Patent ID: 7686341

Claim:
A data carrier comprising a security element that is at least visually testable and has an embossing in at least a partial area, wherein the embossing is a halftone blind embossing executed by an inkless intaglio printing plate having an engraved relief provided thereon, and the halftone blind embossing being formed from the engraved relief and having a plurality of different embossing heights or depths that run smoothly into each other such that the halftone blind embossing represents a stereoscopic image of a three-dimensional original; wherein the halftone blind embossing is in the form of alphanumeric characters, graphic elements or halftone images; wherein at least one colored area executed by intaglio printing is present in exact register in addition to the halftone blind embossing, and the halftone blind embossing and the at least one colored area are spaced apart; wherein the halftone blind embossing is applied completely to a background print not executed by intaglio printing; wherein the background print overlaps at least in a partial area with at least one colored area.