RFID & NFC Card
NFC and custom RFID card printing technology are quickly becoming a widespread phenomenon, offering smart solutions to everyday business and personal needs. From access control and contactless payments to live data collection and secure information transfer, RFID cards provide versatile, reliable, and efficient applications across industries.
What is RFID Technology?
RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) belo
ngs to the group of technologies known as Automatic Identification and Data Capture (AIDC). AIDC systems automatically identify objects, collect data, and transfer it into computer systems without human intervention.
An RFID system consists of three main components:
- RFID tag or smart label – containing an integrated circuit and antenna to transmit data
- RFID reader – capturing radio signals from the tag
- Antenna – enabling wireless data exchange
The collected information is transmitted to a computer database through a communication interface, where it can be stored, processed, and analyzed in real time.
Benefits of Custom RFID Cards
In comparison, custom RFID cards and chip cards provide greater functionality than traditional magnetic stripe cards or barcodes.
- Higher data storage capacity
- Contactless operation for convenience and hygiene
- Stronger security for access control and payment systems
- Flexibility to integrate with existing infrastructures
These smart cards are widely used in:
- E-cards & ID cards
- Loyalty programs & membership cards
- City cards & transportation systems
- Time attendance & workforce management
- Payment transactions & secure authentication
NFC-Card
Near Field Communication (NFC) is a global standard for contactless data transfer over short distances. Commonly used in payments, transport, and access systems, NFC offers fast and secure communication between devices.
As a professional NFC card manufacturer, Vigor provides custom NFC cards for:
- Contactless payments & transport cards
- Membership & loyalty programs
- Access control & authentication
With NFC chips embedded, data exchange happens instantly when two devices are placed within a few centimeters — making transactions secure, convenient, and reliable.
What's the differences between RFID and NFC?
RFID and NFC are global standards for contactless communication technologies, widely applied in payments, access control, logistics, and asset tracking.
RFID Technology Basics
An RFID card printing system consists of a reader (with antenna) and a transponder (tag). Tags can be:
- Active RFID tags – with their own power source
- Passive RFID tags – powered by the electromagnetic field from the reader
Passive RFID transponders are available in three main frequency ranges:
Low Frequency (LF: 125 kHz, 134 kHz)
- Applications: access control, pet/medical tagging
- Chip types: Hitag 1+2, Atmel 5551/5530, EM 4102/4150
High Frequency (HF: 13.56 MHz)
- Applications: access control, health cards, payment cards
- Chip types: Mifare, Legic, SR, I-Code, Tag-it
Ultra High Frequency (UHF: 433/868/915 MHz, 2.45 GHz)
- Applications: logistics, long-range tracking
- Chip types: EM 4222/4223, UCODE, XRAOO
RFID is especially suitable for asset tracking and location management.
NFC Technology
NFC (Near Field Communication) is based on RFID protocols but offers more flexibility. Unlike RFID, an NFC device can act as both a reader and a tag, allowing data transfer in peer-to-peer mode.
- Operates at 13.56 MHz (HF range)
- Short communication distance: only a few centimeters
- Ideal for secure transactions, access control, and contactless payments
Custom RFID Card Printing Requirements
When designing a custom RFID card, it’s important to pay attention to:
- Chip type & frequency (LF, HF, UHF) depending on your application
- Card dimensions & thickness (industry standard: 3 3/8” × 2 1/8” × 0.30 mil, same as a credit card)
- Material & durability (PVC, PET, or eco-friendly recycled plastic)
- Printing options (full-color, magnetic stripe, barcode, signature panel, hologram)
- Encoding requirements (pre-programmed data or blank for customization)
Why Choose VIGOR SMARTECH?
As a leading RFID card manufacturer and NFC card manufacturer, VIGOR SMARTECH provides:
- Standard card sizes and custom dimensions
- Multiple templates available for download
- High-quality custom RFID card printing for gift cards, membership cards, access cards, and more
- access control
- time recording
- identification
- public transport
- transaction in closed surroundings
- toll systems
- Low Frequency (LF): 125 kHz, 134 kHz Application: Access control, Pet/medical tagging Chip types: Hitag 1+2, Atmel 5551, 5530, EM 4102, 4150
- High Frequency (HF): 13,56 Mhz applications: Access control, health cards, Payment cards Chip types: Mifare, Legic, SR, I-Code, Tag-it
- Ultra High Frequency (UHF): 433/868/915 Mhz, 2,45 Ghz Application: Logistics, long range reading Chip types: EM 4222, 4223, UCODE, XRAOO
FAQ
As a professional rfid card manufacturer and nfc card manufacturer, we will provide professional knowledge to your custom rfid card, and it’s important to know the difference between the RGB AND CMYK color modes so you can plan and optimize each stage of the design process. If you want the custom rfid card to be physically printed, set up the color mode on CMYK instead of RGB. Both RGB and CMYK are modes for mixing color in graphic design. As a quick reference, the RGB color mode is best for digital work, while CMYK is used for print products, so as for rfid card printing.
And a professional rfid card manufacturer and nfc card manufacturer, we will provide advice to our client to make your gift card particular. VIGOR SMARTECH not only help to finish your gift card printing, also offer various print options, such as translucent look, matte/frosted finished card surface, brilliant PANTONE colors or metallic colors, dazzling hot stamping craft, textured and embossed spot UV.
Vigor Smartech have been at the forefront of NFC card and tag production for several years, this development really opens the floodgate for NFC print. For years we’ve had to include QR codes on our NFC cards for apple users, this move by Apple will bring NFC technology and impressive customer experiences to the foreground. For those in the know, iPhone will now read all NFC Forum 1 to 5 tag types, for us that’s mainly NXP NTAG21x and Ultralight EV1 with no third party app, just Safari. If you do have a third party app, it will listen in real time for NFC tag events and enable richer digitally based experiences. This is all made possible via Apple’s Core NFC tech, some NFC tags and NFC Data Exchange Format (NDEF) encoding.
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