Printing & Technique

Single-sided

Printing on the front of the card only.

Single-sided printing is economical when the back of the card is blank or only carries a mag stripe.

More on this in how to choose an ID card printer.

Single-sided is the economical choice when the back of the card is blank or only carries a mag stripe. You can still print the back manually by flipping cards, fine for a handful, tedious for hundreds, which is when a dual-sided printer pays for itself.

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