brings over a decade of experience in the ID industry serving photographers and labs just like yours. Lawrence can always be reached by telephone on direct line 310-531-8767 or by email at [email protected]. Thanks in advance for the opportunity to work together!

Security lapses on school campuses are a real threat and a growing problem in today’s world. Improve security at your school by updating the visitor sign-in process, which often fails to provide sufficient visitor identity information, and replace it with an automated ID card scanning solution. Ensure that along with the visitor’s name, date and time of entry, you also have their address, drivers license number and basic physical description in your system. With a drivers license scanner added to your school security system software you can do just that. Additionally, watch list integration can check each visitor against a national or internal database to make it less likely that known high-risk and dangerous persons gain entry to your facilities.

Is your school using antiquated paper attendance tracking and manual visitor log books? In addition to increasing safety, modern attendance tracking software can save time and money for teachers and schools alike. Using the existing staff and student ID cards on use on your campus, upgrade your school tracking system by incorporating magnetic stripe, barcode reader or proximity smart card technologies. Attendance tracking software increase accuracy with immediate transmission to a central location, offering the ability to quickly compile attendance data from which you can learn if certain classes routinely struggle with attendance problems, and which students if any, are frequently tardy to class or absent. The data can be as individualized or campus-wide as you’d like, so you can learn about developing or potential problems before it’s too late. Depending on your school’s policy you can also automatically notify parents, print tardy notices and issue warnings.

Schools and Educational institutions can save money by using a single photo ID card to serve a multitude of applications. Student ID cards serve first and foremost as a form of identification, but can also be used for school food service account management, access to computers and technology facilities, secure access control and for tracking student activity and attendance.

With an onsite photo ID system student, faculty, staff and visitor IDs can be produced on-demand using photo ID printers, with very little wait time. Students can have their photos taken and receive their printed ID cards within minutes—without involving an outside vendor and the time and cost involved in dealing with one.

Plastic ID bagdes serve to visually identify students, staff and visitors at a glance. There are countless techniques for adding visual verification and security to your school photo ID cards.

A basic level of security can be incorporated into your ID cards simply within the ID card design, but rather than just putting a photo on a plain white background, a practice which can easily be replicated fraudulently, consider using custom imagery or holographic ID card overlaminates on your personalized ID cards.

To further easily distinguish between students, faculty and other staff, incorporate a color-coding system into your card design, and be sure to use self-expiring temporary visitor badges for campus visitors. These temporary ID cards cannot be reused after the day for which they have been issued, and visually show to be expired after their approved allotted time (1 hour, 1 week, 1 month, etc..).

Multi-use ID cards such as magnetic name badges and those with a printed barcode can be used to manage your school lunch program as well as library ID card check-out system.

Any form of readable technology on a student ID card can store such student information as emergency contact information, medical history (medications or allergies), and lunch account balances. With multi-use student ID cards can track student attendance as well as transaction data reports from school cafeteria purchases.

School lunch programs can be automated using encoded technology on student ID cards to store student account numbers. When a lunch is “purchased” and an ID card swiped through a card reader, the dollar amount of the lunch is deducted from the card account balance. A magnetic stripe reader such as a scanner or swiper would be used with a magnetic stripe card. In addition to lunch account management, a magnetic stripe can also be used for authorized entrance into to school activities, making healthy vending machine purchases, and making activities fee payments.

To learn more about our bundled solutions for elementary, middle school and high schools please see the following links:

» School Security Systems

» ID Card Systems

See school & university customer testimonials with Advantidge.

AdvantIDge offers a wide variety of all of the card printer systems, or other visitor management devices, to fill any of your student ID cards, asset tracking, visitor management, or identification card needs. From card printers and supplies for issuance, through to badge clips and other peripherals to put them into your users hands. With more than 40 years of combined industry experience, we’re ready to help you achieve your identification goals. For specific information please contact our sales department at [email protected] or call 800-965-5932 for more information on this update– we provide excellent customer service!

