The following are some of ColorID's trade shows over the next couple months. Drop by ColorID's booth and learn more about ID printers, biometric devices, card migrations and more:
National Middle School Association November 4th - 6th, 2010 Baltimore Convention Center, Booth # 434 Baltimore, Maryland Texas Society for Healthcare Human Resources November 4th - 5th, 2010 CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital San Antonio, Texas Canadian Campus Card Workshop November 2th - 4th, 2010 University of British Columbia Vancouver, Canada Lastly, forward us the names of trade shows you think would be a good fit for us at [email protected].
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The following article is meant to serve as an overview of the operating temperatures of reverse transfer printers and lamination stations. Not all printers are equal, and all printers come with their own default settings for the temperature at which they run. If you are using a reverse transfer printer or laminating your cardstock you should always be certain to use a composite cardstock of no less than 60% PVC and 40% polyester. This blend is extremely durable and will not be affected by the high temperatures of reverse transfer printing or lamination.
CELSIUS The temperature on printer drivers and LCD displays are in Celsius and thus all discussions regarding printer temperatures are in Celsius (and not Fahrenheit). REVERSE TRANSFER PRINTERS Reverse transfer printers print the card image on a transfer film and in a second step the film is fused to the plastic card (this is a different process than the more traditional dye-sublimation, direct-to-card (DTC) printing process). LAMINATION Many ID card printers have the option of adding an extra protective layer (also called overlaminate) to the plastic card. This lamination step takes place after the card is printed. Lamination can take place on both a DTC type printer and a reverse transfer type printer. The laminate that is applied to the card comes in a separate roll. ADHERING THE FILM TO THE CARD The process for applying the transfer film to the card is similar to the process for applying a laminate to a card. The following describes this process to join the film to the card using pressure and heat:
Reverse transfer type printers use a very high temperature for merging the transfer film to the card. The temperatures can be between 150 C and 200 C. LAMINATION MODULES To add lamination to a card, the laminate is pressed to the card with rollers for a certain amount of time and heat is applied. This temperature can vary from one printer to another, for example:
For connecting both transfer film and lamination to a card, the card moves down the card path and moves through heads and rollers that "squeeze" and heat up the film to apply onto the card. The faster the card moves down the card path in the printer, the higher the temperature needs to be to join the film or laminate to the card. In other words a certain energy is needed to make the film or laminate stick to the card and this energy can be delivered with a lower temperature with longer dwell time (slower moving card) or it can be delivered with a higher temperature with a faster moving card (shorter dwell time). The definition of Dwell is "To linger over" or "The time during a process which an item is in the vicinity or motionless". This dwell time can vary from printer to printer: If you'd like to learn more about this article feel free to contact ColorID today and we'll analyze your existing ID system. We are excited to annouce that ColorID will be exhibiting at the ASIS show in Dallas, TX on October 12th - 14th. Please drop by and visit ColorID at Booth 620. ColorID will be featuring the latest equipment in identification systems, advanced mobile verification and biometric systems.
Biometric Systems: IrisID (formerly LG Iris) Products & Technology, Integrated Biometrics, i3 Live Scan Systems, Privaris, Datastrip and Other biometric devices. Identification Systems: Including: ID Card Printers (from HID - Fargo, Datacard, Magicard, Nisca and Zebra), ID Software, Capture Devices, and Mobile Verification systems. Advanced Technology Cards and Systems:Including: HID (iClass, Proximity, Crescendo), Gemalto, Oberthur, Mifare, DESFire, FIPS Compliant Cards, and CAC Cards. Logical Access Systems: HID (iClass, Proximity, Crescendo), Gemalto and Oberthur. Also remember to stop by ColorID's Booth 620 to register and win a Best Buy gift card worth $50! We look forward in seeing you at Dallas. We are excited to announce that ColorID will be exhibiting at the Biometrics Consortium Conference in Tampa Bay on September 21st - 23rd. Please drop by and visit ColorID at Booth 324. ColorID will be featuring the latest equipment in biometric systems and advanced mobile verification.
