Printer Cards

Standard premium White PVC Cards are the most common blank card stock used by UK businesses. They are manufactured to a precise standard credit card size (known as CR80) and thickness (30 mil), meaning they fit seamlessly into all major desktop card printer brands, including Evolis, Magicard, and Zebra. These plain plastic cards feature a perfectly smooth, glossy surface that allows your ribbon ink to bind cleanly, making them the ideal choice for printing crisp staff photo ID badges, high-street loyalty cards, and on-demand gift cards.

Premium MIFARE & Smart Cards contain an embedded microchip and a hidden internal radio aerial cast directly inside the plastic layers. This technology lets the card communicate wirelessly with your building's security scanners, allowing for contactless door entry, automated staff attendance tracking, and secure cashless till payments. When printing onto contactless smart cards, we always recommend using a high-quality retransfer card printer to protect your machinery from damage and guarantee completely flat, edge-to-edge graphic coverage.

Absolutely. Our range of vibrant Coloured Plastic Cards is an excellent way for gym networks, night clubs, and loyalty clubs to separate visitor levels visually. Instead of printing a solid background colour onto a plain white card—which consumes a lot of expensive printer ribbon ink—you can use pre-coloured base stock in black, red, blue, green, gold, or silver. Your card printer then only needs to output simple monochrome text, logos, or barcode details on top, saving you time and drastically cutting your overall print cost per badge.

The distinction between the two types of Magnetic Stripe Cards comes down to how secure the data lane is against accidental erasing. High Coercivity (HiCo) cards feature a dark black stripe and require a stronger magnetic field to encode data, making them highly durable and ideal for everyday applications like hotel room door keys, bank cards, and corporate staff badges. Low Coercivity (LoCo) cards feature a lighter brown stripe and are best suited for short-term or low-security applications, such as temporary gift vouchers and seasonal promotional passes.

Thin Self-Adhesive Cards feature a printable PVC front face backed by an adhesive layer with a peel-away paper liner. These are designed specifically for organizations that utilize thick, expensive clamshell access cards or specialized proximity fobs for building security. Because thick clamshell badges cannot pass through a regular desktop card printer mechanism without causing severe internal damage, you print your staff member's photo and details onto the thin sticky card first, peel off the backing paper, and stick it directly onto the existing proximity hardware.

Traditional plastic cards are made using standard PVC, which can take decades to break down in landfills. Our Eco-Friendly Cards offer a sustainable, green alternative without sacrificing print durability or image resolution. Manufactured from advanced biodegradable PVC or recycled plastic polymers, these eco-conscious options react exactly like standard cards inside your printer tray. They handle thermal ribbon heat perfectly, allowing your company to issue beautiful, full-colour membership tags and visitor passes while reducing your overall environmental footprint.

Standard smooth PVC plastic completely repels ink from regular ballpoint pens, causing names to smudge off immediately. Specialized Signature Panel Cards feature a built-in, matte-finish paper strip integrated directly into the plastic surface during production. This allows customers or staff members to sign their name permanently onto the back of the card using a standard pen. These signature panels are an essential manual fraud-prevention requirement for UK clubs, checking account cards, and high-value retail loyalty vouchers, letting cashiers verify identities at the till point.