Some companies only need to print a handful of cards per week. Others need to print hundreds of cards every single day. Not just any ID card printer can meet this demand. A robust, high-volume card printer is required.
You may be wondering what this entails. Here are the top three factors that make a printer a high volume card printer:
#1: Fast Print Speeds
If you are looking for a high volume card printer, you probably are also interested in speed. High speed goes hand-in-hand with high volume. While a low volume card printer may up to 100 cards per hour, a high volume card printer, such as the Zebra ZXP Series 7, prints 300 card per hour.
#2: High-Capacity Printer Supplies
The printer supplies of high volume card printers are designed to support high print speeds. High-capacity ribbons allow you to print more cards before needing to change the ribbon, optimizing your productivity.
#3: Large Input & Output Hoppers
In order to support the high volume of cards entering and exiting the card printer, large input and output hoppers are required. Some printers, such as the
+, include dual-input hoppers, doubling the hopper capacity. Dual-input card hoppers allow for maximum card capacity and make it easy to manage multiple card types.
BONUS: Daisy Chain Capability
There are a few high volume card printers on the market that are capable of daisy-chaining. With this, you can connect multiple card printers to a single server or PC. For example, you can connect up to seven stackable EDIsecure DCP360+ printers to one PC and print up to an amazing 1,300 cards per hour. Now that is the peak of card production throughput!
If you'd like to discuss high volume card printing in more detail, give our ID Professionals a call at (800) 321-4405!