EP2603362A2

EP2603362A2 - Method for producing blanks in printing media in the form of webs or sheets and further processing thereof and also products of the method

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Publication number: EP2603362A2
Application number: EP11741450.8A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Jules Fischer
Original assignee: Fofitec AG
Current assignee: Fofitec AG
Priority date: 2010-08-12
Filing date: 2011-08-03
Publication date: 2013-06-19
Also published as: US8770488B2; WO2012019953A3; AU2011288604A1; WO2012019953A2; US20120037712A1

Abstract

In a method for producing blanks (14) in printing media (10) in the form of webs or sheets, wherein the blanks are punched as the printing media pass through a punching tool (50) and are then provided with a feature as they pass through a further tool (70), which feature requires positioning within prescribed limits on said media, it is proposed according to the invention that the punching tool is used to punch free in the printing media markings (18) that are respectively arranged without tolerance in their position in relation to the blanks, and that these markings are used for the incorporation of said feature in the subsequent processing of the blanks.

Description

DESCRIPTION

TITLE

Process for the production of diecuts in web or sheet-shaped

Print media and their further processing as well as products of the process

TECHNICAL AREA

The present invention relates to a method for the production of punched products in web or sheet-shaped printing media, wherein the punched pieces are punched in the passage of the print carrier by a punching tool and then provided in the pass through another tool with a feature which positioning within predetermined limits on them requirement.

The invention also relates to web-shaped or stacked sheet-shaped print carrier as products of this method.

STATE OF THE ART

Processes of the aforementioned type are known in various embodiments, including the so-called web finishing process can be expected. In web finishing, self-adhesive pieces of material (patches) of paper and / or film are applied to a mostly pre-printed endless web of paper and / or foil in the pass, whereby the punches for producing, for example, cards are subsequently made in the area of the dispensers. The punches are carried out so that the diecuts connected via stamping webs or at least one layer of the material pieces aufgespendeten with the endless web and thereby remain integrated in this. As part of their further

Processing the integrated diecuts are printed, for example, for their so-called personalization, this can still be done on the continuous web or only after this has been divided into single sheets (forms). In recent years, machines are also available, with which the mentioned

Dispensing and punching can be performed on continuous sheets. During the entire processing, positioning tolerances result in these known methods both in terms of the individual processing steps and in terms of the processing steps relative to one another. These tolerances are typically about +/- 1 mm. During dispensing, there may be a misalignment of the material pieces which have been dispensed with as compared to the through-opening of the web-shaped or sheet-shaped print carrier, the angle tolerance being approximately +/- 2 ".

Because of these tolerances, donations are made first and then punched, with the diecuts punched slightly within the material pieces being dispensed. This leaves unsightly punched rings. In a typographical

Post-processing of the diecuts, conversely, the pressure is usually carried out with oversize to the edge of the card, although a sharp or Randabfallende printing of the diecakes would be optically more appealing, in the area of the card edge critical patterns such as labels are avoided.

WO2008 / 128362 A1 discloses forms with integrated cards as diecuts which are provided with a magnetic strip. In such, with a web-finishing process produced forms, it was not possible due to the positioning tolerances occurring to describe the magnetic strip in the continuous web or the forms produced therefrom with a coding and this coding after separation of the cards from the continuous web or read the forms on the individual cards with sufficient success rate again. The success rate was below 50%. In order for the code to be subsequently readable by a standard magnetic stripe card reader, it must be positioned with limited tolerances at certain distances from the edges of the card, as required by ISO 7811-2. With the least tolerance of only +/- 0.5 mm, the beginning of the coded information is on the

Magnetic strip set relative to the adjacent card edge. PRESENTATION OF THE INVENTION

The invention has as its object to provide in a method of the type mentioned above, as the diecuts, as long as they are still connected to the web or sheet-shaped print media, in passing through another tool with much lower position tolerances than previously possible with a

feature to be provided.

According to the invention, this object is achieved by a method having the features of claim 1. This is therefore characterized in that with the punching tool in the print carriers relative to the punched in their position each tolerance-free arranged markers are punched free and that this

Markings are used in the subsequent processing of the punched to Einsteuerung the said feature. From a technical point of view, this method can be carried out particularly simply by using a common punched sheet metal, for example punched on a magnetic cylinder, for punching the punched pieces and the markings. For this purpose, suitable punching plates are available with tolerances with regard to the mutual distances between the punched pieces and the markings of at most +/- 0.05 mm. in the

Comparison with the above-mentioned tolerances of +/- 1 mm, this should be understood in the context of the present invention as sufficiently "tolerance-free".

