Abstract: A ribbon supply roll for use in a plastic card or passport personalization machine. The ribbon supply roll includes a zone-coated splice tape with a pressure sensitive adhesive on a backing film where the adhesive does not flow or ooze beyond the edges of the backing film. Therefore, a transferrable material on a winding layer in contact with the splice tape is not pulled away. For example, portions of the backing film of the splice tape are not coated with the adhesive which permits the adhesive to flow or ooze when pressure is applied to the splice tape. However, the adhesive does not flow enough to flow beyond the edges of the backing film.

Abstract: Improving the adhesion of a laminate on a plastic card where the laminate overlays a print receptor layer. The size of the laminate is made larger than the print receptor layer so that at least a portion of the perimeter edge of the laminate extends beyond the perimeter edge of the print receptor layer so that the portion of the perimeter edge is adhered or otherwise bonded directly to the surface of the plastic identification document substrate or to other material of or on the plastic identification document substrate other than the print receptor layer. This increases the difficulty in picking the edges of the laminate loose and peeling the laminate from the print receptor layer and from the plastic identification document substrate.

Abstract: Improved printing inks that provide selectively enhanced properties when applied to substrates. In particular, the improved inks use microcapsules to improve the quality, durability, and/or security of printed inks on substrates, for example identification documents. The microcapsules contain property enhancing chemical components that can be released from the capsules before, during or after printing is completed. The property enhancing components bring about a physical interaction and/or chemical reaction at the ink-substrate interface, in the print ink composition, and/or in the print ink surface, which may result for instance in at least one of improved adhesion, abrasion resistance, chemical resistance, and cohesive strength of the printed ink.