Magnetic stripe cards can add value and security to your ID cards, gift cards, and membership cards.

Magnetic stripe cards provide simple, reliable technology for gift cards, security cards, and other customized plastic card applications.

Magnetic stripe card technology is a reliable, durable, and versatile way to create useful security cards and badges, ID cards, membership cards, and a host of other uses.

Why magnetic stripe cards excel over other technologies:

• Low cost.
• Easily re-writeable data. Data can be updated and rewritten whenever necessary.
• Speed and ease of use. Ease and speed of use, making them ideal for transit and point of sale applications.
• Data carrying capacity. Magnetic stripe cards hold higher levels of complicated data than barcode or RFID options.
• Familiarity. Almost everyone is familiar with magnetic cards, knows how to use them, and is comfortable with them.
• Security. More secure than barcodes.
• Established Standards. Well established standards, resulting in high compatibility.

Reliability

Magnetic strip technology is extremely reliable and has been thoroughly tested over the years. Its longevity is proof that magnetic stripes accomplish what they set out to do. Magnetic stripes are very similar to the magnetic recording that is used within VCR and disk technology; however, they only record sounds and images, whereas magnetic strips record data.

Versatility

Magnetic technology is extremely beneficial in that it can be altered, modified and rewritten continuously. Magnetic strips can be reused many times. This is why they are embedded on credit cards or other materials that continuously rely upon changing data.