Inkjet PVC Cards (50 Pack) - Inkjet Printable PVC ID Cards with Brainstorm ID's Enhanced Ink Receptive Coating - Waterproof and Double Sided Printing - Works with Epson and Canon Inkjet Printers

I had to order the tray from the US side, but it was worth the hassel. I am the head of a grass roots nonprofit, and we have an event where we need our volunteers to have tags, AND we want those tags to also support their volunteer discounts, so we used this system to create plastic (pvc) id tags, with the rewards card on the back. They turned out amazing, the ink does not smear, it is waterproof right away. The system was easy to use, the seller has tutorials and templates on their website (as well as all kinds of other things to work with ID cards. Thank you for this inexpensive way of meeting our needs!

The inkjet printable cards and Canon print tray were a great purchase. I have been wanting the ability to print vinyl cards for some time now. Works great without the huge expense of card printer.

These cards are amazing and super vibrant, and you can print pretty tiny barcodes on them with no issues. I have gotten so many lame, blurry thermal PVC cards printed on-site at various places, this system blows them out of the water at a fraction of the price. The only difference between these and thermal PVC (besides the print time) is that they're a little tacky, almost like they have been slightly rubberized. But if you pop them in a plastic ID card holder on a lanyard or a clip, it is impossible to tell the difference. And they are so cheap, if you screw up a print, who cares? In addition to actual company IDs, I print cards for friends just for fun, too, and everyone I've given them too has been impressed. I don't tell them I printed them with a less-than-$100 investment...A few extra tips are in order for those who have not used inkjet PVC before. First, you'll need a Brainstorm tray, which should be around $20. If you don't have a compatible printer, the Canon TS8120 works great, is compatible with the "M" tray, and is pretty cheap at $55 right now. Unless you really need a fancier printer for some reason, there is no point in getting anything more expensive. I'm not an inkjet guy so this printer is exclusively for cards.Second, CALIBRATE! Download the templates and enable the calibration layer, then print and adjust your printable safe zone boundary lines. Save the template and that way you won't have any issues with bad alignment. You can afford blowing 36 cents on properly calibrating your template.Third, do not be afraid of "full bleed" printing. That is the term for printing beyond the boundaries. Make a 2.25" x 3.5" image and center it on the printable area. The edges will print onto the tray itself, but the printer will print right to the edge of the cards, too. Once you (carefully) remove the card (use the holes in the back and poke it out), clean the ink off the edges on the tray with some paper towels, preferably slightly moistened. I use lens cleaning wipes when I'm completely finished just to be safe... just make sure you clean your glasses BEFORE you clean the tray. You could use any moistened towelette of your choice, I just have a giant box of them myself.Fourth, give them a minute or so to dry. I haven't experimented with mushing my fingers all over them fresh out of the printer, but once I remove them a minute or so later, I have not seen any smearing at all.Finally, you may want to use the clearcoat method to eliminate the tacky texture that Christopher A. mentioned in his review. It helped on one card I tried it on, but I use plastic ID card holders anyway, so it's not worth the effort in my case. But the cards really do not "pass" without that coating. I looked for hologram stickers to place on top of the cards, but none I found were big enough, so just stick with the clearcoat. It will also obviously help with durability.

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First attempt at printing our own id cards and choose this brand because of good reputation of Brainstorm and the "sticky coating" which is said to hold ink without smearing, which it does. However, the cards are not white but more of a light gray and if really cold, or if you have any moisture at all on your fingers, then even after printing, wiping, cleaning, drying, etc... then the cards seem to have a near permanent tacky-ness to them which I find to be not desired. Just feels sticky which is not a good thing. Can't compare performance with other "non-coated" cards just yet, but I am going to try another brand. I am wanting a whiter white and a not sticky card....