EMVRunner

HIGH-SPEED CONTACTLESS EMV CARD PERSONALIZATION SYSTEM

Introducing the EMVRunner: a next-generation contactless EMV card personalization system that is scalable, fast, and designed to improve speed, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness in EMV, NFC, and RFID card production. Encode, print, and verify cards in a single pass with a fully digital workflow, while benefiting from a flexible platform built to meet evolving production requirements.

Built on Graph-Tech USA’s proven GTUS Controller and Super Tracker technology, the EMVRunner combines speed, precision, and reliability. At the core of the system is the patented eZ-ID Open Contactless EMV/NFC encoding technology, capable of programming 5 to 20 cards in parallel using multiple antennas while automatically verifying each card, ensuring 100% tested output.

Traditional EMV card personalization systems rely on physical contact technology that often requires extensive maintenance and limits production efficiency. As demand for contactless payment and identification cards continues to grow, manufacturers require faster, more scalable, and lower-maintenance solutions.

The EMVRunner addresses these challenges with significant improvements in throughput, flexibility, and operational efficiency. Designed as a high-throughput single-pass system, it combines magnetic encoding, RFID/NFC encoding, and high-resolution variable-data inkjet printing into a single streamlined production platform.

The system features Graph-Tech USA’s latest eZ-Inkjet 66 industrial DOD inkjet printer with dedicated white printing capability, supporting black, white, and full-color variable data printing at 600 dpi. This enables manufacturers to meet the growing demand for white printing on EMV cards while maintaining exceptional print quality across a wide range of card designs and materials.

The GTUS Super Tracker serves as the “central nervous system” of the EMVRunner, executing more than 1,000,000 commands per minute while synchronizing card position, encoding, data handling, and print verification in real time. The system’s customizable software architecture connects via 1 Gbps Ethernet and easily scales from 5 to 20 antennas depending on production requirements.

Designed for central, distributed, and instant issuance applications, the EMVRunner delivers a future-ready, cost-effective solution for modern contactless card manufacturing.

OTHER AVAILABLE FEATURES

• Open Contactless EMV/NFC/RFID Encoding System supports ISO/IEC 14443, MIFARE product families, and NFC-based applications including transportation, parking, identification, entry tickets, and dual-interface EMV financial cards.

• eZ-ID contactless transport system is specifically designed to support EMV/NFC antennas while minimizing crosstalk and interference, ensuring stable, high-precision multi-card encoding performance.

• High-capacity card handling system processes a wide variety of card types using an independently controlled, self-contained vacuum feeding mechanism, ensuring consistent alignment and throughput.

• Roll-to-roll handling with eZ-ID transport, combined with a fanfold output option, provides flexible production configurations for different EMV card manufacturing environments.

• The system supports a broad range of materials used in card production, including plastic cards, embedded chip cards, thick card stocks, laminated materials, and specialty substrates used in secure credential issuance. 

• eZ-Inkjet® high-speed printing system operates at up to 58 kHz, delivering native 600 × 600 dpi resolution at speeds of up to 600 feet per minute, using environmentally friendly water- and UV-based inks. 

• The system enables ultra-fine personalization, including as small as 2-point fonts and compact 2D/QR codes, allowing full card-level personalization with dynamic variable data and bitmap graphics on every individual card.

• Now also featuring GTUS eZ-Colorjet, a next-generation 4-color process inkjet system with a 100 mm (4-inch) print width, powered by Epson PrecisionCore™ advanced inkjet technology.

You also have access to all the parts, consumables, training, and support you need through Graph-Tech’s in-house resources. Call (772) 569-0066 today to learn more about what the EMVRunner high-speed card personalization system can achieve for your business.