PVC Plastic Blank white Magnetic (Hi-Co) cards Pack of 500

What is Magnetic ID cards?

A magnetic card Hi-CO cards is a PVC ID card containing magnetic object in the form of strip in the card, These are encoded with digital data. A magnetic card may contain information about an individual, such as available user information on a Access card or pass codes for entering secure buildings. It’s usually the size of a business card. The picture is an example of a magnetic card being swiped through a magnetic card reader or magnetic strip reader.

Magstripe varieties:

High-coercivity (HiCo) at 4000 Oe

High-coercivity Magstripe require higher amount of magnetic energy to encode, and therefore are harder to erase.

HiCo stripes are appropriate for cards that are frequently used, such as a credit card.

Other card uses include time and attendance tracking, access control, library cards, employee ID cards and gift cards.

Low-coercivity (Loco) at 300 Oe

Low-coercivity magstripes require a lower amount of magnetic energy to record, and hence the card writers are much cheaper than machines which are capable of recording high-coercivity magstripes.

However, LoCo cards are much easier to erase and have a shorter lifespan.

Typical LoCo applications include hotel room keys, time and attendance tracking, bus/transit tickets and season passes for theme parks.

A card reader can read either type of magstripe, and a high-coercivity card writer may write both high and low-coercivity cards (most have two settings, but writing a LoCo card in HiCo may sometimes work), while a low-coercivity card writer may write only low-coercivity cards.

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