Entrust Corporation

Entrust Datacard Corporation

Roman Knipp

Utpal Vaidya

Peter Daniel Schmidt

Matthew Stebbins

Ryan Schwiderski

Pauline Ukpabi

A personalized identification document processing system includes a print station that is configured as a retransfer printer with a retransfer film having a transferrable print receptive material and a transferrable radiation curable material. An image/data is printed on the transferrable print receptive material, and thereafter the print receptive material containing the printed image/data together with at least some of the transferrable radiation curable material is transferred to a surface of the plastic identification document. The radiation curable material is then cured and once cured enhances the durability of the printed image/data.

Personalized identification document processing systems and methods

A material that is curable by radiation is applied over or included in colored material on non-printed machined characters formed on a plastic card. After applying the colored material and the radiation curable material to the machined characters, radiation is used to cure the radiation curable material. The colored material has improved durability due to the radiation cured material.

Plastic card with enhanced durability colored machined characters

A topcoat layer that has a defined surface structure on an outer surface thereof once the topcoat layer is laminated to a substrate. The surface structure of the topcoat layer provides a matte surface finish to the underlying substrate. Any attempt to alter the substrate or the topcoat layer will result in disruption or destruction of the surface structure of the topcoat layer making such tampering evident. Replication of the surface structure of the topcoat layer by a counterfeiter is also difficult without the appropriate equipment.

Topcoat with matte surface finish

A barrier film, a document including a barrier coating, and a method for producing a document are described. A document includes a substrate, printed data on a surface of the substrate, and a barrier coating. The barrier coating is disposed between a portion of the printed data and a portion of an adhesive. The portion of the adhesive is disposed between a portion of a protective layer and a portion of the substrate.

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Shafer, MN, United States of America

Roman Knipp