Government ID, Smart Cards, Identification and Authentication

Episode 35: Laser engraving ID cards

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Often the focus is on how information is stored and secured in a card, but just as important is how information is secured on a card. Zack Martin, editor of Regarding ID magazine, sat down with Jonathan Bowen, sales manager at Digital Identification Solutions about its desktop laser printer and laser engraving ID cards cards.



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