These cards are amazing and super vibrant, and you can print pretty tiny barcodes on them with no issues. I have gotten so many lame, blurry thermal PVC cards printed on-site at various places, this system blows them out of the water at a fraction of the price. The only difference between these and thermal PVC (besides the print time) is that they're a little tacky, almost like they have been slightly rubberized. But if you pop them in a plastic ID card holder on a lanyard or a clip, it is impossible to tell the difference. And they are so cheap, if you screw up a print, who cares? In addition to actual company IDs, I print cards for friends just for fun, too, and everyone I've given them too has been impressed. I don't tell them I printed them with a less-than-$100 investment...

A few extra tips are in order for those who have not used inkjet PVC before. First, you'll need a Brainstorm tray, which should be around $20. If you don't have a compatible printer, the Canon TS8120 works great, is compatible with the "M" tray, and is pretty cheap at $55 right now. Unless you really need a fancier printer for some reason, there is no point in getting anything more expensive. I'm not an inkjet guy so this printer is exclusively for cards.

Second, CALIBRATE! Download the templates and enable the calibration layer, then print and adjust your printable safe zone boundary lines. Save the template and that way you won't have any issues with bad alignment. You can afford blowing 36 cents on properly calibrating your template.

Third, do not be afraid of "full bleed" printing. That is the term for printing beyond the boundaries. Make a 2.25" x 3.5" image and center it on the printable area. The edges will print onto the tray itself, but the printer will print right to the edge of the cards, too. Once you (carefully) remove the card (use the holes in the back and poke it out), clean the ink off the edges on the tray with some paper towels, preferably slightly moistened. I use lens cleaning wipes when I'm completely finished just to be safe... just make sure you clean your glasses BEFORE you clean the tray. You could use any moistened towelette of your choice, I just have a giant box of them myself.

Fourth, give them a minute or so to dry. I haven't experimented with mushing my fingers all over them fresh out of the printer, but once I remove them a minute or so later, I have not seen any smearing at all.

Finally, you may want to use the clearcoat method to eliminate the tacky texture that Christopher A. mentioned in his review. It helped on one card I tried it on, but I use plastic ID card holders anyway, so it's not worth the effort in my case. But the cards really do not "pass" without that coating. I looked for hologram stickers to place on top of the cards, but none I found were big enough, so just stick with the clearcoat. It will also obviously help with durability.

I must say I was skeptical that these cards would work as stated with my Canon Pro-100 inkjet printer. I also purchased the Canon K Tray they offer and it does perform perfectly.

Nice alternative to expensive thermo printing, but don't try to clean the printed cards. I experimented with some misprints and found alcohol will not work as a cleaner - it releases the bond between the plastic card and the film the print is on. Using the online app is okay, but I would rather have a program to download to my computer.

Good product as always but Amazon driver totally manhandled the package. Box torn, all card packaging destroyed. Some product with scuffs because of it. I suggest better packaging to withstand a careless driver.

These work well. We use them with an HP Ink JET printer and card tray. The images are clear and smudge proof.