Datacard Group, a secure ID and card personalisation solutions provider, has updated its desktop platform with the addition of new hardware, secure supplies and durability features for its government, corporate and school ID card programmes.
The new additions include Datacard SD460 card printer and laminator, new inline lamination module in the Datacard CD800 card printer, new patent-pending tactile impression feature that makes cards more secure, and new serialised laminates with optional integrated bar code reader.
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The CD800 card printer with laminator, and new SD460 card printer uses direct-to-card printing, and encodes and laminates in one pass.
The printers offer a new feature that distinctly and physically impresses a tamper-evident image into the card substrate at the time of personalisation, thereby creating an extra layer of security.
Datacard Group vice president Connell Smith said as organisations face more serious and escalating security threats, photos and basic identity data are no longer enough to protect identities and facilities.
"It’s very important for issuers to have a more sophisticated, layered approach to ID card issuance to increase security and durability in their card programs — while keeping costs low," Smith added.
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By GlobalData"We continue to enhance our desktop family for exactly that reason – to give issuers next-generation technologies and more efficient solutions to help prevent ID card counterfeiting and fight against fraud."
In addition to new laminating printers, Datacard Group also offers serialised laminates that work with optional integrated bar code reader to increase security and audit control of supplies.
