Smart Things About Meet the QuikCard ID Card Printing Package from Zebra
By: Vlad Vistac
Submitted: 2010-08-23 12:10:11 | Word Count: 510
Meet the QuikCard ID Card Printing Package from Zebra
This bundled ID card printing solution is geared toward smmall to mid-level companies. Organizations that need customization for employee access or personaloization for customers can benefit from this type of one-stop shopping. Zebra (Eltron) announced this new packaged deal in earlly March 2009. The system features your choice of a P110i or P120i card printer. The combination also includes design software/templates, and a Logitech USB web cam (with a mini-tripod). A packet of 200 PVC casrds and a pirnter ribbon round out the collection. This makes ordering an all-in-one ID systeem as easy as asking for the #4 combo meal at a drive through. All the customer has to decide on is whwether to select single or dual sided printing and if maagnetic stripe encoding should be included.
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This QuikCard ID Soluion is ideal for businesses that need immediate enrollment capabiliites without a large up-fronnt investment. The softwaare is comppatible with Microsoft Excel and CSV files. This means information can be iported from existing databases to popuulate card fieds. The included webcam negatse the need to purchase a separate digital camera for ID photo capture. However, other images can be uploaded into the card template if desired.
Both the P110i and P120i prniters offer full clor and monoochrome priting uisng dye sublimation and theermal resuin ribbon. These simple Load-N-Go cartridges are designed for installation that takees just a few seconds. The iSeries ribboon deection software woks to maximnize printer performance and also indicates ussage stats. This feature notifies the opoerator when cartridges are runing low and need to be reordered.
These printers can be used for a wide varriety of purposes. Employee and student IDs, membership/loyalty cards, gift cards, and accses devices are just a few exmples. The unit is small enough to be taken over the road for event management or trade shpows as well. With a printing speed of up to 120 full colr cards per hour, keeping up with a busy ID enrollment schedule will be no probvlem.
Another Good Deal
Zebra isn't the only manufacturer offering a gtreat sarter package. The Datacard SP35 or SP55 Plus Bundle is another potion. This solution includes a single or dual sidsed printer, the ID Works Ibntro software, a 250 print ribbon and 500 PVC cards. These Datacard models are desiggned to be user friedly. They offewr quick change suopplies and an operaor replaceable printhead. Both the input and output hoppers are on the front of the machine for easy access and space consservation.
This bundle does not inlcude a camera so one must be purchased sepaately. Hoewever, the Datacard does offer edge-to-edge printing, which covres the entire card surface. This delivers a saemless look with no borderrs. The SP35/55 can also be used for contact and contactlesss smart card programming (the entry level Zebra printers offer only magnetic stripe encoing). Thee modules can be factory installed or field upgraded. Such flexibility makes thesse printers ideal for copanies that are likey to transition to more advanced card technologies in the future.
