Employee Badges FAQ: Your Questions Answered
Here are 8 of the most-asked questions that employers ask when it comes to getting employee badges and ID cards for their businesses and organizations.
1. What are employee badges? How are they different from ID cards?
Employee workplace badges are more or less the same as ID cards. Badges might have more features than standard cards, such as a bar code or magnetic stripe.
2. What are the options I have when it comes to creating them?
There are 2 basic ways to create badges for your employees: print in your office, or have a professional card printer print for you.
If you choose to print locally, then you need a printer designed for printing cards. A traditional paper printer won't do, as your badge might need more features than what a normal printer can provide.
Card printers can be quite an investment, and perhaps worth it if you have a large, growing organization, or will need to very quickly create employee badges.
3. What if I don't have an expensive printer?
If you don't have such a printer, no problem. As long as you're willing to wait 2 to 4 business days for delivery (in the US), then you can have your identification badges professionally printed.
4. If I don't have a large organization, can I still get employee badges done?
Sure. In fact, if you have a small organization, then it might not be feasible to try to purchase a printer just to have 20 cards done.
Employee badges can be printed by an online solution like IDCreator. You basically just get an account, design your badges, and have them shipped to you.
5. What security features can I have on an employee ID badge?
Let's say for example that you're a security firm that offers guards to various clients. These clients have restricted-access locations that your guards will have to enter every hour or so. If your clients use any of 3 supported magnetic stripe data tracks, then your ID badges can be made compatible with their security system.
Likewise, the same goes for bar codes.
6. How soon can I have my professionally-created custom employee badges delivered?
2 to 4 business days in the US. And you get free US shipping if your order is more than $50.
7. What do I need, on my end, to have badges created for my employees?
If you choose to go with local printing, you need a card printer, software, and materials.
If you choose to have IDCeator do your printing for you, all you need is an online connection to the web-based software. You don't need a printer, as IDCreator will use their printers to create your badges for you.
8. What if I want lanyards on my cards?
You can have your cards slot-punched so that you can slide a lanyard through. That's not a problem, as long as the printing solution you use has that option.
1. What are employee badges? How are they different from ID cards?
Employee workplace badges are more or less the same as ID cards. Badges might have more features than standard cards, such as a bar code or magnetic stripe.
2. What are the options I have when it comes to creating them?
There are 2 basic ways to create badges for your employees: print in your office, or have a professional card printer print for you.
If you choose to print locally, then you need a printer designed for printing cards. A traditional paper printer won't do, as your badge might need more features than what a normal printer can provide.
Card printers can be quite an investment, and perhaps worth it if you have a large, growing organization, or will need to very quickly create employee badges.
3. What if I don't have an expensive printer?
If you don't have such a printer, no problem. As long as you're willing to wait 2 to 4 business days for delivery (in the US), then you can have your identification badges professionally printed.
4. If I don't have a large organization, can I still get employee badges done?
Sure. In fact, if you have a small organization, then it might not be feasible to try to purchase a printer just to have 20 cards done.
Employee badges can be printed by an online solution like IDCreator. You basically just get an account, design your badges, and have them shipped to you.
5. What security features can I have on an employee ID badge?
Let's say for example that you're a security firm that offers guards to various clients. These clients have restricted-access locations that your guards will have to enter every hour or so. If your clients use any of 3 supported magnetic stripe data tracks, then your ID badges can be made compatible with their security system.
Likewise, the same goes for bar codes.
6. How soon can I have my professionally-created custom employee badges delivered?
2 to 4 business days in the US. And you get free US shipping if your order is more than $50.
7. What do I need, on my end, to have badges created for my employees?
If you choose to go with local printing, you need a card printer, software, and materials.
If you choose to have IDCeator do your printing for you, all you need is an online connection to the web-based software. You don't need a printer, as IDCreator will use their printers to create your badges for you.
8. What if I want lanyards on my cards?
You can have your cards slot-punched so that you can slide a lanyard through. That's not a problem, as long as the printing solution you use has that option.