The 'Official' Novelty ID thread [for ALL novelty questions]

[paradox08]

VooDoo- there shouldnt be any problems with mixing your UV powder in with your pearlex, although in order for your UV powders to shine thier brightest under a blacklight they would probably need to be mixed with some base. but then there lies the problem for you, you can do it one way of the other but not both. so i would suggest this....and mind you while i have never had cause to mix the two together ( i 've been down this road w/cali -holo's/ UV a while back) you should try upping you UV to pearlex ratio some, I would say maybe as much as 2 to 1, once its laminated the pearlex should cover any sign of the UV powders when looking at it in regular light, and with any luck it'll end up being enough UV powder mixed in to show up under a blacklight, your other alturnative would be to mix the UV with base and apply to lams via silk screen, then run your thermal transfer for the holo's. bottom line......there's a whole shitload of trial and errror that goes along with a hobby like this.....good luck though!



paradox08

[lovebaseball90]

Hey guys, just upgraded my magstrip encoder and i would really like to know if there was a program available that would check for accuracy in my scans. I have the jerms program and from what i can see, everything looks the same as my real california id but you can never be too safe. thanks

[wisconsinite]

Does anyone know if its possible/figured out a way to remove the key from the key and shield hologram?

[VooDoo]

Thanks for your reply Paradox. So I tried adding more UV powder and it still did not seem to work. It seemed like the Pearl-Ex would stick to the ink but the UV powder would not. So I figured maybe there was not enough ink present to get the UV powder to stick to the hologram on the transparency. I was printing at 30% opacity before so I raised it to 100% just to see what would happen. And of course this works, and the UV powder sticks to the hologram on the transparency and works under a black-light. The thing is you can not print at a 100% opacity because your holograms just don't look right. So any suggestions from here is greatly appreciated...

Also what's a good Pearl-Ex combination for Texas that somebody knows or is using. I am just trying to get some ideas on what combination works the best. I am using Inference Gold, Sparkle Gold, and than the invisible green UV powder. I read to use that mixture on the forum a few pages back but was not sure if there is something better.

[Mvpsoriano]

Originally Posted by lovebaseball90

Hey guys, just upgraded my magstrip encoder and i would really like to know if there was a program available that would check for accuracy in my scans. I have the jerms program and from what i can see, everything looks the same as my real california id but you can never be too safe. thanks

There is a free 30 day trial of veriage software. I had great luck with it so i would check it out, just google veriage and i think you should find it.

[misterblonde2517]

Hi all, Ive read just about all of this thread and was wondering if you had any recommendations for using a stamp holo (on California specifically). I've gotten it pretty close, but its not quite where I want it to be. The shining color is good, but when light is not bouncing off the holo it is very light and almost invisible. I have tried various combinations of Interference gold, sparkle gold, brilliant gold, macropearl, interference green, and Duo Green/yellow (obviously not all together). Any sort of advice would be greatly appreciated, either for how to apply the stamp (whats best to spread the pearl ex across?) or a combination/new pearl ex color. Thanks for the help.

[lovebaseball90]

Originally Posted by Mvpsoriano

There is a free 30 day trial of veriage software. I had great luck with it so i would check it out, just google veriage and i think you should find it.

thanks man but after i installed it, the program didnt seem to recognize my strip reader. any help?

[pakman]

Originally Posted by VooDoo

Thanks for your reply Paradox. So I tried adding more UV powder and it still did not seem to work. It seemed like the Pearl-Ex would stick to the ink but the UV powder would not. So I figured maybe there was not enough ink present to get the UV powder to stick to the hologram on the transparency. I was printing at 30% opacity before so I raised it to 100% just to see what would happen. And of course this works, and the UV powder sticks to the hologram on the transparency and works under a black-light. The thing is you can not print at a 100% opacity because your holograms just don't look right. So any suggestions from here is greatly appreciated...

Also what's a good Pearl-Ex combination for Texas that somebody knows or is using. I am just trying to get some ideas on what combination works the best. I am using Inference Gold, Sparkle Gold, and than the invisible green UV powder. I read to use that mixture on the forum a few pages back but was not sure if there is something better.

Callid, who seemed to know a ton about these holo's mentioned earlier in this thread that it may be better just using brilliant gold and invisible green. Kind of hard to say whether or not this is any better though since I haven't seen a TX id in RL. It's probably not too big of a difference than your mix. I'd like to hear other peoples opinion on this as well.

[Mvpsoriano]

Originally Posted by lovebaseball90

thanks man but after i installed it, the program didnt seem to recognize my strip reader. any help?

Yeah, well, this happened with someone else i know, it depends on what type of reader you are using, im using one i purchased off ebay for about 50$. Its good and reads perfectly. Are you using USB or serial port?

[wisconsinite]

Does anyone know how to encode a pdf417? I dont know what all I need to put. I am making a wisconsin one if it makes a difference. Also, to anyone who cant get PDFCenter to work, make a new folder somewhere else on your computer and then drag the pdfcenter files to that folder and try to run it from there. It worked for me.

[lovebaseball90]

Originally Posted by Mvpsoriano

Yeah, well, this happened with someone else i know, it depends on what type of reader you are using, im using one i purchased off ebay for about 50$. Its good and reads perfectly. Are you using USB or serial port?

im using serial. i have a serial to usb converter but i doubt itd make any difference. thanks for the reply, i really hope we can get it working because i like to have quality products

[Mvpsoriano]

Originally Posted by lovebaseball90

im using serial. i have a serial to usb converter but i doubt itd make any difference. thanks for the reply, i really hope we can get it working because i like to have quality products

I would try it out cause i have a USB port and it works fine and the other guy i know has a serial and does not work.