The features that can be adequately precisely controlled within the scope of the subsequent processing of the diecuts using the market tolerances stamped free of tolerances relative to these can be, in particular, an encoding on a magnetic strip, the diecuts being cards or folding cards in the so-called credit card format.

Due to the achievable with the invention accuracy can be ensured that at least not more than 5% of applied in the web or sheets encodings on the detached card punching because of positioning tolerances with standard readers for magnetic stripe cards are unreadable. In fact, the rejection rate can be brought well below 1%, and this with web-shaped print carriers with several thousand diecuts and stacks of sheet-shaped print carrier with at least a few hundred sheets.

The features which can be precisely controlled in the context of the subsequent processing of the diecuts using the tolerances free stamped relative to these markers, it could also be chip card module with a semiconductor chip and contacts, the diecuts are again cards or folding cards in the so-called credit card format , Here, the ISO 7816-2 standard specifies the position of the contacts of the chip card modules on the cards relative to their edges. Using the inventive markings can be the

Place chip card modules sufficiently precisely on the cards in this standard. As a result, the chip card modules can already be described with information using the markers according to the invention if the cards are still in combination with the print carriers. And by the exact placement of the smart card modules relative to the edges of the card, this information can finally be read again on the detached cards with a standard smart card reader.

Preferably, the smart card modules are mounted as a substitute for a same shape piece of a Teilschlcht the diecuts, the form-matching pieces in the

Punches are punched out with the punching tool together with the punching of the diecuts. By using the markings punched in accordance with the invention at the same time and without tolerances with the molded pieces, the chip card modules can be placed precisely in the depressions formed in the stamped pieces after removal of the identical pieces.

Another feature, which possibly requires a precise control could be a Aufspendung particular a transparent film layer as a cover layer on and flush with the punched items.

Another feature that may require precise control could be

Imprint on and flush with the die cuts. As labels are preferably stamped edges in the print media, since edges can be easily detected with optical sensors. The edges are

in particular transversely and / or aligned longitudinally to the through-opening in the further tool. In the case of edges oriented transversely to the passage direction, for example, the interruption and / or the termination of an interruption of a light beam directed perpendicular to the print carrier can be detected when the edges pass the light beam as they pass through. In the case of longitudinally oriented edges, a light beam could be directed onto it in such a way that a part of the light beam could be directed towards it

Light beam falls on the print carrier, while the remaining part of the light beam reaches the edge of a sensor. From the intensity of the light received by the sensor, it is then possible to conclude the orientation of the edges transversely to the through-opening and, if appropriate, to dynamically correct this orientation. The aligned in the longitudinal direction edges of the markers need not be designed to be particularly long and in particular do not extend uninterrupted along the entire print carrier. In the case of web-shaped print carriers, the markings can thereby be produced by separating toothed edge strips with the stamping tool.

In the case of web-shaped print carriers, the print carrier webs can also be separated into sheets directly together with the punching of the diecuts with the punching tool. In this case, the outer edges of the sheets can be used as marking for the control of the variable feature in the subsequent processing of the punched. If the inventive method, as mentioned above, is used for the production of print media with coded magnetic stripe on the punched rings, the required magnetic strip can be applied to the web-shaped print carrier in the same run with the punching before punching on the web-shaped print carrier in web-like print carriers by one with a Magnetic stripe provided strip of material on them is laminated endlessly. Positioning tolerances of the magnetic strip on the subsequently punched punched rings in the running direction of the print carrier web are eliminated by the fact that the magnetic strip in the running direction of the print carrier web extends in any case completely over the diecuts. Due to the endless process, the magnetic strip is always exactly parallel to the print carrier web aligned. Positioning tolerances of the magnetic strip transverse to the direction of the print carrier web can be most easily controlled by a certain excess width of the magnetic strip. There is no rule as to the width of the

Magnetic strip bounded at the top. On the other hand, the magnetic strip can also be applied very precisely by lateral forced guidance of the material strip carrying it, which are fixedly mounted relative to the punching tool and with only a short distance in front of this during lamination transversely to the direction of the print carrier web relative to the diecuts.

