A hole in the card is necessary to fasten a card on clothing or holders. Long or round hole punching is available in different formats which are placed at the desired position on the card. If the card has a data carrier, the position of the chip is important when hole punching in order for the chip to be functional.

A writing field coating makes it possible to sign plastic cards with ballpoint pens. Writing fields can be transparent, semi-transparent or white. The shape and size of writing and stamp fields can be freely selected; standard versions are also available. Smart Contactless offers security writing fields for signatures with high relevance. Thanks to a special printing process, any attempt to manipulate these writing fields can be recognized immediately.

Smart Contactless is also able to equip your cards with Braille characters. Fixed texts as well as variable data such as a name or card number can be implemented in Braille.

Scratch-off panels cover PIN codes, license numbers, or other access data on a plastic card. This means that information can be protected, for the most part, until it reaches the final user. Scratch-off panels can be applied to cards in freely selected shapes and sizes and are an optional component of personalization.

TRW Stands for Thermal ReWrite. TRW foils applied to the card surface enable a repeatable visual personalization, deletion, and rewriting of cards. This required a special TRW printer. A monochrome personalization can be provided in blue or black. The use cases for this type of card are applications with changing data, such as student IDs or visitor passes.

Most personalisations such as numbering, barcodes or other surface imprints are applied to the card body after card production and are therefore exposed to full mechanical stress. Additional protective overlays and patches can protect personalisations from abrasion and tampering, thus guaranteeing a long service life for the card.

Hot stamping is a surface finishing with chrome or foil effect. For an optimal effect, line thicknesses <1mm and bleed-off printing should be avoided. Chrome foil is available in gold and silver but also other color and effect foils with holographic structures are available.

In holographies, finely detailed line motifs can be embossed in chrome or holofoil. The resulting effect is not only unique, it also serves as improved protection against copying and counterfeiting. Holographics can be fully customized in terms of external shape, color and motif.

A pseudo-hologram is created by embossing different shapes and colours on top of each other to create an exclusive look. The image content, shape and foil colour can be freely designed and thus offer a high-quality finishing element at low production costs.

Spot and relief coats are partial high-gloss lacquers. The varnished areas are clearly visible and, in the case of relief varnish, can even be felt due to the very high coating thickness. As the varnish is completely transparent, printed layout elements can be particularly emphasized, provided the line thickness is not less than 1.5 mm. The high-gloss effect is particularly striking on matte laminated cards. Matte varnish on glossy cards is also available.

The watermark is a feature on the surface of the card. Like blind embossing, it is only visible when the card surface reflects the light. The form of the watermark can be chosen freely and is printed on the finished personalized cards.

Specially pre-treated laminating sheets can be used to create raised and recessed structures on the card surface. This creates surprising visual effects and at the same time represents a highly effective security feature.