1. Digital Printing Personalization Technologies - Impact on Card Production ICMA – EXPO 2006 Athens, 08th – 11th October Presented by: Thies Janczek

2. COCASO1 October, 11th 2006 ICMA Expo, Athens Content Introduction Technologies Monochrome Color Card Production Considerations Production Flow Card Construction Aspects Summary

3. COCASO2 October, 11th 2006 ICMA Expo, Athens Introduction Conventional / Digital printing Each card with a unique printing personalization No design limitation from one card to the next Instant print from digital artwork Monochrome systems are widely employed for personalization

4. COCASO3 October, 11th 2006 ICMA Expo, Athens Technologies Monochrome Thermo Transfer Ink Jet Laser Engraving (Grayscale)

5. COCASO4 October, 11th 2006 ICMA Expo, Athens Technologies Color Liquid Toner based Toner (Powder) based Photographic Process Dye-Sublimation D2T2 Laser Technologies Ink-Jet Systems

6. COCASO5 October, 11th 2006 ICMA Expo, Athens Technologies Color – Liquid Toner HP Indigo press

7. COCASO6 October, 11th 2006 ICMA Expo, Athens Technologies Color – Toner (Powder) Laser and Xerox Printer Direct and Indirect systems Xerox iGen3MGI Meteor DP40Kodak Nexpress

8. COCASO7 October, 11th 2006 ICMA Expo, Athens Technologies Color – Photographic Process Agfa ID-solution DCT-Pro Imaging

9. COCASO8 October, 11th 2006 ICMA Expo, Athens Technologies Color – D2T2 Various equipment manufacturer Single card printing Glossy and plain surface required CMYK system Sublimation dyes ask for protective coating Most suitable for PVC overlay Various receptor coatings are in development

10. COCASO9 October, 11th 2006 ICMA Expo, Athens Technologies Color – Laser direct Orga Systems Variable wavelength laser Special dye area Not industrialized Combination Laser/D2T2 Laser for grayscale D2T2 for color

11. COCASO10 October, 11th 2006 ICMA Expo, Athens Technologies Color – Ink Jet systems Flat Bed and Cylinder systems Agfa Dotrix Modular

12. COCASO11 October, 11th 2006 ICMA Expo, Athens Production Considerations Production Flow Production Flow Sheet fed and Roll fed Lamination Production Timing Product order/numbering Material stability Ink and Substrate

13. COCASO12 October, 11th 2006 ICMA Expo, Athens Production Considerations Card Construction Lamination adhesion and -ability Receptive layer Adhesive layer Opaque or transparent print substrate Overlay limitations Material Mix

14. COCASO13 October, 11th 2006 ICMA Expo, Athens Summary Various technologies for color digital printing are available Definition of resolution, throughput, and production flow reduces the selection to a few presses High Quality / Resolution systems are available Custom colors are available Plastic substrate remains to be critical for printing

15. COCASO14 October, 11th 2006 ICMA Expo, Athens THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION Digital Printing Personalization Techn. - Impact on Card Production More Information: COCASO – Thies Janczek – Moewenstrasse 5a – 24113 Molfsee – Germany Phone: +49-(0)4347-701433 – Email : thies@cocaso.com www.cocaso.com

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