Giesecke & Devirent Gmbh

Giesecke & Devrient Gmbh

Christina Schellenberger

Klaus Kohl

Peter Huber

Fabik Roman

Manuela GRUNDWÜRMER

A method for producing a finishing layer containing a window () for a portable data storage medium, in particular a chip card, and the use of the method for producing a data storage medium. A transparent plastic-based support layer () is used and an opaque color layer () is applied on the support layer in a screen printing process, wherein the color layer () has a recess () having the dimensions of the window (). A first layer () of a transparent primer is then screen printed onto the color layer and a design color layer () is then applied in an offset printing process onto the first layer. A second layer () of a transparent primer is applied in an offset printing process on top of the design color layer () and a transparent finish () is finally applied onto the second layer ().

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Garching, Germany

Christina Schellenberger