Processes of mass manufacturing a plurality of security cards and processes of manufacturing security card substrates from which a plurality of security cards may be further manufactured

Abstract

Process of mass manufacturing a plurality of security cards including the steps of embossing a surface of a layer of plastic film at first locations with visual image producing devices such as holograms or diffraction gratings, metalizing the surface including the visual image producing devices, applying a layer of background ink over the surface except for where the visual image producing devices are located, printing indicia on the background ink at second locations, laminating a layer of clear plastic film over the surface to form a laminate, cutting individual security cards out of the laminate and embossing indicia into third locations. An alternate process of mass manufacturing a plurality of security cards includes the step of embossing a surface of a layer of plastic film at first locations with visual image producing devices such as holograms and diffraction gratings, metalizing the surface including the devices, applying a clear protective coating only over the metalized visual image producing devices to prevent the removal of the metalization thereover, removing the metalization except for the metalization over the visual image producing devices, printing indicia of the type noted above on the surface at second locations but not on the devices, laminating a layer of plastic film over the surface to form a laminate, cutting the laminate into a plurality of individual security cards, and embossing indicia into the individual security cards at third locations. Security cards manufactured by the foregoing processes of manufacture are also part of the present invention. Also processes of manufacturing a security card substrate from which a plurality of security cards may be further manufactured in accordance with the present processes.

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