01 May, 2002Payment cards are old news . . . the new buzzword is ‘secure authentication’
Each spring the world’s card technology community gathers for its major North American conference. At the Cardtech Securtech expo, every new card related product is on display–ranging from the cool to the ridiculous. The show is a great place to spot new devices but it is an even better place to monitor overall industry trends. […]
01 May, 2002If the reader doesn’t touch the card, it must be… Contactless!
The campus card industry has witnessed many technology shifts and changes. Text-only ID cards incorporated photos, photo ID cards adopted bar codes, these cards then added magnetic stripes, and relatively recently some of these cards have sported a smart chip. Frequently lost in the ongoing debate of which technology and application to use is the […]
01 May, 2002National IDs face same tough issues that campus cards have faced for years
Editor’s note: I have worked around card technology for many years. I have used the line “the campus is a microcosm for society” more times than I care to admit. It is one of those phrases that can be used to sell a person on something or scare them from it. It has power. It […]
01 May, 2002Security Technology on Campus, Part Two: The users of a card access system
BY LOWELL ADKINS, DUVALL GROUP CONSULTING, INC. This is the second in a series of articles about access control and security on campuses. In the first article, I focused on the card itself – and primarily on the issues surrounding the issuance of a card. In this article, I want to begin to move the […]
01 May, 2002Dye sublimation printing: Putting images and text onto plastic
For most of us, our understanding of the printing process is limited to, ‘the blank card goes in here and the finished card comes out here.’ This is a testament to the reliability of these printers—they work so we don’t have to know how they work. However, as any mid- to high-volume user will tell […]
28 Apr, 2002Student ID numbers fraudulently used, UTEP voting nullified due to ‘ballot stuffing’
Leonard Martinez, El Paso Times – April 28, 2002 – UTEP’s Student Government Association runoff election results have been thrown out, and police are investigating what Dean of Students William Schafer described as “the electronic equivalent of ballot stuffing.” From the preliminary investigation, it appears that student identification numbers – in most cases Social Security […]
27 Apr, 2002Fargo Electronics, Inc. Introduces The CardJet™ 410
NEW ORLEANS (April 23, 2002) –Fargo Electronics, Inc. (Nasdaq: FRGO) today introduced the Fargo Professional Series CardJet™ 410 Printer/Encoder– the first dedicated plastic card personalization system that uses Fargo’s new CardJet Printing Technology™ – at the CardTech/SecurTech Conference and Exhibition here. Fargo will be exhibiting four new printers, including the CardJet 410, at Booth 1001 […]
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