When thinking about how to maximize the usefulness of your ID cards, integrating holograms is a great solution. A hologram is one of our favourite things to add to an ID card, because they provide a unique array of features and benefits that will allow you to get the most out of your company’s ID cards. Here are a few of them:
Enhanced ID card security features
Colour coded security
ID card holograms can be made either to be chromatic or any hue on the colour prism. This gives you an unlimited number of options for your ID cards. It also makes it easier for you to discreetly add different levels of security to your ID cards.
Motion security
The colour coding of your ID card holograms will shift as they move around in the light. This serves as an extra level of protection, because nobody can simply mimic the colour of your ID card.
Different overlay sizes
You can arrange to have your ID card holograms to cover the entire ID card. This will secure every inch of the card. If, on the other hand, you only want to have a small portion of your ID card covered by a hologram, then you can do this as well.
Embedded images
An ID card hologram does not simply have to reflect an obscure pattern of light if you do not want it to. You can have any variation of stock or custom photos integrated into an ID card hologram, so that the appearance of the hologram itself will be exclusive to your company; this means that someone who happens to have access to ID hologram technology cannot simply embed an ID card with a random hologram to breach your security.
Embedded text
ID card hologram text adds a unique layer of security to your ID cards. Instead of being a set of words that anybody can print out, the words in an ID card hologram are fleeting, shifting based on how the light hits it. This not only makes your ID cards even more difficult to fake, but it also reduces the likelihood that a counterfeiter who doesn’t already know that the holographic words are there is likely to overlook them altogether.
Tamper protection
One of the most common ways that counterfeiters create fake ID cards is to use real ones as their template. For instance, a counterfeiter will often remove a photo from an ID card and replace it with someone else’s. They can do the same thing with numerical data. ID card holograms prevent this from happening with its unique tamper protection technology, but if the hologram appears inconsistent, it may have been tampered with.
Aesthetic benefits
In addition to exponentially enhancing the security capabilities of your ID card, an ID card hologram also looks great. Both you and your employees will absolutely love the sleek aesthetic appeal that a holographic depiction adds to your ID card.
We always recommend using ID card holograms for better ID cards
Make sure that your company’s ID cards deliver all of the security and aesthetic capabilities that you need by including ID card holograms in them. Also, make sure that you take the right approach to adding holographic depictions to your ID cards. An ID card hologram must be added to your ID cards after the card has already printed. Doing otherwise is likely to cause interference with the print.
To learn more about the best ID card solutions, contact our team of experts at Avon Security Products.