Every day, your ID cards face a variety of threats. Normal wear and tear takes its toll, as does exposure to harsh environmental conditions or chemicals. Cards must also provide a strong defense against tampering, forgery, counterfeiting and other illegal activities.

This is why Datacard Group offers a complete line of protective topcoats and laminates for its card printers. Developed by experts in card durability and security, these supplies meet an extensive array of program-specific needs in government, corporate, education and other markets.

Clear Topcoat

• Protects cards from cracks, chips, abrasion, moisture and chemical reactions
• Features true edge-to-edge card coverage
• Improves card security with an optional custom hologram

Datacard® DuraGard® Clear Laminate

• Provides stronger protection against abrasion and chemical attack
• Extends the life of national IDs, driver's licenses and other IDs that are costly to reissue
• Delivers virtual edge-to-edge coverage
• Available as a 0.5 or 1.0 mil patch

Datacard® DuraGard® Secureprint Laminate

• Combines the durability of DuraGard clear laminates with higher security
• Adds customizable areas for logos or text, plus a standard holographic image
• Offers lower set-up charges and shorter lead times than custom laminates
• Ideal for employee badges, school IDs, municipal IDs and other credentials
• Very cost-effective approach to card security.
• Available as a 0.6 mil patch

Datacard® DuraGard® Holographic Laminate

• Features an embedded custom hologram that is virtually impossible to alter or duplicate
• Offers optical variable devices (OVDs): color-shift ink, UV ink and microtext
• Maintains the durability and virtual edge-to-edge protection of all DuraGard® laminates
• Ideal for corporate, education, municipal, healthcare and government programs
• Available as a 0.6 or 1.0 mil patch

Datacard® DuraGard® Optigram® Laminate

• Maximizes card security for the most demanding applications
• Incorporates highly sophisticated overt and covert OVDs
• Choose multiple custom options: guilloche patterns, holograms, laser retrievable covert text, SecureText™ microprinting
• Available as a 0.6 or 1.0 mil patch