Patent ID: 6467687
Filing Date: 2002-10-22
Classification: B42D,B43M,B65H,C07D,C07F,C08G,C09D,G02B,G06K

Abstract:
In an embossed card production system having means for storing embossed card information apart from a card to be used to emboss the card, means for accessing stored embossed card information used to produce the card and means for embossing the card with the stored embossed card information, the improvement being an embossed card verification system comprising:means for automatically reading the embossed information on the card; means for comparing the automatically read embossed information on the card with the stored embossed information which is stored apart from the card and is used to produce the card to determine if there is a match; and means responsive to the comparing means for automatically identifying each card for which the information embossed on the card does not match the stored embossed information for the card.