How to choose a card printer?

When purchasing a card printer, you must pay attention to the following important aspects:

1. Be confident that the printer you choose will provide high-quality, consistent image output Whether it is possible to produce high-quality, consistent images (no matter how many cards are in the batch, the effect from the first card to the last card must be consistent) is the key to satisfying customers, so you can ask the sales staff to be on the spot Continuously make multiple copies of the same card to test the continuous production effect of this printer with actual effects.

  Since each company that produces card printers has different technologies, each company may have some technical problems that cannot be overcome. To sum up, when you find that the printer you have purchased has the following performance, don't buy it.

Jaggies: Few customers are happy with images and text with jagged edges, so make sure you pick a card printer that prints smooth text and graphics.

Imbalanced aspect ratio: In order to obtain higher printing speed, some cheap card printers will achieve the goal by sacrificing the normal image aspect ratio. I believe that no customer would like to see their appearance distorted Bar!

Uneven or streaked colors: Some card printers exhibit this defect when printing large areas of solid color. If the salesperson claims that this is not a problem, then you can ask him to make you one on the spot to verify, and don't forget, be sure to print more cards for comparison.

·Ghosting: Some card printers cannot accurately represent specific colors, and there will be four-color separation of Y, M, C, and K. In mild cases, there will be virtual edges around the image, and in severe cases, there will be obvious ghosting.

  Streaks Like Scratches or Scratches: Some cheap card printers have card transports that actually scratch the surface of the card, which results in thin, blank lines in the direction of card travel, and the location on each card is different. It is fixed.

2. Don't skimp on your investment in safety features and special protection features

Whether a printed card has self-protection ability should also be one of the key points of purchase. Only self-protecting cards are resistant to scratches, abrasions, dye migration (the ink molecules printed on the card actually move on their own), light and chemical corrosion. In addition, the card produced by the card printer also has good anti-counterfeiting characteristics, especially after being covered with a layer of laser anti-counterfeiting film, the safety factor is greatly increased. It is for these reasons that more and more enterprises and institutions are gradually using card printers to produce various types of cards.

3. Pay attention to the convenience of daily maintenance

A perfect card printer should not only be able to print beautiful cards, but also convenient and fast daily maintenance is also very important. The key parts of the card printer are the print head and the conveying roller. If these two parts are too dirty, the printing quality will be greatly reduced. Therefore, purchasing a portrait card printer with an automatic cleaning system will greatly reduce your cost. daily operating costs.

You may not know that some cheap card printers require users to remove the transfer rollers and wash them with soapy water. This is not only time-consuming and laborious, but also very likely to damage the rollers. The automatic cleaning system uses a card with adsorption materials on the surface to walk inside the printer several times, so that the dust and dirt on the print head and the transfer roller can be easily removed. Some advanced card printers provide card pre-cleaning function. Before the card is printed, there is a cleaning device to remove the dust adsorbed on the card, which greatly reduces the scrap rate and defective rate.

4. Don't be fooled by the printing speed of "××× cards/hour" that the salesperson said,

  Why do you say this way? Because there are many factors that will affect the printing speed during actual use, these factors include: the total amount of data to be printed, whether it is single-sided printing or double-sided printing, the type of printing ribbon used (number of colors, number of coatings), whether Perform magnetic write operation and whether to perform IC chip write operation, etc. Therefore, you should ask the salesperson to find out under which printing conditions the speed data he told you was obtained. Of course, you can also find out what the speeds of the printer are in various printing modes, so that you can Make a prediction based on your actual production situation in the future. Generally speaking, the speed of an entry-level card printer should be 30 seconds per card (full-color printing on one side and coated with glossy film).

5.  Don’t ignore the consumables. The main consumables for card printers are ribbons (most customers can find the supply of white cards by themselves, of course you have to prepare some yourself), so it is recommended that you must use the original ones provided by the printer manufacturer. Ribbon, because the original ribbon is developed by the manufacturer with a lot of energy and money according to the characteristics of its own equipment, so using the original ribbon can not only ensure you get the best printing quality, but also effectively extend your print life. The lifespan of the printer. When purchasing, you'd better ask the sales staff whether they can guarantee the long-term and timely supply of original ribbons. You don't want to "run out of ammunition" when you receive a big order!

In addition, you must also understand whether it is easy to replace the ribbon. Generally speaking, it will never take more than half a minute for a skilled operator to replace a roll of ribbon for a reasonably designed card printer, and the whole process No aids are required. Here I would also like to remind you that some advanced card printers have the function of automatically reminding users to replace the ribbon when the ribbon is exhausted. Don't forget to ask the salesperson whether the card printer you fancy has this function.