ID Cards, ID Printers, and ID Accessories

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All About HID Key Fobs and Tags

All About HID Key Fobs and Tags

At 3iD Card management, we understand that businesses require a durable, convenient, and effective ID solutions. Durable enough to withstand water, rugged enough to withstand being moved around at the workplace, convenient enough to fit in a pocket or attach to a key ring, and effective enough to have programmable security at 85 million bits for hundreds of billions of codes. A big benefit of having a proximity tag or key fob is that it can't be forgotten like a password. And if it is stolen, the employee can quickly report it missing. Your security solution can then be deactivated. Depending on your security set-up, you can also use two-factor authentication.

Adhesive Proximity Tags

You want convenience? You got it. Turn any card into an HID proximity sensor. That's right - you can turn a normal card into a secure smart card. Of course, you'll have to attach it to a non-metallic card to avoid interfering with the proximity sensor. By doing so - you're creating a low-cost security credential. The size of this adhesive proximity tag is about the size of a quarter.

Key Fobs

Need something that can attach to a keyring? Key fobs are a durable security token solution. Even extremely large companies like paypal use security key-style solutions. For organizations that require a RFID solution for employee access, key fobs are a very convenient solution.

What's great about key fobs is that their sensor is not impeded by coins, keys or other metal objects. As with all HID security devices, you can use cross-reference to verify the number on the key fob for administrative purposes.

One of the best features about a key fob is the battery life - which is infinite! There is no battery required inside these key fobs, allowing an infinite number of swipes.

If you're looking for HID key fobs or proximity tags, 3id Management has you covered!

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Fun with ID Cards from Seton Hall University

I wonder what his major is!

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The functionality of lanyards does not lie in keeping and holding security passes and identification badges only. Lanyards can be customized attractively to complement the branding of your business or any event you wish to organize. This accessory can be used effectively in various occasions and with custom printing services you can select a design which matches your corporate branding perfectly. You have to ensure that the accessory is informative and has a striking design so that people feel interested to go through the information. Also, it should be designed in a way that the users find them easy to carry.

Read the full article here.

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9 Ways to Connect and Protect Your ID Cards

When you are thinking about how your staff or business will implement id cards as source of security are you also thinking about how they will be holding them?

Some offices leave it up to their staff and others opt for the badge reel or the lanyard. We think those are excellent options for displaying your company identification card and maximizing your security efforts. However, one area that most companies, events or organizations don’t give much thought to, is the actual id badge holder method. In other words, how is the id being displayed? How is it connected to the lanyard or badge reel? Even better, Is it connected at all?

Armband badge holders, Cardbook Card holders and Wrist ID holders are all viable options as well.

Of course, since it’s our passion we’re thinking about this all the time, but we often find that many purchasers of blank id cards and lanyards are left figuring out this option after they’ve already committed to that particular badging system. There are many ways to attach an ID to it’s method of being displayed.

Here are 9 separate ways that you can effectively attach and display your id card:

Armband Badge Holders - Probably one of the least thought of but most effective methods is using armband badge holders. They can help employees or attendees have their id card or credentials displayed at all times. They are often tougher than traditional lanyards and badge reels. Most importantly they are really effective at staying out of the way for active personnel. Imagine dock workers or warehouse personnel using a lanyard!

Badge Clips - Are more of facilitator between two attachment methods, but they are still an effective solution to help you connect your id badge to your id badge holder, id card and/or lanyard (or badge reel!). Badge clips come in many forms depending your needs. They can be plastic, straps, pins, circular, hooks, carabiner style and even magnetic. These little guys can be the difference between being able to reuse id cards or badge holders many times and their life being shortened by cracking or breakage.

Badge Holders - These are also an excellent and very versatile component of the id badging system. Again, they are very useful for events that looking to create a more sustainable environment because they are a very well designed and reusable item. They can easily be attached to lanyards or badge reels. An added benefit is that many of them are great for water or liquid environments because they can so easily wipe clean while protecting and prolong the life of the id card.

Badge Reels - We’ve talked extensively about the advantages of Badge reels before, but we still love talking about these guys. They’re just so darn useful!

Cardbook Card Holders - Our clients tell us that these fully customizable cardbooks are “..a cool way to package important information!” And, we agree. These are a great way to offer gift cards, id cards and promotional materials for new employees, new students, insurance cards, hospital patients, and benefit roll out. They can help deliver additional information and act as a reference guide.

