ID Cards

At CI Solutions we offer a variety of ID cards to enable customers to get the right card solution for their unique requirement. Below are descriptions of each card type we offer.

PVC Cards are blank and custom printed cards. Technology enhanced cards with bar code, magnetic stripe, or RF electronics embedded in these cards are our specialty.

Laminated Teslin Cards are an attractive alternative to PVC in many situations. These are available to be custom printed and cut into an unlimited number of shapes and sizes.

Keytags can have a barcode, mag stripes, or RF (radio frequency) technology to support fast and accurate transactions. They provide the convenience for card holders of being attached to their key ring. There are many tag size options with beautiful digital color printing.

Gift cards are simple to start. Card values can be printed directly on stock or used with online programs for monitoring transactions and balances. These can support any reading technology, custom graphics, and form factor.

Smart Cards have an embedded smart chip within a PVC card body. The chip inside the card may serve a purpose as read/write memory device enabling many special applications to exist. Student transcripts, medical health history, retail purchase history, and many other vertical market requirements can benefit from an identification card serving as a memory device.

Bar Code Cards are the most cost effective, readable media available on a card product. They are easy to read with a variety of card reading equipment. We can provide bar code products or bar code issuance systems for end-users to meet all their card requirements.

Visitor ID allows all organizations to document visitors. The ease of capturing information and providing temporary identification is easy with CI Badge.

Prox Cards can be read without inserting it into a reader device. We provide all the HID card products, custom programming and special security, and printing features. Our reseller branding service assists HID card resellers with easy to remember branding on all their tag line printing.

Any further questions regarding ID cards, contact us and we will be happy to assist you.

High Definition Printer by Fargo

The HDP5000 is Fargo’s most versatile, easy to use, and affordable printer. The high definition gives you superior print quality, even on cards with embedded electronics, for a great public image. This card printer also has high reliability and durability which lowers overall total cost of ownership.

The versatile quality allows change whenever you need change. It offers single- or dual-sided lamination and card encoding technologies have upgradable features. It is easy to use because cards, ribbons, and overlaminates come in cartridges that load quickly and easily.

Some of the HDP5000 key features include:

• Single- or simultaneous dual-sided lamination
• Dual sided card printing allows you to double the print area available
• Smart screen LCD control panel displays helpful status messages and prompts
• Encoding options include magnetic stripe, proximity, and contact and contactless smart cards
• USB and Ethernet connectivity included
• Print speed: 26 seconds per card, 138 cards per hour

With this printer, a lifetime printhead warranty is included along with a two year warranty on everything else!

Contact CI Solutions today to order and find out more!

Evolis Printer Cleaning Kits

Card Printers require a routine cleaning as cards can have high static charges and can attract dust and dirt over time. To help maintain your printer’s performance and lifespan, Evolis supplies cleaning kits to perform extensive cleaning of the equipment:

• The print head with cleaning swabs
• The printer itself with pre-saturated cleaning cards
• The cleaning rollers with pre-saturated cleaning lint-free wipes

It is recommended to clean your printer every time you change the ribbon and every time the LED light is on.

Evolis has many different cleaning kits available depending on what you are looking for. For example they offer the regular cleaning kit (for cleaning roller and print head), the advanced cleaning kit (for a complete cleaning of the printer), a pen cleaning kit (for print head), and many more!

Don’t wait to purchase a cleaning kit for your printer or the quality and lifespan will diminish too fast!

Contact us for more information about cleaning your Evolis printer.

The Evolis Zenius Card Printer

The Zenius Evolis card printer is really genius! It is made specifically for easy use, no complications, and no hassles.  This compact size card printer prints single sided cards with high quality singly or in small runs. The Zenius comes with the Evolis Premium Suite software that provides all the communication between the printer and the user. In addition, it comes with the Evolis High Trust range of consumables specifically designed to deliver premium graphic performances and ease of use. This printer has a RFID chip that instantly identifies the ribbon type and configures all settings appropriately.

What is the Zenius used for?

• Employee badges
• Access control badges
• Payment cards
• Transportation passes
• And more…

The printing performances of the Zenius include two types: monochrome with 400-500 cards per hour and color with 120-150 cards per hour.

Not only is the Zenius printer small, lightweight, and easy to use, it is eco designed with the ENERGY STAR certification.

