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HID Global
announces new
re-transfer printer
ID Global, a worldwide leader
in trusted identity solutions, has
announced a new ID card re-
transfer printer with breakthrough speed.
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The HID FARGO HDP6600 High
Definition Printer/Encoder halves the
time it takes to print the first ID card,
while doubling overall throughput as
compared to many alternatives. This new
printer is designed to save customers
time, money and energy.
The HID FARGO HDP6600 printer is the
company’s sixth-generation re-transfer
printer under HID’s FARGO brand.
HID Global has re-engineered the re-
transfer printing concept and redesigned
the printer from the ground up to
accelerate high-volume, high-quality
printing, lower the printing cost per
card and deliver best-in-class energy
efficiency – alongside the company’s
industry-leading reliability.
As a result, the new printer is easier
to service, less expensive to operate
and more flexible across a wider range
of applications.
HID has achieved breakthrough card
throughput speeds by combining patent-
pending iON ‘instant on’ technology
with other advancements to enable
simultaneous film printing and card re-
transfer processes.
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NHS BANNED FROM BUYING FAX
MACHINES IN BID TO IMPROVE
CYBERSECURITY
he NHS has been banned
from buying fax machines
as part of plans for trusts
to invest in new technology to
replace outdated systems. The ban
takes effect from January 2019
and fax machines are set to be
phased out by March 31 2020. NHS
organisations will be monitored on
a quarterly basis until they declare
themselves ‘fax free’.
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From April, NHS organisations
will be required to use modern
communication methods, such as
secure email, to improve patient
safety and cybersecurity.
It is part of the Health and Social
Care Secretary’s tech vision, to
modernise the health service and
make it easier for NHS organisations to
introduce innovative technologies.
Health and Social Care Secretary
Matt Hancock said: “Because I love
the NHS, I want to bring it into the
21st century and use the very best
technology available. We’ve got to get
the basics right, like having computers
that work and getting rid of the archaic
fax machines still used across the NHS
when everywhere else got rid of them
years ago.
“I am instructing the NHS to stop buying
fax machines and I’m setting a deadline
for getting rid of them altogether. Email
is much more secure and miles more
effective than fax machines.”
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