Card Imaging & Personalization

Imaging, a form of card personalization, is the individual treatment each plastic card receives to include unique, variable data. This ties a card to a particular card holder/member. Spectrum Card can provide different imaging solutions based on your program needs.

During the imaging process, variable data will be applied to the surface of printed plastic cards. The imaging step takes place after the card's background images are printed. The variable data printed during imaging is typically used for:

* Bar codes
* Names
* Unique numbers

Spectrum offers the following imaging options:

	UV Inkjet	MEK Inkjet	Thermal Imaging
Print Speed	Highest	High	Lowest
Print Quality	Good	Good	Best
Durability	Highest	Lowest	Medium
Recommended Surfaces	Laminated	Laminated & Non-Laminated	Laminated only*
Cost	Medium	Lowest	Highest

*No key tags

NOTE: Hotel cards do not require imaging or encoding. A unique numbering sequence is by added by the hotel locking system at the time of issuance.

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