Lanyards - Easily, the most famous, or infamous of the id card displaying methods. The lanyard has been around in many forms and some estimates date it all the way back to the 15th century! What can we say, it’s an extremely useful and practical way to display your id card. It also represents a badge of honor for some who attend hundreds of conferences a year. Instead of getting new ones for each event, encourage attendees to reuse them, or take advantage of earth-friendly versions.

Luggage Tag - Ok, this is a bit of a stretch, but when you think about it, it’s often used a way to easily identify your luggage when you have the same bag as another traveler or some unsavory airline has lost your bag. You could easily throw your id card or name tag in the luggage tag to help easily identify your bag as yours! Oh yea, you can also attach a luggage tag to your lanyard or badge reel, so it counts.

The Slot Punch - We most often see this as an afterthought method to attaching your id card to your lanyard or badge reel, but it’s still very effective because it can be used over and over and over and over and over again. It can also be used to punch holes in strategic places on the id cards after you’ve printed them and don’t know how the end user will be displaying the id card. This is a method often adopted by colleges and universities. Staff allow the students to choose how they’ll use and display the id card, therefore just using the slot punch to make it easier for them to attach it to an badge clip, lanyard or badge reel. Or even just put it in a badge holder.

Wrist Wear - Yes, this method is often overlooked and is not as popular as many of the other ways described above, but it’s still very effective at attaching and displaying id cards. It can be used in environments where helmets are worn or something is preventing lanyards or badge reels from being utilized. It’s also highly effective at keeping important access cards at only a hands reach away. These can also be custom printed and used for keys. Which is a popular way to carry, use and effectively share a single set of keys or access card.

At this point, we’ve done all we can do to give you all the options that are available to effectively attach and display your id cards. Whether you’re looking for a large scale event type solution or a custom tailored to your environment solution, we are can help you choose the right path.

We’re passionate about id cards and even more so about helping people display them most effectively (and proudly!).

If you have any questions, feel free to give us a call (1-800-316-7304), visit our site or send us an email info at 3idcards.com.

Better yet, share your favorite methods on our Google + page.

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Insignia offers portable labelling printers of world leading brands. Talk to insignia for reliable advice on the right portable printing solution for your needs.

It's not always that you need a big bulky printer to get the job done for your id card solutions. Sometimes, it's nice to employ a portable printer that will help you print on the go. 

As mobile technology grows you can expect to see more and more security solutions taking this route. It's the clearest, most logical progression in the succession of physical access control solutions.

Label and printer on the go. 

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7 Ways to Effectively Utilize ID Badge Reels

Badge Reels are one of those items that no one can seem to remember the name of when they want to, but can easily identify with their usefulness when you see an industry professional using one. Most notably they are often also called retractable badge reels. This is because they are often clipped on to a belt or shirt pocket to keep keys or id cards within arms reach for quick access.

There are many industries that take advantage of how these id badge reels can be an effective addition to their security solution.

Without further delay, here are (we think) 7 of the most effective ways to utilize the retractable id badge reels:

Extent ID Access Card Reach - Lanyards are great for showing and displaying id cards, but what about when the id card is also used as an access card? Often the length of the lanyard limits how far the id access card can reach. Therefore, you can attach a lanyard badge reel to the end of a neck lanyard to extent the reach of your access card id badge without breaking your neck.

Easy to Switch and Share - If your ID badge is used for general access and is not specific to an employee, you can use carabiner or or clip badge reels to help employees, guests or visitors to share access badges. With a simple click onto a zipper or clip onto a pocket the reel can be transferred to a new user.

Damageless to Clothing - Badge reels, whether it's a carabiner or a standard clip on will allow you to display the necessary identification or access is easily without causing any damage to your clothing. They simple clip or click onto places and then are easily removed without any evidence they were there, saving your clothing. Unlike pin on badge reels.

Can Be Safer Than Lanyards - For workers in environments where moving parts and heavy machinery are used lanyards can pose a dangerous threat to the employee. Since lanyards hang they can be easily caught in places and pose a risk to the user. This is what makes retractable badge reels so appealing. They retract into a spooled reel that will keep them safely in reach, but also out of the way. (See also: Armband Badge Holders)

Certain Badge Reels Can Take a Beating - Heavy duty badge reels are usually made of really strong metals and in some cases the cord is also either a metal wire or reinforced chain. These can be excellent for users looking for a very sturdy badge reel that can take a beating and keep on working. Some of them are even rated for up to 10,000 pulls!

Never Misplace Your Access Card or ID - Some people will laugh at this one, but it's true. Badge reels can help you keep up with your id or access card. It can limit the accidental loss of high level security cards or even just help forgetful individuals keep up with their id card. It will always retract to be right where you need it, when you need it.

