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Student ID card at Lyon 2 University

  • MARKET: Universities and higher education organizations
  • APPLICATIONS:  Access control, identification, e-purse
  • CHALLENGE:  Facilitate student access to academic services, track/analyze student behaviors
  • THE EVOLIS SOLUTIONS:  Pebble and Dualys card printers
 

Lyon 2 student card: one of the most advanced in France

Launched in French universities at the beginning of this decade to provide students with an access to all academic services, the multi-purpose student ID card was developed by Monecarte, a French company specialized in designing and marketing identification solutions and epurse based payment solutions.

The University of Lyon 2, with more than 27,000 students, adopted the multi-purpose card in 2003.

 
Lyon 2 student card: one of the most advanced in France
 

 

The challenge was twofold:

  •  Facilitate student and staff access to all services provided by the university
  •  Drill down on the behavior of students (food, sports, and cultural preferences)

With such an extended scope of applications, the Student ID Card at Lyon 2 stands as one of the most advanced in France.

 

One student ID Card with various encoding for multiple applications

Fast improvements in card encoding technologies have paved the way to a number of new services.

Today, such cards combine multiple technologies - magnetic stripe, smart cards with or without contact - to support new applications. The Lyon 2 multi-purpose student card  offers:

  •  Access control & Identification:  
     
    •  Access to the different areas of a campus
    •  Access to sport infrastructures and cultural activities
    •  Borrowing books
    •  Electronic signature for exams
    •  Management of student records and grade reports
    •  And much more

For sports activities, the access control application ensures that all participants have paid their fees and are therefore covered by insurance.

  •  E-purse: the electronic money smart card  
     The holder simply funds its e-purse account (known as Monéo in France) and then uses it to pay for meals at the cafeteria, buy snacks at a vending machine, or operate copy machines.
 

Dualys and Pebble printers: Card personalization on the spot

The Evolis Pebble  and the Evolis Dualys  card personalization solutions were the obvious choices to meet the requirements of this highly versatile application.    
Pebble and Dualys personalize ID cards, in high definition and in mere seconds
 
Thanks to their market-leading printing engine, Pebble and Dualys personalize ID cards, in high definition and in mere seconds.

Both card printers benefit from the most recent encoding technologies : ISO or JIS2 magnetic tracks, as well as smart cards with or without contact (RFID). All options can be combined for advanced personalization of cards in a single pass.

" We chose Evolis card printers for their ease of use, robustness and premium print quality " said Emmanuel Billac, Managing Director, Monecarte.

 

"A very fast and efficient encoding & card printing process", Cédric Michel interview

In the interview, Cédric Michel, Facilities Manager, University of Lyon 2, explains its satisfaction about Evolis Card Printer.

From a technical standpoint, how did you implement this project? Can you explain the delivery process of a card? Can you explain the delivery process of a card? Are you satisfied with the solutions provided by Evolis card personalization?

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