With the growing use of ID cards for different applications, ID Card printing is being developed for the specific requirements of the application. Developments in Information Technology have made inroads in the development of ID Card Printing and creating the whole system to establish full security in the whole process of control to access to high risk areas, establishment and verification of identity and secure payments through credit and debit cards or the Mifare cards used as fare card for public transport or driving licenses etc.has been the direction in which new developments have taken place. All kinds of plastic cards are now printed using sophisticated ID Card Printing technology by the organizations that issue these cards.
You can find, plastic cards used in different applications using varying degrees of technology in ID Card Printing. For simple plastic ID card printing, card printer that is used is a basic one in which a standard size of the card can be printed in a single color with a fixed text matter and some variable text like the name and other details of the card holder. Better ID card printing can include more than one color printing, better printing resolution that can give good results of photograph or other graphics. To improve security a watermark in the form of the company logo can be printed on the card or a hologram patch can be part of ID Card printing.
ID card Printing is not limited to printing of plastic cards but the whole ID system that includes better printing quality, digital cameras that can take the photograph of the card holder and immediately print it on the card, multi color printing using dye sublimation printing method etc. Many times the basic plastic cards are pre-printed with all common matter like the name of the company, the logo, watermark and any other graphic image that needs to be printed. The variable name and other details of the card-holder can be printed where all needed information is collected and printed at the point of issue. This kind of ID Card Printing process is also connected with the database where all the information about the card holders is stored. The plastic card can be embedded with an electronic chip that stores information or the magnetic strip for added security and then with the help of software the required information is stored in the memory of the chip. An ID card scanner or reader is required to read the memory chip whenever a scrutiny is needed.

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