BRIEF EXPLANATION OF THE FIGURES

The invention will be explained in more detail with reference to embodiments in conjunction with the drawings. Show it:

Fig. 1 shows an apparatus for the production of print media with encoded

Magnetic stripes on integrated cards;

FIG. 2 shows the layer structure of the magnetic strip web used in FIG. 1; FIG.

Flg. FIG. 3 shows the layer structure of the carrier material web used in FIG. 1; FIG.

4 shows a device for register mark punching on continuous webs;

5 shows a device for producing print carriers with chip card modules on integrated folding cards;

Fig. 6 different sectional views under a) - c) of the print carrier web of

Fig. 5, under d) of a sheet produced therefrom with the folded card and under e) the folded card folded into a finished chip card; and

Fig. 7 under a) - d) various arrangements of magnetic stripe cards in

Sheets.

WAYS FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

In the apparatus of Fig. 1 in a laminating station 40 a

Magnetic strip web 20 on the front and in coverage with a

Carrier sheet 30 is laminated to the back of a print carrier web 10. The three webs are each unwound from rollers 11, 21 and 31 and run in the laminating station 40 between two pressure rollers 41 and 42 therethrough. The magnetic strip web 20 is a multilayer laminate with a film layer 22 on which a magnetic strip 23 is applied endlessly on the front side. On the reverse side, the film layer is provided with an adhesive layer 24, by means of which it is glued to the print carrier web 10. To be wound on itself, the magnetic strip web 20 is still covered on the roll 21 with a release paper layer 25, which is withdrawn before the laminating station 40 via a roller 26 of the adhesive layer 24 and then wound on a roll 27. The roller 26 is provided with a pair of side guides 28. The layer structure of the magnetic strip web 20 is shown schematically in FIG.

The substrate sheet 30 is also a multilayer laminate with a

Adhesive layer 33, a transparent film layer 34, a Schallsimschicht 35 and a carrier layer 36 made of thin paper or foil. By means of the adhesive layer 33, the carrier material web 30 is glued to the print carrier web 10. A

Release paper layer 32 ensures again that the substrate sheet 30 on the roll 31 can be wound on itself. Before the laminating station 40, it is pulled off from the adhesive layer 33 via a roller 37 and wound on a roll 38. The roller 37, like the roller 26, is provided with a pair of side guides 39. Of the

Layer structure of the substrate sheet 30 is shown schematically in Fig. 3.

With only a small distance in the direction of passage behind the laminating station 40, a punching station 50 is arranged with an upper magnetic cylinder 51 and a lower counter-cylinder 52. On the magnetic cylinder 51 is provided with a fine burrs 54 and 55 punching punch 53 and by the magnetic attraction of the magnetic cylinder 51st fixed. The punching ridge 54 forms an outer rectangle, e.g. in a standard letter format and the burr 55, a smaller rectangle in a typical card format.

With the stamped sheet 53 thus formed, individual sheets 12 are punched out of the somewhat larger printing medium web 10 in the stamping station 50. The waste here is a stamped grid 13, which is endless and can be discharged accordingly as a whole. With the punching ridge 55 a card 14 is punched out in the sheets 12. The punching depth is in this case chosen so that the lowermost carrier layer 36 is not punched with and remains intact. The cards 14 remain thereby integrated in the individual sheets 12 and are held by the Schälleimschicht 35 on the carrier layer 36. With respect to the remaining layers, the cards 14 are no longer connected to the surrounding material. The

Schallsimschicht 35 has the property that the cards 14 can be detached from it and thereby be removed from the sheets. Bows and cards thus have a structure as known from WO 95/20493 A1. By applying the magnetic strip 23 endlessly in the laminating station 40, a magnetic strip extends over the individual sheets 12 and over the cards 14 produced in them. The individual sheets 12 are after the punching device 50 of a

Conveyor 60 taken over, transported in the same direction with unchanged speed under a writing device 70 through and finally stored on a stack 80. Means (not shown) are preferably also present on the conveyor belt 60 in order to keep the sheets in a straight and laterally constant orientation, wherein these means may, for example, have a lateral guide on which the sheets 12 slide with a longitudinal edge in the stop.

