You can produce passport and ID photos with the smallest of dye sub printers or use a purposes designed touch screen kiosk and larger and faster dye sub printer for higher volumes and better margins.

Printing Passport Photos on a Budget

If your requirement for printing passport photos is infrequent then a small 6×4 dye sub printer can often deal with your requirements.

You don’t get the speed of print, the printer is usually sheet fed not roll fed and you don’t get the low media costs of professional solutions but it is an ideal solution for infrequent printing of Passport Photos

Printing Passport Photos on a Budget

If your requirement for printing passport photos is infrequent then a small 6×4 dye sub printer can often deal with your requirements.

You don’t get the speed of print, the printer is usually sheet fed not roll fed and you don’t get the low media costs of professional solutions but it is an ideal solution for infrequent printing of Passport Photos

Prinbiz – Printing Photos from your Smart Phone

Today a passport photo can be taken on a smartphone and sent wirelessly to the printer.
The Prinbiz APP from HiTi which works with its range of wireless printers allows you to quickly and easily print photos with just a smartphone and the printer. [Read More…]

Professional Passport and ID Solutions

Professional ID Solution offer a larger screen and are ideal for counter top operations within a retail store.

The software solution is usually more advanced and media costs are much cheaper.

These systems are ideally suited where passport and ID photos are produced on more than just an occasional basis.

With some systems, it is possible to use them in a dual purpose mode. As well as printing passport and ID photos they can also be used to print conventional photos and even photo gift products

Passport and ID Printing Software

If you already have a photo printer and you just require the software then you also have some options. Some of these options are even free!

HiTi offer IDQuickDesiree Software for use with their printers.

Mitsubishi have two great software packages called PSStudio and PSEvents both have the option of being able to print Passport photos. These software packages are low cost and come with a free trial.

Specialists Passport and ID Systems

In particular, they provide a great, add-on service for Pharmacies, Retail Shops, Cobblers, Convenience Stores etc.

Automatic Biometric Software

These days, you no longer need a specific ID camera to take the photo. Now, there is software available which will automatically adjust the photo to ensure it is within the correct specifications. ID Photos Pro 8 has the ability to produce ID and Passport photos automatically, with a wide range of templates, allowing users to provide passport photos to a wide client base. Software that does this is called Automatic Biometric Software. The whole process is a lot simpler and easier with this software – it only takes 15 seconds to produce a passport photo which is ready to print.

Some examples of ID and Passport Photo Printers…

When looking at producing Passport and ID photos, it’s important to get the right equipment for the job. Some systems will have a low initial cost but a high print cost. These models are suitable for low volume situations.

There is also a specifically designed system for producing ID and Passport prints called the Mitsubishi ID70. This comes with a Kiosk with Mitsubishi Automatic Biometric Software and works in the same way as ID Photos Pro 8. You also receive a Mitsubishi CP-D70DW-U which is designed to work with the ID70 Kiosk. Set-up costs for this are quite high, however, the consumables are cheaper than the HiTi S420. Like the S420, you can import your images on to the Kiosk via a memory card or by tethering your camera via a USB cable.