Hackett Security ID Solutions
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We can help you identify who's supposed to be on your lot, in your building, or in your office. Either with your own systems integration or with our in-house service bureau, custom and pre-printed identification badges for employees, contractors or construction workers, and students are easier than ever, and since we partner with many of the industry leaders in identification solutions, the quality of service and product we bring to you is unmatched.
Several security features are available, including high-definition printing, graphic over-lamination, magnetic striping or chip electronics, Direct-to-Card printing, and more, offering many levels of secure identification. These features can also be integrated with our other services, including time & attendance, access control, and visitor management.
Call 314-983-1408 or email for more information, or price a custom badge from our service bureau.
HDP®: High Definition Printing™
- Produces outstanding image quality by printing on HDP® Film
- Maintains high print quality on technology cards with embedded electronics
- Ideal for high-level security applications
- Available on HDP5000, HDP600 and HDP600 CR100 Card Printer/Encoders
- Suggested for: Federal and state governments, military, colleges and universities, medium-to-large corporations, health care, special events
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DTC®: Direct-To-Card Printing
- Produces excellent image quality by printing directly on plastic cards
- Good print quality on technology cards with embedded electronics
- Ideal for mid-and entry-level security
- Available on DTC550 and DTC400 Card Printer/Encoders
- Applications: State and local governments, K–12 education, medium-to-small corporations, health care, recreational facilities, membership and loyalty programs
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About High Definition Printing™
High Definition Printing™ uses dye-sublimation technology to print crisp, 300-dpi images on the underside of HDP® Film developed by Fargo.
By sandwiching images between the HDP Film and the card, High Definition Printing makes cards virtually tamper-proof and highly resistant to wear and abrasion. Along with higher image quality, you’ll benefit from the best card security and durability measures available anywhere.
| Designed to encode smart cards and other technology cards High Definition Printing encoding capabilities support such popular emerging technologies as HID® clamshell proximity cards, MIFARE®, ISO 7816 smart chips and more. |
Ideal for any high-security, high-profile application
Fargo HDP printer/encoders are ideal for any organization requiring highly secure authentication and/or card-based access control, time-and-attendance and other applications that depend on technology cards.
NEW Fargo white paper: High Definition Printing™ for Maximum Security Identification Cards
About Direct-to-Card Printing
Direct-to-Card (DTC®) printing is the most common technology used by desktop card printer/encoders to transfer images directly onto a plastic ID card. DTC technology prints images by heating a print ribbon beneath a thermal printhead, resulting in the transfer of color from the ribbon to a blank card.
 | Sharp edges, deep blacks and the full spectrum of colors Dye-sublimation prints smooth, continuous-tone images that look truly photographic. A dye-based ribbon is partitioned by multiple color panels, which are grouped in a repeating series of colors along the ribbon’s length. A printhead containing hundreds of thermal elements heats the dyes, which vaporize and diffuse into the card surface. By combining colors and varying the heat used to transfer them, dye-sublimation is capable of producing up to 16.7 million colors. |
Resin thermal transfer uses a single-color ribbon to print sharp black text and crisp bar codes, which can be read by both infrared and visible-light scanners. While this process uses the same thermal printhead as dye-sublimation, solid dots of color are transferred rather than a combination of colors.