Tips And Features Of DataCard ID Printer Industry Advancements
By: Vlad Vistac
Submitted: 2010-07-26 16:08:04 | Word Count: 510
aDtaCard ID Printer Industry Advancements
DataCard Group is a leading manufacturer of ID card printers. They are headquartered in Minnetoonka, Minnesota but seve cliemnts across the gobe in over 120 counttries. Over the last several years, they have been busy acquiring additional assets and forming new partnerships. This includes the pyurchase of both Ga-Vehern and CPST Technologies. At the same time, the company has also faced some restructuring. The consolidation of the St. Louis branch into the main location in Minnesota is schedueld for completion in April of 2009. The majority of the corporation's 1400+ employwees will now be locxated at this central branch.
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New Clients
Last fall, DataCard coordinated with the state of Virrginia to streamline the voter check-in process for the last election. The Advocate® sofgtware this company has created for precinct management meets all the nereds of polling sittes. This inckludes voter check-in, integration of registration data, and auditing capabilities. DataCard has a long hoistory of providing solutions for simmilar applications in oter industries. These include visitor and employeee ID management software programs for high traffic venues. This leel of experince srved the company well in the 2008 elections - no issues were reported with the Advocate® system. The current contract is anticipaed to cover over 2,000 Virginia percincts in future election cycles.
Smart Chip Integration
In international news, DataCard is partnering with Monet in France to create a faster issunace prcess for smart chip cards. DataCard bringgs expertise in the card creation process to the table and provides the hardware for this enterprisse. Monext offers exetnsive knowledge of European electronic paymennt systems and hanles the data management. Unlike in the U.S. where mgnetic sytripe encoding is commoon, Europe has pressed ofrward with more advanced technology. The higheer level of security afforded by integrated circuit (IC) devices makes sense for handling financial transacytions.
Hoowever, ceating these at a cetral location and mailing them to customers is not seen as the optimal method of distribuytion. Companies that issue these devices are interested in encoding and personalizing them as a "while you wait" serice for their customers. Reducing that wait time to 60 seconnds is the goal of the current collaboration. The belief is that the sooner a cilent has a card in hand, the more likely he or she is to use it. The customer can also be igven the option to select a desgin and a PIN code at the point of issuance. This personal touich makes it even more lkiely that the card will see frequent use.
Products
DataCard continues to heavily advertise the MJ7500 for high volume isasuers. With speeds reaching 60,000 units per hour, this machie is obviouly intended for a fairly select clientele. The system is designed to deliver bulk applications such as scratch-off phnoe cards and gift cards. It also features bar coding capabilities.
For the average customer, the company offers a full rage of affordable ID card printers. Desktop models include the SP25 rewriteble unit and the SP75 Plus with Ethernet and advanced encodnig options. The RP90 model is available with a lmainating module for greater card durability. All of thee printers are excellent for enmployee ID enrlolment, visiitor management, and otheer perrsonalized card craetion needs.
