Let's dispel the myth: Regardless if you take pictures with a high-end digital camera or a superior ID card camera, you will get premier quality. The difference is in getting the photograph from your camera to your ID card printing software. At a minimum, a high-end digital camera requires multiple steps to import pictures while an ID card camera incorporates pictures into your customized software program immediately.
Let's look at the process for each camera to see which makes the most sense for your ID card program.
High quality digital camera
Any high-quality digital camera takes amazing photographs. Depending on your digital camera, you'll get high-quality digital photographs.
The steps you must take to move the high-quality picture from your digital camera to your ID card program software are quite a few more, however.
When you use a digital camera with yourID card software system, you must download the actual picture. Then you transfer it from your camera to your laptop/computer and upload it into the software. From there, you must edit the picture to make it compatible with other employees' pictures.
But when you use an ID card program camera, you get the same basic quality, but you import the photo ID from the camera directly into the software program. The software program lets you edit the picture to fit into your customized ID card template. It also creates a standard employee/student ID card regardless of where or when you took the photo.
Choose an ID card camera that is TWAIN compatible. This means you get consistent photographs of each cardholder based on the parameters you set. With a TWAIN compatible ID card camera, you need not edit and crop each picture because they're automatically imported from the camera to fit your software's template.
This means you can take multiple photo ID card pictures to upload instantly into your software program consistently and with the same parameters as others. Thus, you spend little time editing pictures and more time creating stunning photo IDs for employees, students, and others.
Benefits of a TWAIN compatible ID card camera
The difference between your high-tech digital camera and an ID card program digital camera is the TWAIN compatibility. TWAIN is a high-end real-life digital technology that takes what's shown on your camera's screen and inserts it into your employee ID card program.
For example, when you take a picture with a high-quality digital camera, you must download the file. Then you transfer and upload it to your laptop or computer and edit it to fit your ID card software program.
A TWAIN compatible camera shows the picture in real-time in your ID card software program. What you see is exactly what gets uploaded to your software program. In addition, TWAIN compatible cameras edit, crop, and resize pictures to fit the selected template in your ID card software program. You save significant time by not needing to resize, crop, and edit photographs. And you also get high quality pictures in the exact size and quality you require for your employee ID photo cards.
If consistency and a streamlined process are important for your photo ID card program, consider getting an ID card program camera with TWAIN compatibility.
Final thoughts
Regardless of how many ID cards you produce and print each year, the more you can streamline your process, the more efficient you are. And high efficiency equates to a more streamlined, productive work process that not only saves money, but helps employees succeed and produce in a shorter amount of time. Employees responsible for your ID card program will produce more cards quicker, resulting in both efficiency and cost savings over the long haul.
Save money and time by providing employees a simple, streamlined process that makes their jobs easier. Contact an Idesco ID Expert today to discuss your business and security needs. We'll help you find the right ID card camera to meet your needs. You also get a highly productive card program that produces amazing photo IDs for the least amount of effort and cost.