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From technology to design, everything you need to know to get the most from your ID badges.
In 2005, congress passed the REAL ID Act—establishing security standards for IDs to be federally recognized. (Officially, this is referred to as “H.R.1268: Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005 (Enrolled as Agreed to or Passed by Both [...]
Over the years, many InstantCard clients have asked us if we can print custom photo IDs on their existing "clamshell" badges. These are the thick, hard plastic employee ID badges that are very commonly used to open doors in buildings. Previously, we advised those clients to replace [...]
What is a watermark? A watermark is an image (normally the logo or other branding asset) that is put on the card with a transparency so it doesn't stand out in full color. It is typically used as a design feature to make the ID card look [...]
In 1981 John Naisbitt published a blockbuster book called Megatrends. Of the 10 major trends he identified, one, which he called “High-Tech High-Touch”, was so profoundly important that it led to the publication of a second best-seller, by that exact name, in 1999. We believe that the [...]
"The cloud," has become a technological buzz word. People love to use it, even if they aren't really quite sure what it is. And, in the interest of full disclosure, we pepper this site with the fact that we are "cloud-based" because it makes us sound awesome. [...]
“Clocking-in” is a time-honored use of ID cards. Employees have been "punching-in" when they arrive at work since the early days of industrial automation. The word "punch-in" came from the now outdated technology of punch cards, or paper cards with small slots in them to allow automated [...]
If you’re coming to us to have your ID badges printed, you may already have a logo and established branding that you want to apply to your cards. However, perhaps your logo includes only one or two colors and you haven’t given much thought to what [...]
Over this past year, U.S. banks have taken a giant step toward increasing the security of financial transactions by adding smart-chips to our debit and credit cards. Now that Americans are becoming familiar with seeing chips on their bank cards, many are asking us if the [...]
Many of our clients issue photo employee ID cards without an expiration date. For companies which have an exit interview procedure, an expiration date is often not necessary because they can recover the ID card when an employee leaves. Other organizations are not concerned about the [...]
Are you proud of the city you work in, the building for your company, or the truck you use on the job? You might be able to use it as the background for your ID Card! With a high enough quality photo taken with just the right [...]
