Abstract: Laminated, paper cards are manufactured by adhering a first side of a calendared paper to a first side of a fiber board stock using a biodegradable adhesive to thereby create a sheet of material. A card construct is then formed by adhering a second side of the fiber board stock of a first sheet of material to a second side of the fiber board stock of a second sheet of material using a biodegradable adhesive. A second side of at least one of calendared papers of the card construct is then printed and the printed card construct is then subjected to a heat and pressure treatment in a hydraulic press. The treated, printed, card construct may then be die punched to provide one or more of the laminated, paper cards.

Abstract: Laminated, paper cards are manufactured by adhering a first side of a calendared paper to a first side of a fiber board stock using a biodegradable adhesive to thereby create a sheet of material. A card construct is then formed by adhering a second side of the fiber board stock of a first sheet of material to a second side of the fiber board stock of a second sheet of material using a biodegradable adhesive. A second side of at least one of calendared papers of the card construct is then printed and the printed card construct is then subjected to a heat and pressure treatment in a hydraulic press. The treated, printed, card construct may then be die punched to provide one or more of the laminated, paper cards.

Abstract: A system and method whereby a card is usable to direct a consumer to content on a global communications network, such as an Internet web page. The card is provided with a 2D barcode having encoded data that is representative of a location on the global communications network, the location having the content. When a device is used to read the 2D barcode from the card, the device is caused to access the content at the location on the global communications network that is associated with the data encoded in the 2D barcode.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multi-surfaced foil laminate comprising an improved credit card and identification card having printed indicia visible on both sides through a clear plastic over-laminating film, the foil laminate comprising two printed surfaces, both surfaces printed by conventional lithography offset halftone printing. Alternative embodiments comprise a foil laminate with a printed metal foil outside surface and a printed plastic film outside surface and a foil laminate with two printed foil outside surfaces.