For those agencies, organizations and colleges looking to produce single color ID badges and cards, Fargo Electronics may have just the printer to meet your needs. The Minneapolis company has released its new Persona M30 single- and dual-sided monochrome card printer. It can print in one of seven colors and an optional magnetic stripe encoding […]

Ecuador has chosen the Zebra P640i, a dual-sided color printer with a built-in laminator, to create driver’s licenses that also are used as national ID cards for the country’s 13.5 million citizens. 96 Printers to be Located at Government Offices throughout the Country Ecuador, located in the rugged Andean highlands on the west coast of […]

Hong Kong smart card developer Advanced Card Systems has launched a cryptographic card supporting numerous ISO standards and specifically designed for public key-based applications. ACOS5 is an advanced cryptographic smart card that fully complies with ISO 7816-1/2/3/4/8/9 and is specially designed for public-key based applications. It is specially designed for enhancing security and performance for […]

Evolis, which manufactures printer solutions for plastic card customizations, has opened up its line of printers to the Linux operating system, making the printers available to more users. The Linux driver is available as a free download from the Evolis Web site. Angers, France– Evolis, the French manufacturer of solutions for plastic card customization, has […]

The Physical Access Council of the Smart Card Alliance after what it calls a successful first year, is ready for the second. It has announced two new projects–both involving FIPS 201–and new officers, including its new chair, Dwayne Pfeiffer, Northrop Grumman Corporation. PRINCETON JUNCTION, NJ – The technology and processes of physical access control are […]

HSPD-12 mandated ID cards will be ready for new federal employees by October By Marisa Torrieri, Contributing Editor, AVISIAN Publishing Come mid-Autumn all new federal employees can expect to be issued a state-of-the-art smart card capable of granting secure access to designated buildings and services. However, it may be several years before every single existing […]

Axalto chose CardTech/SecurTech to announce its latest dual interface PIV, FIPS 201-compliant smart cards that combine in one smart card chip secure contact and contactless interfaces that give agencies a choice in how the credentials can be used and the flexibility to integrate with both physical and logical access systems. Large Capacity Card Provides Storage […]

Labcal Technologies will be incorporating UPEK’s TouchChip Fingerprint Sensor (on display at CTST) into its Be.U Mobile handheld reader, developed for use in employee ID verification, e-passports, and law enforcement. The reader can be used with existing AFIS systems and performs 1:1 matching with an ID document, contact or contactless and 1:N matching by storing […]

New second generation color printers from France-based Dualys will encode both sides of mag stripe or contact/contactless cards allowing customization in a single pass. Application usage includes ID, biometric security, loyalty, transportation, campus cards and banking. Angers, France–European leader in plastic card customization solutions, Evolis, is launching its second generation of dual-sided Dualys color printers. […]

“Unique strategies” that led to strong market growth in 2004 and the first half of 2005 in the global smart card reader market has earned a German company, OMNIKEY a Frost & Sullivan Competitive Strategy Leadership Award. LONDON–OMNIKEY, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of innovative smart card readers, has been presented the 2005 Frost […]