We too are in search of sub-$5.00 smartcards. We are moving toward an integrated photo ID/Sunray card. We have been unable to find anything less than $12.00 per card (blank). Add a $5.00 proximity button to the card and you are out $17.00 every time someone loses a card.
The Sun "no-artwork" cards average out less than $5.00 per card but still have a substantial Sun logo on the all-plastic side which means you can't use that side for your company photo and logo. And while the other side of the card is blank, the chip contacts interfere with just about anything you want to put on the lower third of the card. Nevermind that our marketing/branding folks almost certainly will object to Sun's logo on our ID badge. We received a few totally blank Payflex cards from our Sun rep once but he doesn't know where to get more. We even contacted the company (Gemalto) who said they supply Sun's Payflex cards and they said they can't sell us blank ones per agreement with Sun (!) I know we can try to write config files for any given card, should we find one. But the trouble is that nobody seems to have blank cards at a reasonable cost. Any pointers greatly appreciated. Jim _______________________________________________ SunRay-Users mailing list [email protected] http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users
