Coloured CR80 PVC Plastic Cards with ISO Magnetic Stripe (hi-co or lo-co) and Signature Panels

About Our Cards

Our cards are used by several of the large thermal printer manufacturers. As a result we have optimised the design of our cards for thermal transfer printing applications.

To ensure maximum reliability of your thermal print head and to ensure the lowest possible reject rate we pay particular attention to the edge quality of our cards and work to minimise surface scratches and imperfections. All our cards are conveniently boxed and shrink wrapped to prevent dust ingress.

We believe our cards are the best available because:

• All our cards are manufactured with a laminated overlay to give a brilliant yet durable finish when printed.
• Our white card are a true white not tinted pink to create an artificial brightness which taints images
• Our coloured and metallic cards use a coloured core so they are the same colour all the way through and don't have a white edge to them.

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Glossary of Terms

Hi-co magnetic stripe

Hi-co is short for high coercitivity; high coercitivity magnetic stripes are harder to erase, and are therefore appropriate for cards that are frequently used or need to have a long life. They are typically black in colour. They are more expensive than lo-co cards. They require an encoder that is capable of encoding hi-co cards, either a hi-co only encoder or a switchable encoder.

Lo-co magnetic stripe

Lo-co is short for low coercitivity; low coercitivity magnetic stripes are easier to erase, and are therefore appropriate for cards that are not used that frequently or have a short life. They are typically brown in colour. They are cheaper than hi-co cards. They require an encoder that is capable of encoding lo-co cards, either a lo-co only encoder or a switchable encoder.