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Not an expert in plastic card personalization? Want to know more about it? Check out this section for full details on the technologies used by Evolis.

See how Evolis printers operate : printing , rewritable printing , lamination , holograms , encoding of barcodes , magnetic stripes , and contact /contactless smart cards.

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PVC cards, broadly known as plastic cards, require printers other than the traditional consumer-grade inkjet or laser printers, because of their smooth surface. Thermal transfer is the process that is specific to plastic cards.

Rewritable printing

Rewritable printing technology does not require a ribbon to personalize cards. The card itself holds a thermosensitive material that turns visible when heated to a temperature of 356° F (180° C) and then rapidly cooled.

Holograms on cards

A hologram is an advanced form of photography that allows an image to be recorded in three dimensions.

Card lamination

The process called card lamination is the application of a protective polyester film onto a card’s surface to protect it from wear and tear and UV rays, and to fight forgery.

Barcodes

A bar code is the first-level encoding option for plastic cards, and it is the most widely used method as well. Graphical encoding is performed as the badge is being printed.

Encoding magnetic stripes

A magnetic stripe is the dark band/stripe which is featured on the reverse of a bank card, for example. The stripe is made up of tiny magnetic particles embedded in a resin.

Encoding contact smart cards

Contact smart cards have been in use over the past 25 years, and more than a billion cards have been circulated so far.

Encoding contactless Smart cards

A contactless card operates without any physical link with the reader: communication is performed through microwave frequencies.

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ID Industry Applications

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ID Badge Technologies

On-demand id card personalization requires cutting-edge technologies for printing and data encoding, Evolis id printers offers extended solutions:

Evolis manufactures plastic id card printers for id badge printing and personalization : student ID cards, loyalty programs, banking cards, transportation passes, membership cards, driving licences, identity cards, id card, employee badges, voting cards, health cards, access badges, and visitor badges. A badge can host data pertaining to its holder, with four-color photo-quality printing, and perform data encoding (magnetic stripe, smart card and/or contactless card). Evolis is specialized in creating these innovative id card printers. Evolis also markets the Badgy card printer , a turnkey solution to print badges on plastic cards , in small runs and without encoding options. Get more information on Badgy card printer on www.badgy.com . Evolis also offers accessories and identification supplies through its subsidiary SOGEDEX ACCESSORIES.

Evolis supports Project Genesius , the Metropolitan Police, London, U.K. initiative to prevent crime in the printing industry.Evolis Equipment will only knowingly be supplied for legitimate applications and data may be shared in confidence with Law Enforcement.