Also, has anyone purchased from neomark before (besides baggs)? I just received my order of 6 UV colors and i need further help. If someone could help me who have purchased them before please let me know.
Thanks.

EDIT: Does anyone have any good red UV ink? It seems the one i received from neomark doesnt give off that much of a red color.

[wisconsinite]

If someone can help me with the 1d barcode for wisconsin, I can help you step by step on making the pdf417 barcode.

[Mvpsoriano]

Question: i heard of someone going to a liquor store and when they show their ID the cashier types in numbers into a computer and it either gets accepted or denied.

Any ideas?

[headsup8up]

Originally Posted by Mvpsoriano

Question: i heard of someone going to a liquor store and when they show their ID the cashier types in numbers into a computer and it either gets accepted or denied.

Any ideas?

Yes. Two.

1. He is typing in the birthday (some POS systems just prompt for that).

2. He scanned the ID (it read over 21) and now he is typing in the DL# to confirm that the one on the card matches the one on the mag stripe. The reason for this is because back in the day people used to sell pouches "pre encoded" with birthdays over 21, which is all most POS systems look for in a scan.... the state guys got smarter though, so now some systems require the DL# check to make sure its legit... Its still very easy to circumvent this though- just make sure you encode the birthday AND the DL# on all your IDs... found on track 2 for California.

best of luck

[headsup8up]

Some questions for you CALIFORNIA nov makers.


(first two questions only apply if you're using R800 + 7 mill glossy pouches)
1. What color code do you use for your orange bars at the top (pretty sure I use fbd51e although its not right in front of me)

2. What about color code for the security circles in the background? I want to note that I use the same colors for my circles as I do for my gold bars.

3. How do you guys round your corners? I feel like the corners of my NOVs and most other novs tend to be more sharp then the sexy wide corners of a real ID.

[canadaguy19]

Originally Posted by headsup8up

3. How do you guys round your corners? I feel like the corners of my NOVs and most other novs tend to be more sharp then the sexy wide corners of a real ID.

Most people use fine grit sand paper for finishing. i use a combination of sand paper and a heated glass surface to smooth and round the edge's, but then again you could always buy a corner rounder.

[sickrat]

the best way to make a ID card is to not get perforated teslin nor CC butterfly pouches.. the best way to do it is make an oversized one and cut it out using a die cutter.. all problems will be solved.. you can get one on ebay for around 60.00 .. it is the best thing created.. a must have to be in this biz

[ncjdunn]

Ok, I don't usually post anything in any forums asking for help cause i usually figure things out on my on, but if someone could maybe at least point me in the right direction on making my own fake id i would greatly appreciate it,
I don't need it to scan or anything just fool my girlfriend, so she thinks i got my license back.

[RoundElephant]

Originally Posted by nyconnect

sickrat I am a graphic designer. I have a custom ny template scanned at 1200 dpi and completely edited and matched up.

What do you have to trade?

Also I found a list of all the states that have magnetic stripes on their back. Now I want to figure out which states use the silver or gold holograms instead of the multicolor spectrum. So far I know California, Michigan, and New Hampshire all use these type of holograms. Here is a list of the states with mag stripes, identify hologram type if you:

arizona
arkansas
california
colorado
iowa
kansas
louisiana
michigan
minnesota
missouri
new hampshire
new mexico
pennsylvania
south carolina
texas
vermont

Colorado has gold holograms

[MeeVee]

so how would i be able to get a ca template if i have none to offer at the moment? i'm a beginner...

[sickrat]

if you look back earlier in this thread you will see that "The Ultimate Guide" including alot of templates and other information for novs was posted.. download that and it will give you something to work with.


also does anybody in here know why when i use my matte spray on my teslin it dries white in some areas?

[ncjdunn]

thanks bro, I was only about half way through the thread.

[lovebaseball90]

hey guys, ive been makin some california ids and they scan through the magnetic strip and all but one of my friends used it and the bouncer scanned the barcode (not the mag strip) and it wouldnt show up any of the required info. what does it contain? how can i scan my real id and decode the barcode? thanks for your help bshock, always can count on you

[headsup8up]

Originally Posted by lovebaseball90

hey guys, ive been makin some california ids and they scan through the magnetic strip and all but one of my friends used it and the bouncer scanned the barcode (not the mag strip) and it wouldnt show up any of the required info. what does it contain? how can i scan my real id and decode the barcode? thanks for your help bshock, always can count on you

Damn, thats very VERY interesting. Do you mind my asking where they scanned the bar code? Thats the first time I've ever heard of anyone besides LE scanning a bar code.

[canadaguy19]

i don't know if its any help but i read the bar code from the cali in the official nov guide and its a code 128 and read "1102080026666666"

[lovebaseball90]

Originally Posted by headsup8up

Damn, thats very VERY interesting. Do you mind my asking where they scanned the bar code? Thats the first time I've ever heard of anyone besides LE scanning a bar code.

they scanned it at a bar in boston. the magstrip came up fine but there was not any sort of result for the barcode according to my buddy. in my cali template i used the one from the ultimate guide but i dont know what the translation of the barcode means. thanks for the help guys

[canadaguy19]

well if you have a real one then look for similarities in the code and your info, like DOB.. etc

[Mvpsoriano]

Yeah if anyone has a real CA and has the ability to scan and decode their barcode, please do, i think it would be great help to everyone on here.

Does anyone here know much about CISS's?

[lovebaseball90]

i dont have a scanner unfortuanetly so i cant scan my barcode. id love for someone to post their results withthe barcode tho so we can all learn a little more about the id