Card Printer and Card Dispenser are widely used in self service kiosk terminal for instant card issuing. This article is about to find their similarities and differences.

Similarities:

1. Both issue plastic card in standard CR80 size.
2. Both able to encoding (read and write) Contactless Chip card and Contacted Chip card.
3. Both able to read Magnetic strip card.
4. Standard card input capacity is 100 to 200. Optional to expand.

Differences:

1. Card printer is able to print information on card surface, while card dispenser can not.
2. Card printer is able to write info into magnetic strip card, while card dispenser can not.
3. Card printer is able add module for card embossing, indenting, while card dispenser can not.
4. Card printer is generally with bigger size than Card dispenser.
5. Card dispenser is able to dispense card in both plastic and paper material, while card printer can only print on plastic material.
6. Card printer is generally more expensive than Card dispenser.

Conclusion:

Card printer can do more personalization on card surface, while card dispenser is a more economic choice.

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• Card material: Paper or Plastic
• Card type: Blank card, Magnetic card, Contactless Chip card and/or Contacted Chip Card.
• Card issuing capacity: like 100cards, 120cards, 150card, 500cards, 1000cards, 2000cards
• Will need printing, embossing and/or indenting?

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