Production of Laminated Cards for HighEnd Applications ICMA

Production of Laminated Cards for High-End Applications ICMA – Expo 2008 Orlando, 06 th – 09 th April Presented by: Thies Janczek April, 08 th 2008 ICMA Expo, Orlando

Content April, 08 th 2008 u Introduction u Physical and Data Security u Card Production Considerations u Markets and Application u Summary ICMA Expo, Orlando 1

Introduction u ID cards in ID-1 format are around for decades u Increasing employment of Chip Cards for ID card issuer (contact and contactless) u Contactless technologies either pure or DIC u Specifications l April, 08 th 2008 ICAO 9303 (ISO/IEC 7501) for Machine Readable Travel Documents (MRTD) l ECC (European Citizen Card) CEN/TS 15480 l European Driver license ICMA Expo, Orlando 2

Introduction Security Categories Overview Who How What First line inspection everybody Without tools Guilloch, Hologram, Optical Variable Ink, Changeable Laser Image Second line inspection Educated personel, Police, Immigration Simple tools, e. g. UV Lamp UV-VIS Lumineszens, IR-VIS Lumineszens Machine readable features Third line inspection April, 08 th 2008 Police laboratories Forensic IR-IR Lumineszens, Analysis Reactive agents e. g. Spectral Analysis ICMA Expo, Orlando 3

Physical and Data Security u u u April, 08 th 2008 Data structure defined in ICAO 9303 for travel documents Crypto controller employed with a high level of data security and chip hardware security Physical aspects of a security printed product to be fullfilled (mainly 1 st and 2 nd line inspection) ICMA Expo, Orlando 4

Physical Features Guilloche printing u Correct Design: u Continuous fine lines u Spot colour (difficult to copy) u Rainbow printing Magnification April, 08 th 2008 ICMA Expo, Orlando 5

Physical Features Mikro printing April, 08 th 2008 ICMA Expo, Orlando 6

Physical Features Optical Variable Ink (OVI) • Flakes of di-electric layers (Fabry-Perot) „transprent“ Screen ink in a matrix of silk screen ink 5 nm Cr Mg. F 2 30 nm Al Mg. F 2 5 nm Cr April, 08 th 2008 Thickness of Mg. F 2 layer Defines color change (gold-green; green-magenta; green-black etc. ) ICMA Expo, Orlando 7

Physical Features Laser Engraving Passport Driving license ID card Car documents Laser PC (PVC) transparent Offset or Screen PC (PVC) white or paper Offset or Screen Laser engraving Non tactile Laser engraving tactile PC (PVC) transparent April, 08 th 2008 ICMA Expo, Orlando 8

Physical Features Relief imprint April, 08 th 2008 ICMA Expo, Orlando 9

Physical Features - unvisible Photolumineszent Fluorescent Guilloch Fluorescent color (various) Rainbow Printing with UV-colors Fluorescent filaments April, 08 th 2008 ICMA Expo, Orlando 10

Construction generals Laminated Card u Multilayer Construction preferred w/o adhesive l l Opaque inner layer Transparent overlay layer u u l l l April, 08 th 2008 Functional layer (basically overlay) Limitation OV thickness through module dimensions Contactless inlays Interlayer printing (water mark) Fitting front/reverse side ICMA Expo, Orlando 11

Card Production Considerations u u u u April, 08 th 2008 Pre-Press Printing Collation Lamination Punching Milling and Embedding Personalization ICMA Expo, Orlando 12

Card Production Considerations Pre-Press u u Artwork generation is not allowed on commercial available software Special software ( > 40 k Euro) to be employed l u No process colours l l April, 08 th 2008 Experience personal Various visible and unvisible inks high securtiy area and system (server) ICMA Expo, Orlando 13

Card Production Considerations Printing u Multiple custom colours in offset l u u u Screen printing for OVI Tight register due to fine line artwork Rainbow printing (visible and unvisible) l u u April, 08 th 2008 visible and unvisible sheet orientation (repeat) Print machine limitations Temperature stable colours to be used ICMA Expo, Orlando 14

Card Production Considerations Collation u Hologram under Overlay possible l u u u Front/Reverse side registration Contactless inlay (antenna)? > 6 layer construction possible l l April, 08 th 2008 Holographic stripe manual collation in most cases material handling ICMA Expo, Orlando 15

Card Production Considerations Lamination u Longer lamination cycles with PC w/o adhesive layers l u April, 08 th 2008 capacity decrease High temperatures sensitivity l Hologram material l printing colours u colour shift u bleeding ICMA Expo, Orlando 16

Card Production Considerations Lamination plates u Structured lamination plates l l expensive structuring process set per project Positioning Pins registration to printed artwork special surface treatment anti adhesion Braille Lettering u hardening u u April, 08 th 2008 MLI/CLI Just a few supplier with specialised technologies ICMA Expo, Orlando 17

Card Production Considerations Punching u Standard registration w/ print marks l u Tool has to be fit to the material l l u April, 08 th 2008 White border (? ) PC more difficult and higher wear of tools Dimensions Edges and burrs Handling scratches Positioning precision (w/ inlays) more precise tooling and set up for multi material constructions ICMA Expo, Orlando 18

Card Production Considerations Milling and Embedding u u u April, 08 th 2008 Milling parameter to be adjusted to the material combination Equipment limitations for some DIC technologies Module adhesive to be fitted to core material ICMA Expo, Orlando 19

Card Production Considerations Personalization u Laser engraving is the most employed gray scale system l l u u u April, 08 th 2008 tactile and non-tactile MLI/CLI posibilites to be integrated new materials developed with receptor coatings for D 2 T 2 and Re-transfer (colour) New technology developed for continuous ink jet printing (colour) Data handling and processing with special security (e. g. HSM) ICMA Expo, Orlando 20

Markets and Applications u Governmental projects demand physical security features l l l u ID-card, Driving license, Citizen Card, Passport (data page) Worldwide necessity for Machine Readable Travel Documents Long term acquisition for long term contracts Commercial projects are more focussed on IT technology l April, 08 th 2008 Single Card Digital printed ICMA Expo, Orlando 21

Example German driving license Tactile Laser Engraving Holografic thread with demetallised Mikrotext Paper field Throughlight register April, 08 th 2008 Optical Variable Ink Changeable Laser Image ICMA Expo, Orlando 22

Example Swiss ID card individual Card number Kinegram with demetallised Microtext UV-Iris pint Relief Motive Guilloche Line Strukture Tactile Mikrotext Laser engraving OCR text Fluorescent Security threat April, 08 th 2008 ICMA Expo, Orlando Changeable Laser Imag 23

Summary u Dedicated Know How is needed l l l u Special Equipment / Modifications l u April, 08 th 2008 Artwork generation Card construction and features Personalisation Pre-Press, Collation, Lamination, Punching, Personalization Marketing and Sales to be prepared for long term aquisition ICMA Expo, Orlando 24

Production of Laminated Cards for High-End Applications THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION More Information: COCASO – Thies Janczek – Moewenstrasse 5 a – 24113 Molfsee – Germany Phone: +49 -(0)4347 -701433 – Email : thies@cocaso. com www. cocaso. com April, 08 th 2008 ICMA Expo, Orlando 25

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