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There was a time when associations and retailers issued paper cards to their members and valued customers, respectively. The primary reason was that it was easier, faster, and less expensive to use paper.

That was then. This is now.

Plastic card printing has undergone a revolution. With the concern for saving paper and the ability to recycle plastic for reuse, plastic has become not only the smarter choice, but more cost-efficient one.

Plastic cards can be preprinted in bulk, much like you would have done with your paper cards, so that they can be imprinted later. With the affordability and ease of plastic card printers, you can now produce a customized membership, loyalty, or gift card in just a couple of minutes—in full color, one- or two-sided, with or without a magnetic stripe, and even with a photograph. And the appearance of the durable plastic card presents a more impressive reflection of your brand than the paper one. Look in your wallet. How many dog-eared paper cards do you have? Compare that with the number of loyalty and membership cards.

Plastic is clearly the better solution for card printing. There is a wide array of plastic card printers available, too, so whether you print just a few cards a week or hundreds, you can get a printer that fits your needs.

Biodegradable Plastic Cards

With Earth Day upon us, choose a  Eco-Friendly Biodegradable plastic cards as an alternative in the manufacturing process. This process is to reduce waste of material as well as helping with the earth environment.

PETG Cards
PETG ( Polyethylene Terephthalate Glycol ) is one of the most environmentally friendly to produce plastic cards and PETG has been wildly used for leading plastic card retailers and credit cards. It exhibits the same characteristics as PVC plastic cards. PETG cards can be recycled without creating any harmful gases or even polluting the environment. Reasons for using PETG for plastic cards; a wide range of innovations and tailor-made specifications thanks to the co-extrusion process, high mechanical strength and excellent flex tests with PETG and the wide spectrum of card applications can be made. Finally and more important are ecological considerations since PETG is environmentally friendly.

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ABS Plastic Recycled Cards

This process is to reduce waste of PVC material as well as extra sheet materials. The ABS plastic recycled cards are manufactured with the same high quality printing and personalization processes used on our standard PVC plastic cards. This product is from 100% recycled product and about 90% recycled with magnetic stripe. If you are interested in any of these product lines, please let us know and we will be sure to supply your cards with our environmental friendly materials.

When printing your next plastic gift card, VIP card, membership card or loyalty card, think of the environment and choose one of these green alternatives.

Plastic used to be an environmental threat, because it didn’t degrade naturally and created more waste in landfills that wasn’t going anywhere. But technology has stepped up to overcome the challenge. As a result, we now have the BIO CARD. Made from an environmentally friendly plastic, the patent-pending BIO CARD is the most biodegradable CR80 plastic card currently on the market—and further proof that you don’t have to settle for less to do the right thing!

Here’s the lowdown on the BIO CARD’s highlights:

* Breaks down faster. Once the BIO CARD is discarded, it will fully biodegrade in a much shorter period than conventional plastics and even other eco-friendly cards—within six months to five years. Tests have proven the non-polluting material will biodegrade in composts, landfills, rivers, waterways, and oceans.
* More durable than other “green” plastic. The BIO CARD delivers the same durability as standard PVC plastic cards and greater durability than other eco-friendly CR80 plastic cards. So, you don’t have to compromise quality.
* Delivers quality results. The eco-friendly plastic of the BIO CARD accepts printing with the same optimum quality as other PVC plastics.

If you’re looking for a way to incorporate an environmentally friendly solution to your plastic card printing, email us for details and pricing on the BIO CARD.

In today’s business world, it’s not easy to stand out in a sea of competition – but a little bit of creativity and our innovative plastic cards can help. By creating custom plastic business cards that are different from the plain paper cards everyone else uses, you can capture people’s attention long after your first meeting – and make building profitable long-term connections that much easier. Here are a few ideas to get you going.

3 Ways to Use Plastic Cards To Get More Business

Use clear plastic cards to make an impact that your connections won’t forget. We offer cards made from a high quality clear plastic that can get your message across while becoming a conversation starter that makes breaking the ice easier. The novelty of these cards will make people hold on to them longer as well and pass them around to their contacts. A well-designed clear card can make an unforgettable first impression.
Try a custom die cut plastic card to make a splash with a shape of your own choosing. Aside from catching your contact’s attention by using a plastic card instead of a paper one, you can use a custom shape to reinforce and impression that your business is worth remembering. Whether you want smooth, modern curves or an edgier design, you can create a card that fits your business style and gets you noticed.
Give your contacts a reason to connect with you by using a custom combo card to drum up additional business. Like the preferred customer cards that many retailers use, these are full-size cards with a pair of snap-off mini cards that you can customize any way you want. Imagine handing someone a business card with two snap-off coupons … how much more business could that bring you?
In the current economic climate, you need every advantage you can get to capture the attention of today’s more discerning consumers. People are always on the lookout for something new, fresh and exciting to pay attention to, and plastic business cards – along with a clever custom design – could be just what you need to boost your monthly sales.

