9 Types of ID cards printing

There are different types of ID cards which are offered by Whizz Prints. ID card are known as identity card. These are used by almost all organization of all sizes from 2 employees to 20000 all companies ask for them these days. We provide you with a variety of option to choose from. There are so many variants available that often our customers are confused regarding which one to choose.

Below is the list of 9 popular ID cards printing which are available in India.

100% PVC ID Cards

As name suggest these are 100% PVC cards.

They are also referred as plain ID card as their is no access control or data embedded in them. These are printed via dedicated printers which are only for printing on ID cards. The standard size of these cards is 84x56 mm or 56x84 mm. You can get them in both landscape and portrait format.

Composite ID Cards

These are mix of PVC and PET. Composition is 60% PVC and 40% PET, certain suppliers do supply them in ratio of 1:1. It is better to have higher percentage of PET then PVC to make it more robust. These are better option than 100% PVC cards. They are of better and high quality than PVC cards.

Pre Printed Cards

There are few companies who have employees moving in and out of the companies on daily basis. It becomes difficult to procure fresh ID cards on the daily basis from printers. These organization get their company standard format card printed in bulk and leave few variable data field which are limited blank. Variable field are manually filled, it saves time and make it more flexible.

Interestingly companies are also going with ID cards printers which they use to print variable data field on these cards. They avoid printing complete card through these printers as that take more time and is not cost effective as well.

Proximity ID cards

These in addition to standard card have read only information. They by design are read only device, so that they can not be manipulated. It ensures that security of your company is not compromised. These proximity cards can be read through any card reader. There is no special card reader required for using them.

Magnetic stripe cards

You can see them plenty in number. Almost all credit card and debit card have magnetic strip facility where safety information is transmitted through this film. These are more secured than other form of card. There is safe and quick information exchange. Baking enterprise though are always on lookout for the more bankable solution, but still these are considered as close to best alternative available.

School ID cards

School ID cards are cheaper alternative to standard PVC cards. They often have fixed case embedded in the card itself. This is a seasonal requirement which school and colleges have. Lanyards are always in 1 single color with school name screen printed or digital printed as per the choice.

Visitor access cards

These cards are printed on standard 130 gsm or 170 gsm art paper with just visitor tag written. You can consider sub dividing it into Business Visitor and regular visitors. They is no printing of name which can be either printed at venue or you may not print any name as well. These are put in plastic transparent pouch.

Over laminated card

We provide you with option of laminating the PVC cards to give it over laminated thick finish. You can select from gloss or matt lamination. You can choose whether you want all cards to be over laminated or only few important ones.

Bio degradable card

These cards are sought after by MNC and other major companies who take initiate to go GREEN seriously. We do offer these type as well but for bulk quantity only as of now.