Biometric Systems: IrisID (formerly LG Iris) Products & Technology, Integrated Biometrics, i3 Live Scan Systems, Privaris, Datastrip and Other biometric devices. Advanced Technology Cards and Systems:Including: HID (iClass, Proximity, Crescendo), Gemalto, Oberthur, Mifare, DESFire, FIPS Compliant Cards, and CAC Cards. Logical Access Systems: HID (iClass, Proximity, Crescendo), Gemalto and Oberthur. Also remember to stop by ColorID's Booth 324 to register and win a Best Buy gift card worth $50! We look forward in seeing you at Tampa. ColorID has noticed increased interest in replacing existing contactless/mag stripe readers with a biometric reader. In this product spotlight, we cover one of our more popular and easy to use fingerprint devices: The Integrated Biometrics , TRU650 fingerprint reader. This solution provides the accuracy and speed to securely enable the use of a single biometric reader for physical access control. The TRU650 generates a robust audit trail of activity based on the most proven biometric in the world. The native TCP/IP communications and Server based computing structure of this modern access control solution assures real time and secure system operation. The TRU650 has been developed with a patented light emitting sensor film that successfully recognizes real fingerprints. The sensor quickly rejects standard spoofing tactics that typical camera enabled fingerprint readers accept. The fingerprint pad is robust enough to be mounted outdoors and is guaranteed for over 1 million touches.
The reader has the ability to offer dual authentication with the addition of either 125kHz proximity or 13.56MHz contactless smart cards. Here are some additional features that the TRU650 offers:
ColorID's Re-Carding Service allows your institution to outsource your entire Re-Carding event to ColorID. Many offices have state of the art carding centers that can manage the day to day traffic of new ID card & badge production; however, when the entire institution needs to be Re-Carded the extra strain this puts on the resources can be enormous and expensive. ColorID's applies its years of experience working with card offices around the world to quickly and efficiently Re-Card your entire facility .
Re-Carding Service Includes: PRE-PRINTING Extremely high quality, digital offset, and lithographically Pre-Printed cards, using a state of the art digital laser guided printing process. VARIABLE PRINTING Photo and identification information is completed with the highest quality dye sublimation printers. An extra laminate overlay may be applied for additional protection and extended card life. QUALITY CONTROL Our project manager will oversee every step of the Re-Card process. You will be involved at each step of the process and we will proceed only when you are completely satisfied. HIGH CAPACITY Using our parallel print process, we can quickly and efficiently complete your Re-Card project. CUSTOMIZED PACKAGING AND SORTING We will package and sort your project to meet your specific distribution needs, and can even mail directly to your consumer. What To Expect: AUTHENTICATE THE ELECTRONIC DATA TRANSFER Ensuring that we can receive and read your electronic database with photos and card data. VALIDATE DATA CHANGES Work with you and your IT department on the changes in data or layout for your new card. SAMPLE NEW CARD DATA Send new card samples to your office so you can test the new formatting of the variable data. NOTE: These first three steps are completed before we receive your order so you are 100% sure that we will be able to successfully complete your project. Pre-Printed CARD ART Send your Pre-Printed card art to us. We will then create a full color proof for your review and sign off. PRINTING BASE CARD We will print the non-variable part of your card using a high quality lithographic printing process (the Pre-Printed card is printed). PROOF FINISHED CARD We provide you with a set of real cards that have both full variable printing and the Pre-Printed card. You can check the encoding, printing quality and the layout. When you are satisfied with these sample cards you sign off on these cards. SHIP We can sort the cards in any order to match your distribution plans. We will work with you to establish a process to insure that the cards can be easily distributed after arriving at your facility. Illinois State University at Bloomington recently hosted the 5th annual Illinois State ID meeting where 20 attendees from 11 different schools gathered to exchange information revolving around campus identification. This year ColorID was invited to share information on advanced technologies including: biometric iris and fingerprint capture devices, secure computer sign-on solutions, ID printers and biometric employee background checking products. Attendees were invited to participate in a hands-on demonstration of fingerprint and iris identification devices. ColorID Executive Vice President, Danny Smith stated, "ColorID appreciates the opportunity to talk to schools regarding their campus card technology options. This is the third time this year we have spoken at this type of higher education conference and we welcome more opportunities to do so."
