High-Volume ID Card Printing

For industrial ID and financial card personalization needs, HID Global offers high-resolution, precision UV inkjet printing, optional laser engraving and an array of encoding options.

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The Next Evolution in Industrial Card Personalization

When printing high volumes of ID cards, credit cards, debit cards, or the like every single day, you need a solution that is easy to use and always dependable to get the job done.

Across the industry, HID Global stands alone with the most reliable, cost-effective, high-volume ID and financial card issuance available. Issue personalized ID and financial cards in bulk and configure and scale your solution to match credential program needs — spanning those for large government organizations, service bureaus, banks and credit unions, to enterprise workplaces and beyond.

Desktop-based yet heavy-duty, HID Global’s high volume ID card printer, encoder, and laser engraver, HID® ELEMENT, is the next evolution in industrial card personalization.

With its reliable operation, minimal maintenance, highly-configurable functionality, scalable throughput and lowest total cost of ownership (TCO) in the industry HID ELEMENT is the preferred solution for superior-quality, high-volume card personalization and issuance.

Benefits:

  • Lowest total cost of ownership — Get the lowest cost-per-image over standard, ribbon-based desktop Direct-to-Card (DTC) or retransfer card printers and a lower TCO than feature-comparable central issuance systems
  • Unprecedented modularity in a desktop — Buy UV inkjet printing and laser engraving systems either together or as separate, stand-alone units – whichever meets your organization's needs
  • Ease of use — Enjoy the same user-friendliness of standard DTC and retransfer desktop printers but with the modularity, power and throughput speed to rival central issuance

HID® ELEMENT Card Personalization Brochure

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Key Benefits

Key Features


High Resolution, UV Inkjet Card Printing
Unique options — such as creating color tactile effects and focused overlay — that introduce new approaches to card security and durability not available elsewhere

Multiple Encoding Options
Supports both familiar HID embedded encoders and third-party Smartware® simultaneous contact and contactless encoding

Precision Laser Engraving
Standard black text, grayscale imaging, the ability to combine laser + color and support for security feature applications such as CLI/MLI (Changeable/Multiple Laser Image), sub-surface image and microtext

High Capacity Input/Output
Print up to 1600 cards, facilitating high-volume card throughput for continuous runs and maximum yields per shift

Applications

Highly versatile, HID ELEMENT is ideal for a variety of high-volume applications for today’s large organizations and service bureaus:

  • Government-to-Citizen (G2C) Issuance — national IDs, driver’s licenses, vehicle registration cards, border crossing cards, voter IDs and health cards
  • Government-to-Employee (G2E) and Corporate Enterprise Issuance — employee photo IDs and badges
  • Commercial Issuance — transit passes, retail cards and more
  • Financial Issuance – credit cards, debit cards, pre-paid cards and more

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