Photo ID Options
There are many considerations and options to take into account when designing a secure ID solution for your organization. These include:
- Card design
- single-sided or double-sided
- color or monochrome
- use of photos, logos or other images
- Security
- magnetic stripe encoding
- capture of signature
- Functionality
- visual identification
- contact/contactless reader for HID/smart cards
- Information
- data types
- centralized database
- secure Web access
Datacard 1-2-3 Easy ID Card System
The Complete, Affordable System for Smaller Organizations
1-2-3 Easy ID Card System brochure
Take the guesswork out of knowing who belongs in your organization—and who does not—with the Datacard 1-2-3 Easy ID card system. This completely integrated ID card system is a cost-effective way for you to issue ID cards in three easy steps:
- design your card
- take a picture
- click to print
Everything you need to create high quality color photo ID cards in a matter of minutes is included:
printer, software, camera, cards and supplies.
Design Card: Datacard
ID Works Intro software provides the core tools you need to
easily design and manage data for ID cards.
- Create card designs with logos and other graphics with intuitive point and click navigation.
- Enter, capture, manage and retrieve data from Microsoft Access Database.
- Add bar codes and magnetic stripe data (optional).
Take Picture: A web camera captures photos with the
click of a mouse.
- Attaches easily to a computer monitor and produces
clear images at 1.3 megapixels.
Print Card: The Datacard SP 25 card printer produces outstanding full-color ID cards with edge-to-edge one-sided printing.
- Easy manual card feeding with an output slot that holds up to 9 printed cards.
- Prints a card in 30 seconds.
- Comes with a complete supplies kit that includes 125 blank cards, color ribbon
and cleaning supplies.
Photo ID System Components
Datacard Secure ID Solutions brochure
There are three basic components to consider when building a reliable photo ID system: identification software that runs the system, devices to capture images, and card printers to produce the desired ID cards.
Software
Identification software is where it all begins. Datacard's
ID Works® Software is versatile, easy to use software that fits virtually any user environment. This application enables you to customize cards designs, manage cardholder images and related data, and print custom reports.
ID Works software brochure
Capture Images & Signatures
Use a digital camera to photograph the cardholder. With Datacard's
Tru™
Photo software you can capture the exact image you
want without ever touching the camera. Incorporate auto-capture and auto-crop features to produce high-quality images in less than three seconds, with a single click of a mouse.
Tru Photo software brochure
Capture the the cardholder's signature using Tru™
Signature software.
Print Cards
After data capture, a desktop card printer prints the card in monochrome or full-color. It may also encode the magnetic stripe or smart card chip.
Datacard card printers
Installation & Training
After we have helped you determine what type of
photo ID system best fits your needs, our expert technicians can come onsite,
at a location you designate and at a time that is convenient for you, to provide both installation and training.
The system will be unpacked, set up, and tested. We will also train your personnel and make sure they are confident with the operation and maintenance of the system. PCS has the knowledge, experience and expertise to ensure successful implementation
the system, and that is our primary goal.
PCS offers on-site service and annual maintenance agreements for all the products we sell. If you encounter a problem, our expert technicians can respond in a timely manner and perform the necessary repairs onsite.