Safe Card ID Expands its Photo ID Card Printer Line of Products

Online, July 29, 2010 (Newswire.com) - Safe Card ID, a national online supplier of employee security badge and ID products is introducing an expanded photo ID card printer line which includes the Magicard printer model.

The first model available is the Magicard Enduro single-sided photo ID card printer system. The Enduro model prints cards in batch printing output or single card printing output, and each image is printed with precision. Security features included on this model include HoloKote and Holopatch markings, and magnetic stripe encoding is available.

The second model in the Magicard line is the Magicard Tango 2E dual-sided photo badge printer that process photo ID badges with access control capabilities. Cards printed on this machine require no lamination and HoloKote watermark capabilities offer an added level of security.

Safe Card ID offers a third Magicard model, the Magicard Rio2. This photo ID card printer is a single sided model that provides IDs for use with access control. Lamination is not required on this model either, and it also features HoloKote watermarking for extra security.

All of the Magicard products feature a product warranty, and replacement supplies are available for all three models. Cards are printed on a standard credit-card sized PVC badge, software available is compatible for systems running 2003 Server, 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Vista. Each card prints in 6 - 40 seconds, depending on the selected settings.

When businesses use in-house equipment to produce photo ID badges for their employees, they can save time and money while ensuring that personnel security and grounds security remain stable. Many security consultants and emergency management experts agree that ID badges elevate awareness for employees, because they serve as a visual cue. They can reduce or prevent unauthorized access to secure information and high-level clearance areas on the grounds.

An employee photo ID card printer can make security easier for businesses. They continue to grow in popularity among businesses of all sizes. They make security monitoring easier for coworkers and staff as well as for security guards. They are often used to restrict access to laboratories, dangerous factory areas, and in other business settings where hazardous materials may be used.

Greg Stephens, the founder and owner of Safe Card ID, originally launched his company in the late 1980s as a part of his venture to protect children from abduction. The first ID kits sold provided invaluable information to family, community search programs, and law enforcement officials, making it easier for them to accurately identify children who were lost or missing. Since that time, Stephens has worked to fulfill the need for business security for human resources managers and risk management officials. It is this need that has driven the decision to add the Magicard photo ID printer line.