As a key decision maker,Bottemiller knew there had to be a better way to accomplish the task of providing ID cards for Sun Country Airlines."I thought we could accomplish our objectives more quickly and less expensively by producing the cards ourselves,"he said,so he did his homework and obtained information on several printers."I like the Fargo HDP600 because it was cost-effective and simple to use.It also gave us over-the-edge printing,which we preferred because of its appearance."
"Sun Country prints a dark card, and it wanted to maintain a high class appearance,"added Angie Lueschen,IdentiSys,who sold the Fargo printer to Sun Country.High Definition Printing (HDP) technology ensures brighter,truer colors because it prints the images onto the underside of special film,which is then fused onto the card."
The HDP600 is particularly appealing for companies wanting to upgrade the security levels of their ID cards.The HDP600 encodes and laminates high-security ID cards with embedded electronics,such as smart chips or proximity antennae,in one pass, which is important because it avoids the security risk of encoding vital information or access onto the wrong card.Because HDP technology prints the imagpes onto film, not directly onto the card,it prints even over surface irregularities caused by embedded electronics without damaging either the card or the print head.