SMART CARDS

A smart card, chip card, or integrated circuit card is any pocket-sized card that has embedded integrated circuits. Smart cards are made of plastic, generally polyvinyl chloride (PVC), but sometimes polyethylene terephthalate based polyesters (PET), acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) or polycarbonate is used.

The first main advantage of smart cards is their flexibility. There is no need to carry several cards: one card can simultaneously be an ID card, credit card, stored-value cash card and a repository of personal information.

The second main advantage is security. Smart cards can be electronic key rings, giving the bearer ability to access information and physical places without need for online connections.

General benefits of Smart Cards are:
• Portability – Can easily be integrated into almost any system.
• Increasing data storage capacity – Can carry much more data than magnetic strip or barcode encoding.
• Reliability – Virtually unaffected by electrical and magnetic fields.
• High Security – Can only be read and written to if access is granted (PIN or Biometric).

KEY FEATURES AND SPECS

- OF A SMART CARD

Material

076 PVC (Polyvinyl Chloride)

Card Size

85.6 mm x 54 mm

Printing Process

Digital Offset
6 Colour Process (CMYK)

Thickness

760 micron (std ISO credit card thickness)
460 micron

Lamination

Glossy / Matte

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POPULAR CHOICES FOR SMART CARDS

Government Card
Tamper-proof Government ID cards play a critical role in high- security. Security features on the card can include high quality photo ID, UV, guilloche and micro text printing.

Popular Options:

Photo Personalization & UV Print
Barcode
Guilloche and Micro Text Print
Signature Panel

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National Drivers Licence Card
Printing a high quality, secure, durable ID card has to be one of the highest secure cards. The fundamental principle of designing a High Security card, is layered security and the use of multiple security features.

Popular Options:

Photo Personalization, with UV print
Biometrics print; fingerprint recognition
Security Hologram / Overlay
Single or Dual chip technology

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Technology Chips
Schools, Colleges and Event Companies are moving to a fully comprehensive secure cashless management system, using a cashless, card-based system for all payment transactions.

Popular Options:

ID photo of the student on the NFC card
Colour Single or Dual sided print
Access cards for Events / functions
QR code, to link to mobile devises

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GUIDELINES

We understand that supplying artwork for proffessional printers can be a bit intimidating (there’s way too much jargon and technical terminology!) So we’ve tried to keep things as simple as possible.