Dear Alyssa,
At our museum we use a third party printer and we get our cards with
in 5 days of sending the list but i used to work for a photogrpahy
company and we printed up mass id cards for companies and i can tell
you that it is not too hard once you have it set up. The machine is
abit pricey ($1000 - $5000) as is the ink cartridge which used to jam
up alot if you did not place it in perfectly. It requires a design
program. I suggest if you are going to use this system to hire some
one to set it up and have a limited amount of people to have access to
it. But in regards to our the cards, ourmemebrs prefer the credit card
plastic ones over the paper ones as they are more durable and the
constituents are more prone to keeping them in their wallets as they
fit better and are much more attractive

On 3/13/07, Alyssa Rosso <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Our museum is researching ways to change our paper membership cards to
> plastic cards that we can print in house (think Costco cards). We are not
> looking to send our cards to a third-party printer and our current paper cards
> that we run through the laser jet printer are too flimsy.
>
> We'd like to know if any organizations have experience with these sorts of
> cards and might provide some guidance. We use barcodes currently but we
> can configure our system to read magnetic strips too. Imprinting member
> photos on the cards are not necessary. Typically we'll print anywhere
> between 1 to 100 cards in a day.
>
> We're looking for any leads on where to order the blank cards, the imprinting
> hardware, and any other needs to print these plastic cards in house. Also,
> Raiser's Edge is our membership database and InfoTouch is our ticketing suite
> so the new system would need to integrate well with both.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Alyssa
>
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> Alyssa Rosso
> Public Relations Coordinator
> TACOMA ART MUSEUM
> 1701 Pacific Avenue
> Tacoma, Washington 98402
> T: 253.272.4258 x3002
> F: 253.627.1898
> www.TacomaArtMuseum.org
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