Whether you want a printer for printing cards on a single computer with no encoding option (The Classic Line), or for printing with multiple encoding options with USB and Ethernet (The Expert Line), we have a printer for you! This Evolis printer is easily used at home or in any office environment and is compact enough to carry on the go.

Contact the card experts at CI Solutions for more information about the energy efficient, light weight Zenius card printer!

The NEW Primacy Card Printer

Companies, schools, universities, and governments can now find a high-performance, mid-volume card printer that is flexible, eco-friendly, and affordable.

The new Evolis Primacy combines the best features from the very popular Evolis Pebble and Dualys printers – which will be discontinued at the end of 2012 – the Evolis Primacy is here and noted as the most powerful and affordable solution on the market.
The Primacy can produce single or double-sided cards of great quality – printing at the affordable cost of 32 cents per card – the Primacy guarantees high performance, and speed in medium or large runs, while maintaining premium printing and encoding quality.

With its flexible design, the Primacy allows easy onsite upgrading, giving the customer room to evolve and grow.
The Evolis Primacy can also be site-upgraded with any encoding technology at any time.

Encoding Kits Available:
Magnetic Stripe
Smart Encoding
Contactless Encoding

How fast is the Evolis Primacy Printer?

The Evolis Primacy card printer can print up to 190 cards per hour single sided and 140 cards per hour double sided. That is 25.71 seconds for a single sided card!

Evolis is offering the Primacy with a full three-year warranty and no limitation on the number of cards printed, upholding the Evolis’ commitment to value and quality.

Built-in detection tells customers exactly how much ribbon capacity remains and reports directly to the Evolis Print Manger software on the user’s computer. When the ribbon is nearing its end, an alert displays on-screen.

Using YMCKO High-Trust Evolis ribbons, the Primacy can produce up to 250 card prints with sharp four-color images, text, and barcodes, while adding a clear overcoat layer that protects ID cards and badges from abrasion and wear and tear.

Why is the High-Trust Evolis ribbon worth it?

Cards printed using an Evolis High-Trust ribbon can last up to 3 years!

The Primacy is one of the most eco-friendly printers on the market!

It is 5 times more energy efficient than the Pebble, and features automatic standby and sleep modes.

Contact us for more information about the Primacy Printer.

CI Solutions is a trusted partner of Evolis, supplying the market with their products for over 20 years. Our goal at CI is to stay in front of card technology and to continue to be the industry leader in providing ID Solutions. Our vision is to be universally regarded as the definitive provider of fully integrated security, identification, loyalty management, data collection and control systems all supported by dedicated sales and strategy from our technical staff.

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Contact CI Solutions today to order or find out more!

Direct To Card or Reverse Transfer?

Have you wondered how ID cards are printed?

Do they use ink?

Do card printers print straight to plastic?

Plastic cards can be printed in two different ways, direct-to-card or with a retransfer printer; the difference is in where the image is printed first!

There are two different methods to transfer the ribbon to the card, each printing a slightly different result to meet the needs of a specific application and budget.

Direct-To-Card (DTC)

Direct To Card (DTC)  is the most common card printing technology used today. It allows for quality photo printing, pictures and full color logos; the process is controlled by the heat setting of the printhead which produces various sizes and densities of color. As the card is passed along the rollers, the heated printhead is applied to the card up to four times to create the perfect color, tones and highlights using CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and BlacK) ribbon. DTC printing produces sharp images with deep blacks and a full spectrum of colors. While this printing method is “edge to edge” it does not provide full coverage of the card. A thin white boarder is found around the card as a result of how the printhead is applied to the card. If it were to print to the edge, or off the card, it would cause damage to the part and possibly break. You can minimize the border with programmed ID card software.

Retransfer (Reverse Transfer)

Retransfer Printing produces a high definition image from a two step process, different than DTC printing. First the image is printed to a retransfer film that is then transferred to the PVC card.   The image of the card is printed in reverse directly to a clear layer of film; the printhead is then heated up binding the imagefilm to the card’s surface by applying heat and pressure. The printhead never physically touches the card. The retransfer process creates a true edge to edge (100% coverage) quality image on PVC cards and other card material types. This method is more costly than the DTC but produces a clearer brighter image, with more durability.