Rapid delivery, high quality Photo ID Card Printing Services

Photo ID cards can be found in virtually every sector here in the UK today. From educational facilities to medical practices. The increased security, efficiency and professionalism that photo card ID cards offer means that they are certainly here to stay for the foreseeable future.

If you are in charge of a group of professionals and would like them all to adopt photo ID cards, but are yet to actually go through the process of ordering them, please read on as we attempt to cover everything you need to know in this blog.

The process of Photo ID card printing

So, you’re convinced of the merits of photo ID card printing but are not sure exactly where to start and what you need. The answer is somewhat dictated by what you require ID cards for. If, for example, security is your number one concern then you might decide to include some biometric data on your ID cards. There is a generic list of options to consider for ID cards, and these include:

• How quickly you need your photo ID cards printed
• The visual design of your cards
• If magnetic stripes & encoding are required
• If signatures and barcodes required
• If cards are to be mailed directly to recipients

Let’s examine each of these in a little more depth

Speed of delivery

The good news is that if you require rapid Photo ID Printing there are service providers, such as Advanced Card Bureau Ltd, who offer 24 and 48hr services. Direct Mailing to individual cardholders is often an option offered by reputable photo ID card printers.

Photo ID card design

When it comes to the photos you need to incorporate into your ID cards, many ID card printers have online software which lets you place images in the correct position. Once a layout has been established they can automate a process to replicate the design for all supplied data and photos. If you’re a bit stuck as to how you want your ID cards to look, you can always get help from a professional artworker. All good ID card printers will have onsite artworkers ready to design custom card layout for you, if you require such a service.

You should be sent a digital proof of your final photo ID card design for your approval. If you’d like to see a physical card before you go ahead with your order, that is usually an option offered by reputable card printers. Once you’re happy with the design it will then go to print.

Advanced features

If you need your cards to have magnetic stripes, encoding, signatures or barcodes, then this will require a bit of work upfront. If your business or organisation already has formats you need to adhere to (such as sequential numbers etc) then you’ll need to reaffirm these. A card printer will be able to help here and if you don’t have to stick to any patterns or formats, you can leave them to imprint much of the data.