Gift cards

We are able to offer metallic printing to our cards for a small additional fee. Often used to identify higher levels of membership or to create a more striking design. Metallic printing can in some cases lead to longer lead times. For further information please don't hesitate to call our sales department free on 0800 988 2095.

We are able to add signature panel(s) to your printed plastic cards enabling the end-user to sign and confirm ownership. Some customers add multiple panels to use as information cards or as a business lead card.

A magnetic stripe card is a type of card capable of storing data by modifying the magnetism of tiny iron-based magnetic particles on a band of magnetic material on the card. The magnetic stripe, sometimes called a magstrip, is read by physical contact and swiping past a reading head. Magnetic stripe cards are commonly used in credit cards, ID cards, transportation tickets and so on.

Mifare is a contactless smart card technology that enables multiple applications such as cashless vending, access control, secure PC logon, loyalty, transport and ID cards to name but a few applications. Mifare is reputedly the most widely installed contactless smart card technology in the world with 500 million smart card chips and 5 million reader modules sold. The technology is patented by NXP Semiconductors. The MIFARE proprietary technology is based upon the ISO 14443 (RFID) Type A 13.56 MHz contactless smartcard standard.

Thermal personalisation enables us to put variable information onto the printed cards. This data can be anything you require in any font however typically it is utilised for applications such as barcodes, names, numbering and expiry dates.

The addition of a magnetic stripe encoder to your plastic card printer gives the user the ability to encode information onto a plastic card in a machine readable format, i.e. the card can be swiped through a card reader. The information can also be printed in a human readable format at the same time. Encoding a plastic card, depending on the volume of information that is encoded, adds approximately 2 seconds to the print time.

The slotting of a plastic card enables it to be used directly with a lanyard or clip without the need for a badge holder.

The addition of a hole punch to a plastic card enables it to be used directly with a lanyard or key ring without the need for a badge holder.

Our plastic card embossers can emboss information personalising the cards to the user. Typically used for membership cards embossing adds intrinsic value to the cards due to their likeness to credit cards. Tipping is the colouration of the embossed characters. This can be done in black, silver or gold.