New Smart Card Docking Station With Encoding Options Provide Fargo Systems With ``Most Advanced Desktop Solution For Printing and Encoding Smart Cards''.Business Editors/High Tech Writers EDEN PRAIRIE Eden Prairie A city of eastern Minnesota, a residential suburb of Minneapolis. Population: 57,300. , Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 30, 2001 A new integrated docking station (1) A cradle for a portable device that serves to charge the unit and connect it to other sources or destinations. For example, an iPod docking station charges the iPod and connects it to a computer, speakers or TV set. , coupled with a series of complete encoding options, now makes the Fargo Professional Series "the most advanced desktop solution for printing and encoding smart cards Example of widely used contactless smart cards are Hong Kong's Octopus card, Paris' Calypso/Navigo card and Lisbon' LisboaViva card, which predate the ISO/IEC 14443 standard. The following tables list smart cards used for public transportation and other electronic purse applications. available in the marketplace," Gary R. Holland, president and chief executive officer of Fargo Electronics, Inc. (Nasdaq:FRGO) announced today. Smart cards contain computer chips that are accessed by a contact pad, an embedded antenna, or by a combination of both. They are used in a wide variety of applications including identification cards, network security, access control, mass transit mass transit, public transportation systems designed to move large numbers of passengers. Types and Advantages Mass transit refers to municipal or regional public shared transportation, such as buses, streetcars, and ferries, open to all on a , vending, meal plans, loyalty, electronic cash, government IDs, campus IDs, e-commerce, and health cards. "Because the Professional Series card printer/encoders are desktop systems, end users have the ability to decentralize de·cen·tral·ize v. de·cen·tral·ized, de·cen·tral·iz·ing, de·cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To distribute the administrative functions or powers of (a central authority) among several local authorities. the issuance of smart cards, while choosing from a broad array of options for the encoding electronics necessary to personalize and activate the cards," Holland noted. These options use the integrated docking station to incorporate: -- Contact smart card encoding electronics (compliant with the ISO 7816 standard); -- Contactless smart card encoding electronics (compliant with Mifare(R)/ISO 14443 standards); -- Proximity card reader electronics (compliant with HID Prox Card specifications); -- Magnetic stripe encoding, either ISO or JIS II standards; -- Any (or all) combinations of the smart card and magnetic stripe types mentioned above. "Incorporating the docking station and encoding electronics in the Professional Series card printer/encoders enables the end user to personalize each smart card in a single, seamless one-pass process," Holland said. "Due to its unique, cutting edge High Definition Printing(TM) process, the Fargo HDP HDP High Density Polyethylene HDP High Density Plasma HDP Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Programme HDP Hazardous Duty Pay HDP Hurricane Destruction Potential HDP Hydrocarbon Dew Point HDP Hard Drive Password 720 card printer/encoder produces identification cards with exceptional photo quality, print clarity, color depth Same as bit depth. and vibrancy. Printing images onto a special HDP film, which is then fused into the surface of the card through heat and pressure, results in cards that are highly durable and virtually tamper-proof. "The use of contact smart cards, contactless smart cards, and proximity cards (collectively referred to as e-cards) has created new opportunities for distributed card personalization systems. As e-cards become more widely accepted, particularly in the U.S., the ability to provide complete solutions for these applications will be increasingly more important. At the same time, encoding has increased from relatively simple bar code and magnetic stripe cards to more complex schemes, including hybrid cards that comprise two or more technologies," Holland concluded. The Fargo integrated docking station with encoding and prox reader electronics will be showcased for the security industry at the American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS 1. ASIS - Application Software Installation Server. 2. (language) ASIS - Ada Semantic Interface Specification. ) 47th Annual Conference October 1-4 in San Antonio, Texas “San Antonio” redirects here. For other uses, see San Antonio (disambiguation). San Antonio is the second most populous city in Texas, the third most populous metropolitan area in Texas, and is the seventh most populous city in the United States. As of the 2006 U.S. . For more information on emerging smart card technologies, contact your Fargo Solution Provider, or visit http://www.fargo.com/smart_cards/card_technologies.asp. About Fargo Fargo Electronics, Inc. (Nasdaq:FRGO) is the world's leader in innovative technologies for desktop plastic card personalization systems. Based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota The creator of this article, or someone who has substantially contributed to it, may have a conflict of interest regarding its subject matter. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly neutral point of view. , Fargo printing systems create personalized plastic identification cards complete with digital images and text, lamination lamination a laminar structure or arrangement. , and electronically encoded information. Personalized identification cards provide physical, information and transaction security for a wide variety of applications including retail stores, e-commerce, government installations, schools, sports and recreation facilities, clubs and associations, and correctional facilities. More than 50,000 Fargo systems are currently installed throughout the U.S. and in over 100 other countries. For more information, visit Fargo's Web site at http://www.fargo.com. |
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