The real estate market is one of the hardest fields to break into. In order to be successful you need to find new and innovative ways to introduce yourself to the market. Often times sending out flyers and posting your face on benches introduces yourself to the community. There are more productive ways to establish yourself as a household name.

Potential homebuyers will spend every weekend each month exploring open houses. At the end of the day when it’s time to review the properties, everything seems to run together. What will make you stand out?

Unique business cards are one way to elevate you above your competition: less than 10% of business cards that are passed out, are kept by your prospective clients. With knowing this information , it  is well worth the time and investment to create an eye catching card design.

The new trend is making a multifunctional card. All business cards will need to have your contact information, but what else can be added to enhance the card? Below are a list of ideas that can help you elevate you above your competition.

· Yearly calendars or tip charts on the back of the card. Clients will find the information valuable and worth keeping in their wallet.

· Offer a percentage off closing costs.

· A $500 credit  towards  updating  the house they are selling, or it can be used for a renovation for their new home purchase.

· For commercial buyers offer them a VIP card to get  a first look at new listings.

· List the requirements necessary  to qualify for a loan.  For example, bank statements, tax returns, paystubs etc. Clients will reference this card multiple times throughout the process, and it will make for a smooth transaction.

When it comes to special event planning, a personalized key card is the perfect keepsake. Special event planning key cards can be used for weddings, bar mitzvahs, anniversaries, conventions, trade shows, or any occasion.

It’s a great way to customize your occasion and welcome guests. Every hotel guest in the block will use this memento to access their room throughout their stay. This is a very unique and elegant touch to special event planning that will be remembered.

Businesses of all types that want to reach hotel guests are utilizing valuable advertising space on the front and back of the keycard. Examples include food and beverage operations inside your property and those located in the immediate vicinity. Steakhouses, pizza restaurants and other take out places, malls, large retailers and shopping centers are among the many.

Generic Key Cards

Plastic Key Cards and Access Cards are compatible with your existing locks and entry systems. Our cards can be encoded on your premises by all widely used security systems. This allows you to reduce costs while maintaining the highest level of security.

Key cards allow you to focus your marketing dollars by putting targeted advertising messages into the hands of travelers across the country. The average hotel guest uses their key card 6 times per day. These are called “impressions”. Consider 1 hotel has 100 rooms at 70% occupancy x 365 days = 25,550 occupied rooms per year/per hotel x 6 impressions per guest = 153,300 impressions per year/per hotel.

Custom Key Tags

Our custom key cards with stunning graphics are surprising affordable. We’ll be happy to help you design your successful key card program.

What is full colour printing?

Full colour printing is also referred to as process colour, 4 colour process or CMYK (which is short for Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black). These terms all mean the same thing.

Colours have an effect on our emotions within 90 seconds of viewing; Colours can motivate, impress and persuade; Colour impression accounts for up 60% of the acceptance or rejection of a product or service.

Full colour printing uses these four ink colours, in one pass on the printing press, to reproduce literally millions of different colours and shades.

CMYK color model

The CMYK color model (process color, four color) is a subtractive color model, used in color printing, and is also used to describe the printing process itself. CMYK refers to the four inks used in some color printing: cyan, magenta, yellow, and key black. Though it varies by print house, press operator, press manufacturer and press run, ink is typically applied in the order of the abbreviation. The “K” in CMYK stands for key since in four-color printing cyan, magenta, and yellow printing plates are carefully keyed or aligned with the key of the black key plate. Some sources suggest that the “K” in CMYK comes from the last letter in “black” and was chosen because B already means blue.However, this explanation, though plausible and useful as a mnemonic, is incorrect. The CMYK model works by partially or entirely masking colors on a lighter, usually white, background. The ink reduces the light that would otherwise be reflected. Such a model is called subtractive because inks “subtract” brightness from white. Cyan, magenta, and yellow are the three main pigments used for colour reproduction. When these three colours are combined in printing, the result should be a reasonable reproduction of the original, but it is not. Due to limitations in the ink pigments, the darker colours are dirty and muddied. To resolve this, a black separation is also created, which improves the shadow and contrast of the image and also for any black text.

Cyan, magenta, yellow, and black (CMYK) inks when printed separately. During litho print production, these are printed on top of one another.

Full Colour Printing is Environmentally Friendly
Full colour printing is more Environmentally Friendly than 1, 2 or 3 spot colour (Pantone) printing. The solvents used to wash up the press from one spot colour to the next are not needed when printing in full colour – reducing chemical usage by 85%

Pantone or Spot Colour Printing
It must be bought to your attention that four colour process printing is unable to exactly match a spot or Pantone colour but it can produce a fairly close match.

