Swipe / Photo ID Card Information.

We Supply Quality Swipe / Photo ID Card Solutions.

All cards are manufactured to ISO standards. All cards (unless otherwise stated) are CR80 size 85.6 x 54 mm. Pre-printed cards including signature panels, holograms, holodesigns, & Numbering etc. Premium grade PVC 60140 cards increase durability from 2500 to 25000 flex Cycles. 10 mil (250 micron) is standard business card thickness. 30 mil (760 micron) is standard credit card thickness

Magnetic Encoding Terms.

Coercivity.

• This is a technical term used to designate how strong a magnetic field must be to affect data encoded on a magnetic stripe. Coercivity is measured in Oersteds (oe). Coercivity is the measure of how difficult it is to encode information in a magnetic stripe.

Hi-Co.

• Abbreviation for High-Coercivity. Hi-Co magnetic stripes provide the highest level of immunity to damage by stray magnetic fields. They are more difficult to encode than Lo-Co magnetic stripes because the encoding requires more power. The magnetic stripe is black.

Lo-Co.

• Low Coercivity. Easier to encode and slightly less expensive than Hi-Co magnetic stripe cards. The magnetic stripe is brown. Magnetic stripe readers are blind as to whether a stripe is Hi-Co or Lo-Co and are designed to read both.

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