ColorID has put together a video of our customer appreciation event held during the 2010 NACCU conference in Phoenix, AZ. We have captured some of the highlights of the evening and if you weren't able to attend this year's event we thought you still might want to view the video and we hope you'll be able to attend next year! Our goal for the event was to provide you with a break from the normal conference activities and responsibilities. We hope everyone had as much fun attending as we did hosting! Below is a link to the video, we hope you enjoy watching it. The clip is approximately five and a half minutes long. We are truly fortunate to have such a wonderful group of customers, and even more, a fantastic group of friends.
We are already working on next year's event...it's going to be another really unique experience, see you in Baltimore! Best regards, ColorID's Campus Card Team CORNELIUS, NC - May 7, 2010 - ColorID, LLC will be participating in the 8th annual European Campus Card Association (ECCA) Conference at the Waterford Institute of Technology in Ireland, June 13th - 15th. ColorID will be making two presentations at the conference that will cover contactless technologies as well as card issuance solutions.
The annual ECCA conference has become the most important campus card conference in Europe. The event is aimed specifically at European higher education institutions that are interested in campus card technologies and identification systems. Seminars and workshops will be held covering all aspects of card-based systems. Sinead Nealon, Secretary General of ECCA stated, "The European Campus Card Association (ECCA) very much appreciates the participation of ColorID atour 8th Annual Conference. ColorID has played an important role in the development of Campus Card systems in Europe and since the foundation of ECCA in 2002, has presented at the Annual Conference each year.Our conference schedule this year will include a presentation on "The Basics of Card Technology" from David Stallsmith(Product Manager ColorID), and also a presentation on "The Current and Emerging Card Printer Technologies" from Danny Smith (Executive Vice-President ColorID).The availability of the expertise and knowledge of the ColorID Teamto our European Universities/Colleges is hugely important to us and is much valued by ECCA". ColorID's Executive Vice President Danny Smith stated, "ColorID is extremely pleased to continue to support ECCA and its annual conference. We welcome the opportunity to share our insights and expertise on contactless technologies and card issuance solutions. ECCA, under the visionary direction of their Executive Management Committee, has done a tremendous job developing the European Education Connectivity Solution (EECS). They have laid the foundation to create a standardized, interoperable campus system that will soon facilitate student mobility across Europe. ECCA is a very progressive organization and we are enthused to be able work with them". At ColorID we understand how important it is to do our part in using environmentally friendly products and practices every day. Thus we are pleased to introduce the following Eco-Friendly ColorID products. Contact us today to learn more or receive free samples of these products:http://www.colorid.com/
Biodegradable PVC Cardstock: Our Fully Biodegradable PVC card stock is just as durable as our standard PVC, but Biodegradable. Typically these cards only cost a few cents more than a non-biodegradable card. Read an additional article at our website regarding: Pro's & Con's of Biodegradable Cardstock. Eco-Friendly Badge Holders: Protect your ID cards as well as the environment with our new durable Eco-Badge Holders made from a special material that can be recycled and will not contaminate the environment. Recycled Neck Lanyards: Our environmentally friendly neck lanyards are made from 100% recycled PET materials. The lanyards are available in 3/8 inch to 3/4 inch, break-away or non-breakaway, blank or with custom imprinting. Eco-Friendly Strap Clips: Attach your cards with an eco-friendly strap clip. Made with PVC-DOP, recyclable plastic and it's just as durable as our standard 505A strap clip. Supply Recycling Program: We also offer a shredding service that you can take advantage of at any time. If you have unwanted cards and used ID printer ribbons, ship them to ColorID with the Attn: Supply Recycling Program and we will dispose of them safely and securely. |
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