09-19-2012, 08:35 AM
(09-18-2012, 01:42 PM)fatherjim Wrote: I actually set up the State mandated system in Indiana county. They gave us some very specific 'suggestions' as to hardware for accessing their system and printing licenses. While the Sheriff issues the license, it must all be done using the state central system.
I don't doubt they mandate certain specifics that MUST be met, BUT... my CCW in KY & IN, and my first PA LTCF, were all issued on the same plastic stock, as is used for a PA driver's license (I got my most recent one of those in 2010 - one presumes they still use that white plastic base stock - about the thickness of a credit card).
My new LTCF, is actually laminated, in the same way NC driver's licenses are (I grew up there - got my first license in '83, and had a NC DL through '98, when I moved to KY). Problem is, when you carry a wallet every day - heat & humidity cause it to DE-laminate over time, as a couple of my licenses did!
We ALL know, the PA LTCF, is a $25 'tax stamp' for the Sheriff's Dept. (I had to take the UT-style class to get my CCW in KY), which is ALSO fine; the SD needs money, too. It seems to me though, that by going to this cheaper route, the Sheriff's Dept. sets itself up to issue MANY "replacement" copies (along with the associated 'charges' of making the replacement...), long BEFORE the original actually expires.
I'd pay ANOTHER $5, just to use the OLDER style card stock, personally...