PLASTIC CARD EMBOSSING & TIPPING
Embossing is the process of
raising the surface of a plastic card to produce
various characters which indicate the name, account
number, expiration date, etc. Embossing is
often a critical part of the plastic card
system.
Characters come in 2 different sizes:
* Large (OCR) characters which have a 18 space
limit per line.
* Small (Simplex) regular characters which have a
26 space limit per line.
Tipping is the process by which colour, usually gold or silver, is applied to the raised characters to make them easy to read and give a professional finished look.