If you use an ID card printer in your organization today, you probably understand how they work and the benefits they can
provide with the ID cards they produce:
- photo identification
- visual security
- access control
- time and attendance tracking
But what if your company's needs have changed or evolved over the past few months or years? Maybe your cards need to store more information or use them for multiple purposes, so you'd like to start encoding them with magnetic stripes. Perhaps instead of just using one side of your cards, you'd like to leverage both sides and add more information to your cards. Or you want to make your cards more durable and longer-lasting with lamination. Or you'd like WiFi connectivity instead of standard USB or Ethernet.
If a brand new ID card printer is not within the budget, the good news is that you
do have options. Whatever the changes may entail, chances are there's a way to upgrade your current printer so that it can accommodate the new needs of your changing ID card program.
What Types of ID Card Printer Upgrades are Available?
The upgrade options that are available will generally depend on the brand of printer you purchase. The types of printer upgrades can be classified into two general categories:
- Field-upgradeable – upgrades that can be made by the user, easily and conveniently. Examples include modules that can be inserted directly into a printer for magnetic stripe encoding to drop-in kits to transform a single-sided printer into a dual-sided printer, and attachable input or output hoppers to streamline your card printing process.
- Non-field upgradeable – printer upgrades that cannot be performed by a user due to the complexity or associated technology of the upgrade. These types of upgrades are best completed by a technical professional or the manufacturer.
If you're not able to find a field-upgradeable solution on our site, again, don't panic! Our highly-trained in-house
Technical Support Team is the best in the industry; they know ID card printers, inside
and out.
For assistance with all of your ID card printer upgrade questions, an ID Professional is just a call away at (800) 321-4405.
