Allegiance Program
Your Tailored Professional Card Printing Solution without the Upfront Investment
Introducing Smart Five IDaaS – Complete Card Printing as a Service, exclusively from Smart Five.
IDAAS cloud-based solution
Consumables
Maintenance
Are you tired of unexpected printer repair bills?
Has your printer ever failed when you urgently needed to print cards?
Is your printer becoming obsolete or has it been discontinued or replaced?
Are lengthy purchasing procedures delaying your ability to replace ageing equipment?
Is your printer more than five years old? (If so, the manufacturer may already have discontinued parts, drivers, consumables or even the printer itself.)
If you answered YES to ANY of these …. you could already be at risk of
- unavailable spare parts
- obsolete drivers
- scarcity of printing ribbons/consumables
- inflated pricing on scarce ribbons due to supply/demand principles
- expensive repairs
- reduced print quality
Contact us for a carefree card printing solution:
- More than 26 years of experience in this field
- More than 3000 printers in the field
- Flexible best-fit solution to suit the company’s needs and budget
- Latest printing technology with highest quality printed cards
- Cloud-based software – capture and print from anywhere in the world
- Powerful and flexible card design with database functionality
- Free training when changing operators
- A print specialist on call when things go wrong
What IDaaS is all about
IDAAS (ID As A Service) is Smart Five’s fully managed card printing solution.
Instead of purchasing, maintaining and eventually replacing your own card printing system, Smart Five provides the complete solution as a predictable monthly service. You continue printing cards whenever you need them while we take care of the technology, consumables, support and ongoing maintenance.
The affordable IDaaS program includes:
- Latest card printer technology
- Cloud-based software that runs on the latest browser technology
- Capture and print from anywhere in the world
- Secure login/password combination
- Consumables (Ribbons, cards etc) for the selected program volume
- Installation / training / set-up / online-assistance
- Training when changing users
- Servicing and maintenance
The result is predictable budgeting, modern technology and one experienced partner responsible for keeping your card printing operational.
Most organisations know what they paid for their printer.
Very few know what they spend owning it.
Have you factored into your cost the following:
Purchase Costs
- Printer
- Software
- Installation
Operating Costs
- Consumables
- Operator training
- IT support
- Printing errors
Maintenance Costs
- Printheads
- Baseboards
- Servicing
Downtime Costs
- No access cards
- Security delays
- Membership delays
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Downtime of the system / image of the company when:
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staff cannot access premises
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guards cannot be deployed due to PSIRA / contract standards
- unidentified personnel claim your company identity
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Cost to the company extends to total cost of ownership. The total cost of ownership is hidden in the running costs. Our selected Entrust Datacard printers are designed to deliver some of the lowest cost-per-card figures available in their class.
IDAAS isn’t designed for every organisation. It is designed for businesses where reliable card production is important.
If your card printing demand requires you to:
- print staff / member / student / ID cards every month
- have a printing volume of 1000+ colour printed cards per year
- cannot afford printer downtime
- have multiple operators / or frequent changes in operator staff
- don’t want unexpected repair bills
- need predictable budgeting
- want access to newer technology / upgrade existing
- have ordering/purchasing systems/processes that hamper your ability to use a preferred solution provider / do not give you control over purchasing the specific solution you researched for a best-fit
Ideal for:
- Schools
- Universities / Colleges / FET’s / Training facilities
- Security companies
- Manufacturers
- Hospitals
- Municipalities (public servants like Police / Traffic / Emergency personnel)
- Corporate offices
Maybe… Maybe not.
Before deciding, ask yourself whether you’ve included ALL of these costs:
Purchase:
- Printer purchase
- Software licensing
Operating
- Printer installation
- Set-up / installation / maintenance of the credential
- Operator training
- Ribbons
- Cards
- Other consumables like card holders, clips and lanyards
Maintenance
- Cleaning kits
- Remember cleaning cycles to honor warrantee agreement
- Replacement printheads
- Replacement baseboards
Downtime
- Printing errors and misprints
- Reprinting of
- Emergency support
- Unexpected downtime
- lost cards or updated details
- Time spent managing suppliers
Administration
- Availability of consumables
- Supporting service provider expertise and stock holding
- Service calls
- Loan printer during repairs
Technology
- Firmware upgrades and servicing
- Software updates and re-licensing fees
- IT support
- Changing PC/laptop and updating the operating system
- Obsolete technology – replaced or redundant
Some of these happen daily / weekly / monthly / yearly, and some happen only once.
But every one of these costs belongs to the owner.
The Allegiance Program was designed to eliminate most of these costs.
Contact Hermann today for further explanation and to plan your solution.