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  If you use a plastic ID card printer, you’ll be familiar with the colour printer ribbon or film that goes inside. Now picture this scene.You’re on-site at an event with a dye sublimation printer. Your ID card printer is set up, and it’s working well, producing passes..

In the UK, we use around 7.7 billion plastic bottles per year. That’s an average of 117 bottles per person, every year!To meet the demand, nationwide we produce around 15 million single-use PET plastic bottles every day- more than 50% of which end up in landfill or, even wor..

What Lanyard Accessories Are Available? Lanyards are a versatile accessory. Did you know that there is a huge range of lanyard attachments designed to hold whatever you want to clip on the end of your lanyard? They’re no longer just for badges ..

Table of Contents1. An entire event badging system designed for the events industry2. Why opt for printing name tags on-site for events?3. How to print event badges on site4. The benefits of printing event badges on-site5. Other event accessories6. Conclusion ..

Lanyards are used on a daily basis in healthcare, education, exhibitions, conferences and other events. Although lanyards nearly always display identification cards or entry passes, they often also have to hold mobile devices, other gadgets and/or car keys.Did you know that ..

Table of Contents1. What are the different printer technologies?2. How can I get the best from my ID card printer?3. Which printer is best for ID cards4. You're now prepared to invest in your first ID card printerAn ID card printer works by feeding a blank plast..

Perhaps your current ID badge supplier delivers late, which is completely impractical for events, or maybe the ID cards they provide are not compatible with your existing printers. When you begin searching for a new supplier for the first time in years, you may quickly disco..

What a fantastic night we had at the Northamptonshire Chamber Business Awards.Thanks largely to the long-standing support we’ve received from our customers, ID Card Centre was a finalist in four categories, and although the competition was incredibly tough, we won three!..

How our print engines workWhen we send a card design to print, it is the printer engine’s responsibility to read the contents of the design and convert it into a format that enables the printer to transfer the design onto a card. It’s looking for all sorts of different e..

Is Your Visitor Book GDPR Compliant? If your reception desk has a paper sign-in book, you’re probably already breaking UK data protection laws. A lot of businesses have no idea this problem exists until a data protection officer or auditor points it out. Here is why it matte..

A case study...We work with a lot of public sector organisations and produce many different types of cards and passes so when we were approached to create ID cards for a tourist board we knew we could fulfil their brief.The briefThe client was looking for a standard ..

When a large Utility company approached us looking for In Case of Emergency cards for their lone workers, we had the perfect solution to offer them.The BriefWe were contacted by one of the largest energy, phone and broadband providers in the country as they were looking..