Specialist know-how
Focused expertise in custom card printing, finishes, variable data and presentation accessories.
Professional card printing partner
Lumacards supports brands, retailers, institutions and service businesses with custom PVC cards, paper cards, gift card packaging and card accessories designed for professional use.
Focused expertise in custom card printing, finishes, variable data and presentation accessories.
Structured workflows for file review, production setup, finishing control and secure dispatch.
Solutions designed for real-world use cases, from retail loyalty programmes to identification systems and individual gift card projects.
Our heritage
Lumacards is the dedicated brand of OFICIO, a European card printing operator established in 2009 and running production sites across France and the United Kingdom. For more than fifteen years, our teams have produced custom PVC cards, paper cards, plastic ID badges and printed card packaging for retailers, hospitality groups, banking and financial services, fitness chains, universities, event organisers and corporate identification programmes β both in continental Europe and in the UK.
We operate through two complementary legal entities β OFICIO LTD in London (Company NΒ° 12676003) and OFICIO FRANCE SAS in Paris (R.C.S. Paris 999 196 256). This dual European footprint matters in 2026: it lets us serve UK-based clients with a domestic UK invoice, EU-based clients with a French invoice under the intra-community VAT regime, and avoid the customs friction that has slowed cross-border card printing since Brexit. The same production workflow, the same materials, the same quality standards β billed and shipped under whichever entity makes sense for your operation.
Lumacards was launched as a specialist brand to focus exclusively on professional card printing β the segment of the market where specifications, encoding compatibility, finishing quality and delivery reliability matter more than the lowest unit price. The result is a workshop-style operation oriented towards medium-volume projects, multi-site retail rollouts, recurring loyalty programmes, hotel key card cycles and identification systems where consistency between print runs is the single most important specification.
More than fifteen years of continuous card printing experience across Europe β from the first generation of NFC hotel key cards to today's contactless retail loyalty programmes.
Tracked delivery across the European Union, the United Kingdom, Switzerland and a broad set of European destinations. UK customs and duties handled in-house since Brexit.
Project review, proof validation and customer service available in English, French and Spanish β with localised contracts, invoices and shipping documentation.
Who we are
Lumacards is dedicated to professional custom card printing for businesses and organisations that need reliable production, premium presentation and practical guidance. Our work covers a wide spectrum of applications including loyalty cards, gift cards, membership cards, student cards, access cards and printed card packaging.
We help clients choose the right specifications for each use case, whether the priority is durability, visual impact, data personalization, encoding options or packaging quality. Our goal is to provide card solutions that are both technically reliable and commercially effective β cards that survive years in a wallet, that read cleanly on first scan at the till, that match brand identity at production-run tolerance and that arrive in packaging worthy of the contents.
What sets us apart from generic online printers is the workshop logic behind every project. Each brief is reviewed by a production specialist before quotation. Materials and encoding are confirmed against the intended reader infrastructure β your point-of-sale system, your hotel lock fleet, your access control panels, your fidelity platform. Finishes are validated on the actual paper or PVC stock that will be used. Sample runs are offered when a project introduces a new combination of variables. Nothing is left to assumption.
What defines us
Our approach combines technical consistency, responsive support and professional presentation standards.
We help clients choose the right materials, thicknesses, finishes and personalisation methods for each project. Specifications are documented in writing before production, archived for future reorders and aligned with reader infrastructure already deployed in your operation β so the second print run looks and reads identically to the first.
From the printed card itself to sleeves, holders and packaging, presentation quality is treated as a core part of the project. Coated and uncoated stocks, soft-touch lamination, hot foil stamping, selective UV varnish, edge painting and serialised packaging are all available as coordinated finishes β invoiced as one project, not three.
We support clients with practical recommendations, proof validation and production choices adapted to business use. Each project receives a digital proof before production starts, and we routinely flag specification choices that would create downstream problems β encoding mismatches, low-contrast barcodes, finish combinations that bond poorly β before any cards are printed.
Our solutions are relevant for retail chains, independent boutiques, supermarkets, hospitality groups, banks and fintechs, schools and universities, fitness operators, event organisers and corporate identification programmes. Each sector has its own conventions for encoding, dimensions, durability and packaging β we know them and apply them by default.
How we work
Each project follows a clear process designed to secure consistency, readability, finishing quality and delivery reliability.
We assess the brief, visuals, variable data and technical constraints before moving into production.
PVC, transparent supports, paperboard and finishing options are aligned with the final use of the cards.
Print quality, cutting, data accuracy and overall presentation are checked throughout the production chain.
Orders are packed carefully to protect cards, holders and packaging during transport and final handling.
Applications
Lumacards works on projects for retail chains, hospitality groups, independent brands, schools, training centres, associations, event organisers and companies looking for durable and well-presented card supports. Depending on the objective, this may involve loyalty cards, gift cards, student cards, access supports or printed packaging. Cross-sector experience is part of the value we bring: a retail loyalty template can inform a hospitality VIP card, the QR-coded entry pass developed for a music festival can be re-applied to a corporate visitor programme, and the durability requirements of a university student card translate directly into long-cycle membership programmes for sports clubs.
We also support projects requiring magnetic stripe cards, smart cards, premium presentation or alternative paper card solutions when a non-plastic support is more suitable. The choice between PVC, bio-PVC, paper and coated paperboard is rarely binary in practice β it depends on the card's expected lifespan, the reader environment, the brand positioning and increasingly the sustainability story the issuing organisation wants to tell. We help structure that decision rather than push a single material.
Production timelines follow a transparent grid. Standard runs of PVC cards ship within six to ten working days after proof approval; paper cards in four to six. Express windows of two to four working days are available on eligible specifications when the calendar leaves no margin β typical for seasonal retail launches, hotel rebrand cycles and last-minute event accreditation. We confirm the realistic timeline in writing at the quotation stage, not after the order has been placed.
Letβs discuss your project
Whether you are preparing a retail launch, an identification programme, a student card project or a premium gift card campaign, our team can help you define the right specifications and quotation.
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