A Direct to Card Printer is a type of card printer used for printing various types of plastic cards, such as ID cards, access cards, membership cards, and payment cards. Unlike retransfer printers, which print onto a film before transferring the image onto the card, direct to card printers print images directly onto the surface of the card. These printers typically use dye-sublimation or thermal transfer printing technologies to produce high-quality, full-colour images and text on the cards.