At this month’s NACAS conference, a number of exciting new products and projects were demonstrated in the exhibit hall and discussed in the educational sessions. CR80News was on-site at the conference, here’s our review of some of the key card-related highlights from the show. General Meters unveiled its new magnetic stripe reader that turns a […]

Princeton Junction, NJ, October 13, 2003 – Programs are underway with major transit operators throughout the United States to implement contactless smart card-based fare collection systems. This trend may be a catalyst that creates new collaborative opportunities between transit operators, the retail payments industry and other sectors. A new white paper available from the Smart […]

Polaroid Commercial ID Systems Introduces New Digital ID Card Printers “Polaroid Corporation today announced two new Digital ID Card Printers, the P50i and P75i. Both card printers utilize Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology to enhance ease of use, optimize image quality, and allow for automatic driver configuration and automatic ribbon detection.”

Bundle Enhances Security and Expands Card Data Storage at Low Cost NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ – ASIS Conference – ImageWare Systems, Inc. (Amex: IW) and Datastrip today jointly announced the integration of Datastrip’s 2D Superscript bar code symbology with ImageWare’s EPI Suite(R) secure credentialing software and EPI Builder(TM) software developer’s kit (SDK). The integration […]

There was a time when field-printing digitized images on plastic cards was not for the faint of heart. In the early 1990s, $100,000 could buy 4 non-networked photo-capture and print stations, churning-out black and white images and text onto plastic cards. In-line magstripe encoding? No. Duplex printing? Think again. Crystal-clear color photo’s and high resolution […]

The following is a sampling of dye sublimation card printers that are available with on-board contactless card encoding capability: Fargo The DTC500 or HDP800 printers with the E-Card Encoder option support Mifare®, iCLASS, and proximity cards encoding. Zebra/Eltron The P310, P420, P520 and P600 support for LEGIC, I-CODE, Mifare®, and Hitag (add-on components from DED […]

ASIS International is an industry leading organization for professionals in the security industry. With more than 33,000 members around the world, ASIS helps define and shape the security policies and practices of the modern enterprise. In mid-September, the ASIS 49th Annual Seminar and Exhibits was held in New Orleans, Louisiana. More than 135 educational sessions […]

If you utilize an ID card for access control, there is a good chance that you have heard the term Wiegand (pronounced wee-gand). Typically, it is used in the context of “Wiegand output,” “Wiegand standard,” “Wiegand encoding,” or “Wiegand numbering scheme.” And more than likely, it has made the people at your organization responsible for […]

At the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA), a significant advancement in campus security was achieved through the convergence of separate security elements into a single, powerful solution. For years the campus had used card-enabled door access, alarm panels, and closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras but each independently of the other. When all these elements […]

ASIS International is an industry leading organization for professionals in the security industry. With more than 33,000 members around the world, ASIS helps define and shape the security policies and practices of the modern enterprise. In mid-September, the ASIS 49th Annual Seminar and Exhibits was held in New Orleans, Louisiana. More than 135 educational sessions […]