Pantone swatch colours are displayed in special books which not only identify the colours via their unique reference numbers, but also by include the ratio of CMYK colours need to create, as near as possible, the Pantone colour.

Full colour printed plastic card

Full Colour Plastic Cards printing is the process of printing high quality photographs or other documents in the full spectrum of color, people usually call it four color (CMYK) printing or full color printing. Full color printing has come a long way as technology continues to advance. In fact, the methods used today are so refined that it is possible to make copies that look just like the original photos.

Full color plastic cards are four color litho printed with Heidelberg machines. Unlike inkjet printers, thermal printers or color photocopiers, full color (C-M-Y-K) printing provides accurate, precised, detailed, natural, brilliant reproduction of your originals at a low cost-per-sheet. Our full color plastic card printing service has same process and quality as credit cards production, exactly like the credit cards.

We have the expertise to create the perfect plastic card. Our high quality cards are available in a variety of thicknesses and your design will be reproduced onto a finished card for proofing at no extra cost.

Online shopping has grown massively over the last ten years or so, and you can now purchase just about anything you want via the internet. This applies to ID card printers as well, so if you are looking for ID card printers or anything else connected to the production of ID cards and plastic cards, you will find everything you need right here at ID Management Systems.

Buying ID card printers from our online store gives you a wider choice than if you were to shop on the high street. You can see from our website that we have thousands of lines, everything from pre-printed cards and badge racks through to plastic badge clips and ID badges.

More and more companies are beginning to realise that having ID cards is perhaps the most efficient way to protect their business and their staff. Anyone who is in the business premises without ID cards will be immediately noticed and challenged by other members of staff. If you are thinking that it’s time your business started using ID cards and visitor labels, we can help you with all your needs.

We are experts when it comes to talking about plastic card systems and Access control system installation, and we pride ourselves on giving the very best in customer service. So whatever it is you need to know before you invest in ID card systems, card printers or a plastic ID card printer, get in touch and one of our helpful friendly staff will give you the best advice.

Pastic card are becoming increasingly popular throughout many industries and marketplaces. The use of plastic cards is prevalent in markets such as supermarket, retail companies, stores, rental companies, clubs, schools and unions.

The primary reason is that plastic card offer users a great way to identify and distinguish themselves from their competition. The substantial feel of the plastic card and its durability leaves a lasting impression and a heightened sense of value in the mind of the consumer.

Are you looking to print durable & expensive looking cards without stepping out of your office?

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Plastic card online is a leading manufacturer of the finest PVC plastic cards with top quality printing. You’ll get the
best service at a very reasonable price.

Material: Our cards are made from PVC, one of the strongest and longest-lasting plastics on the market today.
Printing: Four color (full color) litho printed with Heidelberg machines (same process as credit cards production
NOT digital printing or thermal printing)

Service:
7X24hr email customer service
Online payment
No setup fee / Free artwork service
UPS FedEx DHL shipping
48 or 72hours Rush printing

Custom options: Signature panel/NumbersBarcode/Diecut/Chips/Magstrip and more…

One of the major benefits of plastic cards is the ability to have high quality custom graphics printed on the cards. The plastic cards act as a visual representation of the company that stand out from the competition. Many companies utilize their plastic cards as an opportunity to impress their clients. The plastic cards in effect become a miniature billboard for the company.

Plastic cards can be printed several different ways. Plastic cards printed without full-color graphics are printed using spot colors on sheet fed offset printing presses. With plastic cards that require only two different colors, the printing process is called a two color process. More spot colors can be added depending on how many different colors are needed on the card. There is a printing process called thermography which simulates the raised print effect of printing with engraved plates. The most common form of color printing used to print high quality graphics and photographs on plastic cards is referred to as four-color process printing. This process utilizes CMYK coloring for the reproduction of an image or text.

Plastic cards can be coated with a UV glossy coat which is applied in the same manner as another ink. This is accomplished using an additional unit on a sheeted press. UV coats can be applied on plastic cards like a spot color where certain areas are coated and others are left uncoated. UV coatings on plastic cards are generally highly glossy but they are more likely to show fingerprints.

When plastic cards are cut, small differences in where the blades cut the plastic cards can result in white edges if the design of the card does not have proper bleed. In order to ensure that the plastic cards will be cut without white edges, plastic card printing companies will ask for designs to be created with a certain percentage of bleed around the edges of the cards.

In order to print high quality photos or graphics on plastic cards, the card designs must be made in a resolution of at least 300dpi and all photos or images used must also be in a high resolution. Images that are normally found on the internet on websites are designed in a low resolution of 72dpi. This lower resolution is used on the internet in order to display images quickly. However, if these low resolution images are used on printed plastic cards, the result would be an image that is distorted and grainy rather than sharp and clear.