Device and method for recording information in a data carrier

A device for printing information onto an information surface region of a data carrier consisting of a carrier layer and a transparent plastic layer, wherein the device utilizes at least one laser beam of a point-like laser source to mark the carrier layer, and comprises at least two deflection surfaces for deflecting the laser beam before it impinges on the data carrier, wherein the at least two deflection surfaces are arranged in a region between the laser source and the data carrier and outside an intermediate region defined by notional straight connection lines between the laser source and edge regions of the information surface region, wherein the information surface region is located on a single face of the data carrier and the deflection surfaces are arranged so that the laser beam impinges the information surface region from different directions to produce a relief-based optical illusion field.