Evolis has introduced the next generation of the Tattoo Rewrite card printer, the Tattoo RW. The Evolis Tattoo RW is a single-sided monochrome card printer that you can use to print images, text, and barcodes in black or blue onto your membership, loyalty or ID cards. Thanks to the ability to print, erase, and reprint data on a special rewritable card, the Evolis Tattoo RW card printer is ideal for deploying membership, loyalty, student ID and visitor ID cards. The Tattoo Rewrite is a good fit for any application where the data printed on the card needs to be updated frequently. More on Evolis Tattoo RW Card Printer »

Written by David Stage on May 29th, 2009 | Tags: Contactless Card, Evolis, Magnetic Stripe, Product Announcements, Tattoo Rewrite | Category: ID Card Printers | Leave a comment

United Arab Emirates citizens will have the option to use their national ID cards to clear through expedited custom checks at all international airports in the UAE. New electronically operated gates with smart card readers and finger print scanners have been installed at customs centers. These e-gates allow ID card holders to quickly clear customs by swiping their smart cards with their personal and biometric information stored on the card and providing a fingerprint scan to verify their identity. More on Smart Cards and Biometric Technology »

Written by David Stage on May 28th, 2009 | Tags: Biometric Technology, Smart Card | Category: ID Cards | Leave a comment

The Mohegan Sun Arena, home of the Connecticut Sun WNBA team, is moving toward a paperless ticketing system. Season ticket holders of the Connecticut Sun will receive new loyalty cards that store tickets to all 17 home games on the magnetic stripe on the back of the card. Instead of managing a season’s worth of paper tickets, season ticket holders can now simply swipe their Mohegan Sun loyalty cards at the gates to gain entry to the arena. More on Loyalty Cards and Event Credentials »

Written by David Stage on May 27th, 2009 | Tags: Corporate, Gaming, Loyalty Cards, Magnetic Stripe | Category: ID Cards | Leave a comment

Magicard has announced the launch of a new compact and portable ID card printer, the Pronto. Magicard Pronto is a single card feed ID card printer, making it ideal for low volume, low cost, and on-demand card printing. The Pronto card printer offers the edge-to-edge high quality printing you need to print your employee ID cards, loyalty cards, membership cards and more. Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, and Vista software drivers make the Magicard Pronto convenient and easy to use right out of the box. More on New Magicard Pronto Card Printer »

Written by David Stage on May 21st, 2009 | Tags: Magicard, Product Announcements, Pronto | Category: ID Card Printers | Leave a comment

The White House is looking to implement changes in the health care industry to increase patient privacy and security, protect against medical identity theft, and improve medical care standards. Industry experts agree that a smart card ID management system will be instrumental in implementing these changes. Implementing a smartcard ID program would allow for the secure portability of medical records and other patient information. Additionally, including a photo of the patient can effectively reduce the ability for fraudulent health care use. More on Health Care and Smart Cards »

Written by David Stage on May 20th, 2009 | Tags: Health Care, Smart Card | Category: ID Cards | Leave a comment

ID Wholesaler has been ranked #388 on the Internet Retailer Top 500 list. Internet Retailer Top 500 ranks and analyzes the largest e-retailers in the U.S. and Canada based on online sales, site performance, and inventory and several other site and marketing metrics. ID Wholesaler is the largest and one of the first online photo identification retailers. With an inventory of 10,000 products that range from ID card printer equipment, card printer supplies, and ID badge accessories, IDWholesaler.com has everything you need to print plastic cards for employee ID badges, membership cards, and more. More on ID Wholesaler and Internet Retailer Top 500 List »

Written by David Stage on May 19th, 2009 | Category: Helpful Tips & Support | Leave a comment

Starting in June, Team NiSCA will enable its PR-C101 card printers to be used with Mac computers. A new Mac driver for the NiSCA PR-C101 card printer offers a reliable and cost efficient ID card solution that can operate on Mac computers. The PR-C101 card printer will now work with Mac computers that have either Mac PowerPC or Intel hardware and Mac OS/X 10.4 and 10.5. More on Team NiSCA PR-C101 and Mac Compatibility »

Written by David Stage on May 14th, 2009 | Tags: PR-C101, Product Updates, Team NiSCA | Category: ID Card Printers | Leave a comment

Zebra’s new firmware (Version 1.17.88) improves the visibility of the built-in LCD menu display for easier card printer operations. The new firmware supports Zebra’s Performance class printers the P330i, P330m, and P430i. The card printers now include a LCD menu display with a brighter and higher contrast for improved readability while handling your Zebra card printer to print your ID cards. More on Zebra’s Performance Class Card Printer LCD Upgrade »

Written by David Stage on May 12th, 2009 | Tags: Drivers, Firmware, P330i, P330m, P430i, Product Updates, Zebra | Category: ID Card Printers | Leave a comment

Evolis added new features to its Tattoo 2 single-sided card printer to provide users with advantages and applications that improve the deployment of ID cards. The Evolis Tattoo2 card printer now includes an optional Ethernet port in addition to ability to encode magnetic stripe and print on thermosenstitive cards and paper tickets. More on New Features for Evolis Tattoo 2 Card Printer »

Written by David Stage on May 8th, 2009 | Tags: Evolis, Magnetic Stripe, Tattoo2 | Category: ID Card Printers | Leave a comment