 

Security lapses on school campuses are a real threat and a growing problem in today’s world. Improve security at your school by updating the visitor sign-in process, which often fails to provide sufficient visitor identity information, and replace it with an automated ID card scanning solution. Ensure that along with the visitor’s name, date and time of entry, you also have their address, drivers license number and basic physical description in your system. With a drivers license scanner added to your school security system software you can do just that. Additionally, watch list integration can check each visitor against a national or internal database to make it less likely that known high-risk and dangerous persons gain entry to your facilities.

Is your university using antiquated paper attendance tracking and manual visitor log books? In addition to increasing safety, modern attendance tracking softwares can save time and money for teachers and schools alike. Using the existing staff and college ID cards on use on your campus, upgrade your school tracking system by incorporating magnetic stripe, barcode reader or proximity smart card technologies. Attendance tracking softwares increase accuracy with immediate transmission to a central location, offering the ability to quickly compile attendance data from which you can learn if certain classes routinely struggle with attendance problems, and which students if any, are frequently tardy to class or absent. The data can be as individualized or campus-wide as you’d like, so you can learn about developing or potential problems before it’s too late!

More and more colleges and universities are streamlining to using a single student ID card across a multitude of applications. Today’s technology allows your university student photo identification cards to be multi-purpose cards.

A single university student identification card can be used for applications such as food service and university bookstore account management, access to computers and other technology, access control to athletic facilities, tracking library ID card check-out, health center ID badges, as well as at-a-glance photo ID.

Across the country, the push for efficient automated payment programs is creating demand for university student ID cards which can store cash value and track account balances. Using a magnetic name badge or smart chip allows schools to use university student identification cards as stored-value debit cards for campus food service, the university bookstore, parking, campus laundry facilities and other on-campus venues which utilize retail ID card technology. This automation makes the purchasing process fast and efficient by reducing lines and wait times, can cut back on labor needed to staff cafeterias and bookstores, and reduces the losses and risks involved with cash transactions.

Stored-value debit cards are simply college ID cards that are funded by traditional means such as checking accounts, funds transfers, credit cards or cash and are used to deduct money from a non-bank account. Stored-value cards use a smart chip or magnetic stripe to store information about the funds that have been prepaid to the card.

One of the keys to creating a safe campus is controlling who’s in your campus buildings. Using magnetic stripe, proximity ID card technology, your university college ID cards can control access to your campus buildings, such as dorms, or even specific areas in your campus buildings, such as labs. A secure access control system will allow you to control who enters controlled areas–and a multi-purpose ID card is the means to do all of this.

A university ID card that includes a magnetic stripe, proximity technology, or a smart chip can control access to technology as well as to physical areas through-out your campus. For example, a student needing to use your university’s computer lab can scan hisID card through a magnetic stripe reader to gain access to the IT building after regular class hours, scan it again to enter the lab, and then insert it into the computer in order to log on. When the student completes his work he scans his card to enter his dorm building, and finally, to enter his dorm room. Similarly, stored value cards can be used by university faculty and staff for parking, food service, and other retail opportunities, as well as gaining access to areas authorized only for them.

Using university college ID cards for library membership ID cards in library book check out is one of the most common ways a university ID card is put to use. Barcodes or magnetic stripes are typically used to track library assets. The same process can also be used with other university check-outs such as audio/visual equipment or athletic equipment.

Advantidge recommends the following ID card printers for University ID Card Mag Stripe Encoding:

• HID Global Fargo DTC4500e Built-in security features and high volume printing to make simple loyalty cards & sophisticated access cards with embedded electronics and magstripe encoding.
• Zebra ZXP Series 3 High speed printing, brilliant image quality, enterprise networking features and full encoding capabilities including magstripe.
• Magicard Enduro + Single or dual-sided card printing with ISO magnetic encoding.
• Magicard Rio Pro Delivers security & performance printing edge-to-edge high-resolution color college ID cards in superior print quality, with custom Holokote & magstripe encoding.
• Evolis Primacy High-end solution for easy, flexible and fast ID card printing.
• Nisca PR5350 For high speed, low cost dual-sided printing with magnetic encoding.

To learn more about our custom bundled solutions for colleges and universities please click on the following link:

» ID Card Systems

See school & university customer testimonials with Advantidge.