Government ID, Smart Cards, Identification and Authentication

Evolis releases new card printer

Monday, February 2, 2009

A new plastic card printer from Evolis allows small- to medium-sized companies, associations and schools to affordably design and print security and ID cards. The company’s Badgy printer can create, update or replace IDs, security cards, access control badges, as well as membership cards, gift cards, business cards, announcements, greetings, invitations, promotions, memo cards and luggage tags.

The Badgy includes hundreds of card templates or customers can custom-design cards from scratch with Badgy’s software, adding logos, pictures, text and bar codes. The card is then printed with on PVC. [end] 

Gerardo Talavera, Managing Director, Americas, Evolis Inc.

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