They Make You Feel Cool and Important - C'mon, you know you've seen that security guard or laboratory technician using one in the past and part of you wanted to have one as well. That may not be true for everyone, but it certainly helps security guards keep their keys close and lab technicians keep up with their credentials.

BONUS: Custom Logo Badge Reels can be a very effective marketing deliverable for your company or organization. They can help raise awareness about your brand and make a great give away marketing tool.

Overall, the limitations to you effectively using retractable badge reels in your company, organization or office are only limited by your imagination. I hope these ideas have helped give wings to some thoughts about how you can effectively use them to benefit you.

If you have any questions about them or want professional buying advice (and excellent prices!) you can visit our wide selection of retractable badge reels at 3iD Cards. We've got everything from heavy duty metal badge reels, to awareness badge reels, to economy, logo and carabiner badge reels.

We would love to hear in the comments how you're using badge reels! Is it effective?

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Two freshmen monsters ready for scaring!

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Id cards don't have to be so serious all the time, do they? We love to see the lighter, more creative side of them as well.

Obviously this is more for marketing purposes of the movie than for the access to student services at "Monsters Univsersity". Nonetheless, it's clear that id cards can be fun and you shouldn't always opt for your most serious face when having your picture take for your next id card!

Also, do you know the way to the Monsters University photo lab? We've got some printing to do.

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Psychology plays a huge role when it comes to creating membership cards for a group of people. You have to think carefully about your business or organisation and what it means to be a part of it, whether it is something to be proud of, for instance, or something exclusive, restrained or an advertisement in itself.

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Sometimes we get so fixed on using ID cards as a means of security that we forget they can also serve a larger role as well. Lanyards and armbands that house the correct identification serve as a filter for your event or office.

They can create a sense of pride and inclusiveness.

So when you are planning your next event or thinking about security at your office or organization, remember that selecting the right id card security solution can have a major impact on the sense of community.

You can find out more about how you can achieve this for your business, event or organization by visiting our website at 3iDCards.com

Our professional staff can help you choose an ID card solution that you can be proud of.

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This is a great read from one of our partner companies, HID Global. They provide a unique perspective on the importance of teams working together to achieve security goals. 

While we recognize data security as a very important element to any business. However, we often see physical access control systems that become out dated because they take a backseat to the digital information security.

This is a fantastic article about the balance and team work, that is necessary to achieve a complete security solution.

What do you think?

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CLIENT: Barclaycard PROJECT: Barclaycard Contactless - Professor Green gig

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Are we the only people to get excited about custom designed, color printed, contactless smart cards?

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Labelwriters aren't just for people who are ‘label happy’.

Often, when people start talking about label makers and labelwriters, our minds shift instantly to that friend who labels everything or those people who feel the need to print labels for everything. Even those clear, see through, boxed containers.

While we hold nothing against those people (as we love organization as well) those uses of label writers aren't the only way to utilize custom printed labels. People and businesses, are finding ways to increase their productivity and efficiency via a workhorse label writer.

If you have a business, of any type, that is constantly needing to print new unique or custom labels for the products you create, a labelwriter is an outstanding solution for you! Bake shops can benefit from printing custom labels for each batch of freshly baked goods. Handmade crafts and goods stores can benefit tremendously from being able to quickly create and print hundreds of customized labels for each new product. Businesses that do a lot of shipping can quickly create and print clear, professional mailing labels.

Don’t I need computer skills?

No.

With a good labelwriter, like the Dymo LabelWriter Turbo 450, you can start printing labels right out of the box. The labelwriter comes with a program that easily and simply installs onto your computer. It sets the margins and printable ranges for you so you’ll never have to worry about how the labels will come out. What you type, write, or insert on the screen is exactly what you’ll see on the label.

  A more traditional use for the labelwriter, is for printing your own shipping and mailing labels. If you’re reading this, you probably don’t need to be told how much time you’ll save by being able to print your own labels for shipping and sending. Also, if you’re handwriting is closer to what doctors use, then a labelwriter is a no brainer for helping you create easily legible labels.

The other great benefit of using a software to print your labels, is that you’ll be able to quickly search and print your most common labels in a few simple steps. Saving you time and money, because you’ll be able to focus more on the things you love doing in your business.

Here is our time saving and efficient solution to your label making needs. 

Do you know of any other uses for Labelwriters? Have you successfully integrated one into your business? We would love to hear about it.