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ID Card Printer Requirements: What to Specify Before You Buy
Most ID card printer enquiries start with a model number. The better ones start with a requirement.
August 20, 2026
The ID Card Printer
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Trusted by Australian Companies for Over 30 Years.
Every business day organisations print over 70,000 plastic cards on Card Printers supplied by PPC. That’s more than 18 million cards per year.
ID Card Printers Australia
PPC’s range of exclusive ID Card Printers is Australia’s most popular.
Our experienced team of service, sales and solutions engineers have more than 100 years card printer experience between them and PPC has been Australian Owned and Operated Since 1986.
With more than 7000 plastic and ID card printers in the field, PPC has a broad understanding of ID card printer applications and the systems they work in.
If you need to purchase or upgrade any plastic identity card printer solution in Australia, you’re at the right place.
Hear more about PPC and our Customers
PPC is Australia’s leading card printer specialist with ID card printer models for all of your needs. More people choose PPC than any other card printer reseller. That’s because PPC’s exclusive brand RTP and ID Series ID card printers are the most popular in the country. Our card printers outsell every other brand.
Check out our Card Solutions Guide on Choosing an ID Card Printer.
Our Printing Solutions
It is easy to think the ID card machine is just another typical desktop printer, but it is not.
A plastic card machine is a specialist card printer that is designed using advanced thermal transfer and dye sublimation techniques to print colour-rich, durable, and quality images and text to plastic cards. That is why you should choose a reliable and trustworthy card printing machine services so that you find a customised solution to all your industrial printing needs.
PPC, as the leading ID card machine specialists in Australia, sells over 1000 card printers every year, and our highly-skilled team has the experience in helping you through the process. We have been in the card machine industry for more than 20 years now and so have many of our staff members, which means our knowledge, experience, and understanding of our products are outstanding.
PPC’s tailored range of card printing machines meet a long list of card issuance needs, including Direct-to-Card (DTC) and Re-Transfer (RTP) card printing machines.
PPC is proud to be the first Australian company to promote their exclusive brand of ID printer machine. Our reputation is paramount, and by branding our products, we are committing to provide honest, prompt, expert advice and support throughout the entire life of the card machine.
Our Card Printer Categories
PPC ID Series
ID Card Machines
Australia's Most Popular Card machine
Australia's first OEM brand and the countries most popular
The PPC ID Series of ID printer machines are manufactured for PPC in the UK and is selected as one of the best for Australian conditions.
PPC RTP Series
Retransfer Card Printers
Near Offset Print Quality, and Unmatched Reliability.
When quality matters, PPC RTP card printers stand up.
The PPC ID Series of Reverse Transfer Printing technology (Retransfer) card printers.
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Plastic Card Printers
Globally Recognised Brand, International Support Zebra was one of the first brands of card printer in Australia
As Zebra Technologies largest and first card printer distributor in Australia.
As Zebra Technologies largest and first card printer distributor in Australia.
Industry Card Issuance Solutions
It doesn’t matter the industry you work in, PPC has a card issuance solution to meet your needs. From basic ID card production to advanced centralised cloud-based Card Management Systems. Take a moment to have a look at some of our more popular industry solutions below.
Corporate ID & Access Cards
PPC's supply a range of accessories and consumables for thousands of customers across Australia and the Pacific.
Hospitals & Health ID's
PPC Deliver ID solutions to Hospital and a wide range of allied health and aged care services.
Student ID Card
PPC Specialise in innovative, efficient and cost-effective student ID solutions. Inc. Automated Card Number Capture..
Loyalty & Gift Cards
Keep your customers coming back with Loyalty Cards and Gift Cards customised with your company Identity.
Club Membership Cards
Licensed Club Loyalty membership, Sporting Club Membership and Members Cards For Unions and Associations.
Construction & Mining
From Access Control to Induction Cards, Machine Tickets, Danger Tags, and Corporate ID Card Solutions.
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