Have you got your ID Printer?
ID Printers are becoming a general office requirement for majority of organisations in the UK many companies use id printers to their full potential when printing ID cards, membership cards and even visitor control passes.
There are two types of desktop id printers, re-transfer, and direct to card – both these models will print colourful and quality ID cards. So what difference is there between the two?
Direct to card – this type of printer prints directly onto the PVC card, and leaves a small, faint white line around the edge of the card this is due to the print head not going edge to edge.
Re-transfer – this type of printer prints over the PVC card and covers the entire surface making your cards edge to edge. The print head does not touch the PVC card this is the reason why many manufacturers offer a lifetime warranty on the print head.
You may be wondering what printer is best for me. Let us look at some of the more popular models and compare.
Re-transfer Models |
Single Sided |
Dual Sided |
Encoding Features |
RRP |
|
Yes |
Optional |
Yes |
£2500* |
|
Yes |
Optional |
Yes |
£2300* |
|
Yes |
Optional |
Yes |
£5000* |
Direct to card Models |
Single Sided |
Dual Sided |
Encoding Features |
RRP |
|
Yes |
Dualys 3 Model |
Yes |
£1600* |
|
Yes |
Optional |
Yes |
£999* |
|
Yes |
Optional |
Yes |
£1600* |
*RRP based on basic models.