Digital Printing Personalization Technologies - Impact on Card Production ICMA – EXPO 2006 Athens,...

Digital Printing Personalization

Technologies

- Impact on Card Production

ICMA – EXPO 2006

Athens, 08th – 11th October

Presented by: Thies Janczek

COCASO 2October, 11th 2006 ICMA Expo, Athens

Content

Introduction Technologies

Monochrome Color

Card Production Considerations Production Flow Card Construction Aspects

Summary


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


TechnologiesMonochrome

Thermo Transfer Ink Jet Laser Engraving

(Grayscale)


TechnologiesColor

Liquid Toner based Toner (Powder) based Photographic Process Dye-Sublimation D2T2 Laser Technologies Ink-Jet Systems


TechnologiesColor – Liquid Toner

HP Indigo press


TechnologiesColor – Toner (Powder)

Laser and Xerox Printer Direct and Indirect systems

Xerox iGen3 MGI Meteor DP40 Kodak Nexpress


TechnologiesColor – Photographic Process

Agfa ID-solution DCT-Pro Imaging


TechnologiesColor – 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


TechnologiesColor – Laser direct

Orga Systems Variable wavelength laser Special dye area Not industrialized

Combination Laser/D2T2 Laser for grayscale D2T2 for color


TechnologiesColor – Ink Jet systems

Flat Bed and Cylinder systems Agfa Dotrix Modular


Production ConsiderationsProduction Flow

Production Flow Sheet fed and Roll fed Lamination

Production Timing Product order/numbering Material stability

Ink and Substrate


Production ConsiderationsCard Construction

Lamination adhesion and -ability Receptive layer Adhesive layer Opaque or transparent print substrate Overlay limitations Material Mix


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


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Digital Printing Personalization Techn. - Impact on Card Production

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