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Non-profit Creates Personalized Charity Gift Cards
Overview: A local non-profit organization was referred to us to help them with an innovative idea around creating a platform for gift card donations to various charities. The non-profit had the unique idea of providing normal-sized gift cards, as well as oversized gift cards which could be personalized with a customer’s image. Challenge: The challenge… View Article
Direct-to-Card Printing vs. Re-Transfer Printing
What’s the Big Difference The first basic question that our sales representatives and support staff always answers is: “What is the difference between Direct-to-Card Printing and Re-Transfer Printing?” While the final products may look similar, so let’s take a closer look at the technology behind these two types of ID card printing, and what it… View Article
RGB Versus CMYK – The Color Creation Process
Color Producing Technologies There are two different color technologies at work when it comes to the colors we produce. RGB – Red/Green/Blue, affects what we see on computer and television screens, where colors and light are mixed in increasing brightness until you achieve white light when turned up to the maximum. The other is CMYK,… View Article
Preventative Maintenance: Why You Need A Printer Cleaning Kit
Believe it or not, ID Card Printers require some due diligence to maintain proper working order. In order to prevent future printing problems, it’s important that you have the necessary knowledge and tools to keep your printer in working order. In the long term, buying a $20-$30 cleaning kit could quite literally save you hundreds,… View Article
Major Baseball Organization Wins With Oversized ID Printers
Overview: Major League Baseball has teamed up with ADVANTIDGE to fulfill their need for instant card printing using Oversized Ink Jet ID card Printers. The league has 30 teams throughout North America after consulting with the ADVANTIDGE team, agreed that installing printing stations with each team to issue oversized ID cards with media credentials onsite… View Article
CardPresso has New Installation Options
CardPresso, one of the leading card design software programs on the market, is making changes to the way that you can take advantage of such a versatile program. Typically a user will purchase a single-user license of the program. A USB “dongle” is then part of the package. The small USB Flash Drive style device… View Article
IoT – Internet of Things
One up-and-coming term that is used in a wide variety of industries is IoT. This is the inter-networking of physical devices, vehicles (also referred to as “connected devices” and “smart devices”), buildings, and other items – embedded with electronics, software, sensors, actuators, and network connectivity that enable these objects to collect and exchange data. In… View Article
Submission Guidelines for Card Printing Artwork
ADVANTIDGE offers a variety of printing services for our clients for producing high quality, full color plastic cards which are used for many different applications. Although most of the high volume requests are handled on a large digital printing press, there are occasions where we need produce samples, or a small run of cards using… View Article
HID iCLASS Seos Card For Modern Access Control Systems
HID Global’s iCLASS SEOS contactless smart cards give you the ability to carry dual identities in a single card, offering a true one-card solution for physical and logical access control applications. These cards can be programmed to work immediately for opening doors as well as accessing IT resources since they are specifically made to support… View Article
Real Estate Company Seeks Reliable Supplier of ID Products
Overview: A privately held real estate firm of collaborative entrepreneurs who deliver a higher level of personalized service recently contacted ADVANTIDGE. The company was founded in 1978 and is based in Houston, Texas with additional offices in the United States and internationally. Specializing in Agency Leasing, Management, Tenant Advisory, Capital Markets, Research, and Sustainability services,… View Article
