From time to time eMedia may lose contact with its printer and start to complain about a license key. This is a red herring and there is no license key. The physical printer itself is the key.

When this starts to happen, it looks like this:

To recover from this, you need to open the File menu and choose Print Setup. Then use the drop-down control to select your Evolis printer:

Press OK on the Print Setup screen and then put the software into Design Mode (second button in on the big toolbar at the top). Here you will see a big DEMO button on the end of the toolbar:

Press the DEMO button and the following screen will show up:

Click the button labelled “Disable Demo Mode” and eMedia will return to normal.

Note that you can use Demo Mode to check out the full features of eMedia and even use it to design cards on a different computer. eMedia allows itself to be installed and used on as many machines as you like, the only restriction is that the only one that will print properly (without the overlay mark) is the one connected to your Evolis printer.

As well as the supplying the blank cards at extremely competitive prices, ID Management Systems can also supply the cards pre-printed with whatever artwork you require. This is a good choice for things like student ID cards and travel cards and enables them to have a higher standard of print than can be applied with any desktop machine. It also enables you to have access to more physical security features like guilloche printing and holodesigns so you can make your cards even harder for anyone to try and copy.

If you’ve liked to find out more about pre-printed Mifare cards or any of the other products that we can supply, call ID Management Systems on 0800 408 1471 and we’ll be happy to help.

It is very important to remember that card printer ribbons from different manufacturers are not interchangeable. Just because two different printers both use YMCKO ribbons does not mean that they use the same ribbons. If in doubt, it is best to assume that you must have the specific ribbon for your printer. It’s also safest to not use compatible ribbons from other manufacturers, doing so can invalidate your warranty and might damage your printer.

If you’d like to find out more about plastic card printers, call ID Management Systems on 0800 408 1471 and we’ll be happy to help.

Our range of plastic cards, card printers, printer consumables, card accessories, smart and access cards and card design software is the biggest that it’s ever been and we’ve got thousands of products that we’re recommending.

We’ll be sending the new catalogue out as soon as they’re available, but if you’re new to us or just want to make sure that you get a copy as soon as possible, call us on 0800 408 1471 or drop us a line at info@idmanagement.com .

ID Management Systems are completely independent of any manufacturers, which means that we have the freedom to stock a very wide range of different plastic card printers and related equipment and that we’re also free to be honest and only recommend the equipment that we think is actually right for the job, and because we support all of the printers that we supply, that means if there is a problem you can be confident that we will do everything that we can to fix it.

If you’re new to plastic card printers and need advice, call ID Management Systems on 0800 408 1471 and we’ll be happy to help.

In the mean-time, if you need help getting the best plastic card printers for your money, call ID Management Systems on 0800 408 1471 and we’ll be happy to help.

There are a variety of ways that you can get the data for your cards over to us, and a lot depend on just how much of it you’ve got to send us. In general, the best idea is to build something like an Excel spreadsheet with a list of all the names, job titles, ID numbers, photo file-names and whatever else you have that you need added to your cards and you can then send that over to us along with all of the photos.

We can work with digital photos or physical photos, but generally digital photos are simplest for everyone. We can accept files in most popular formats and if there are any problems with the photos we’re sent we’ll let you know.

For ongoing requirements, when you just need the odd card producing here and there, it’s usually simplest to just email us the information.

If you’d like to find out more about our card bureau service of any of the other products that we supply, call ID Management Systems on 0800 408 1471 and we’ll be happy to help.

The first step of the bureau process is for us to work with you to turn your intended design into a viable template for ID cards. We use specific software that is designed for ID card production so this is a vital step in the process.  We’ll need the highest quality versions you’ve got of your logos and any other graphical elements, as well as any ideas you’ve got for the layout and the details of all text that you want to have on the card.

You’ll be given the chance to proof your design before it is finalised. Often we’ll even produce a physical sample of the design for you to see and check you’re happy. We can’t produce any of your cards until we’ve received a signed-off copy of the proof document, so it’s important to avoid delays in this process.

If you’d like to find out more about getting high quality plastic ID cards for your organisation, call ID Management Systems on 0800 408 1471 and we’ll be happy to help.