The writing device 70 has a writing head 71 above the conveyor belt 60, with which the portions of the magnetic strips 23 extending beyond the cards 14 can each be described with information as the sheets 12 move on the conveyor belt 60 below it. In order for this information can be read again after the release of the cards 14 from the sheets 12 with a conventional magnetic stripe card reader, the written

Information in the prescribed by ISO 7811-2 narrow distance range of the front opening 15 of the cards start 14 and be controlled accordingly. For the control, exactly the time is registered with an optical sensor 72, in each case, in which passes through the front sheet edge 16 of the individual A4 sheets under the sensor 72 in the direction of passage. The front sheet edges 16 are used as each tolerance-free with respect to the cards 14 and its edge 15 arranged markings. The writing of the information only begins a certain time after this time. This time depends on the one hand on the speed of passage of the sheets 12 on the conveyor belt 60 and on the other hand on the distance of the front card edge 15 from the front

Bow edge 16 from. This distance is, however, the same for all bows, since the cards 14 punched together with the sheets 12 with the stamped sheet 53. The

Passing speed of the sheets 12 on the conveyor belt 60 can by

conventional drive controls are kept constant. The writing of the magnetic strips 23 on the cards 14 can thereby be carried out in the direction of passage within the narrow, permissible tolerances of the standard ISO 7811-2.

Most of the information is written on the magnetic strip 23 in three closely spaced, parallel strips, the ISO 7811-2 also prescribes in this regard distance ranges from the adjacent parallel card edge 17 in which they must be arranged. Accordingly, the magnetic strip 23 and the write head 71 must be arranged in a certain distance range of this card edge 17.

With respect to the magnetic strip 23, this is ensured by the mentioned side guides 28 for the magnetic strip web 20 on the roll 26, the roll 26 and with it the side guides 28 e.g. in a stable machine frame (not shown) relative to the punching unit 50 and thus the punching plate 53 are fixedly mounted. In addition, the distance between the side guides 28 and the laminating station 40, on the one hand, and between the laminating station and the punching station 50, is so short that the magnetic strip web 20 can not practically move laterally between the side guides 28 and the punching unit 50. By laminating the

Magnetic strip web 20 as endless strip is finally ensured that the magnetic strip 23 is always aligned exactly in the direction of passage of the webs 10, 20 and 30 and thus also the sheets on the conveyor belt 60 and not at an oblique angle to this direction.

With respect to the write head 71, this can also be done by fixed mounting of the

Stylus 71 (not shown) in a stable machine frame relative to the punching unit 50 and thus to the position of the cards 14 produced therein as well as to the optionally present on the conveyor belt 60 guide can be ensured.

However, it would also be possible to detect the lateral position of the individual sheets 12 on the basis of their edges aligned in the direction of each edge and then align the sheets 12 laterally relative to the write head 71 or the write head 71 relative to the sheets by automatic adjustment suitable. The side guides 39 on the roller 37 are used for laterally accurate alignment of the substrate sheet 30. The subdivision of the continuous webs as described above in individual sheets together with the punching of the diecuts is indeed useful but not essential

required. Depending on the type of further processing desired, it may also be expedient to continue endlessly after punching the diecuts and rewind the sheets laminated together, for example, for a later pass through a possibly different device. In this case, there are no leading edges of sheets for detection and control of the magnetic strip to be written

Information available. As an alternative, however, in this case, simultaneously with the diecuts, other markings that are just as easy and precisely detectable can be punched free.

FIG. 4 shows an example of this, with rectangular notches 116 being punched out in a side edge of a print carrier web 100 already provided with a magnetic release 123 and possibly further layers as markings with a punching tool 150 simultaneously with the punching of card punches 114. The

Notches 116, like the separated sheets 12 of FIG. 1, have optically detectable edges arranged longitudinally and transversely to the running direction of the print carrier web 100. A sensor 172 of a writing unit 170 is also shown again in FIG. 4. Likewise, a write head 171 for writing information on the magnetic stripe 123 in the area of card punching 114th

The punching of the indentations 116 is carried out in FIG. 4 so as to produce a toothed, endless edge strip 118 which, like the stamped grid 13 of FIG. 1, is endlessly removed as a whole and is e.g. can be rolled up on a roll 119. In this way, loose punching waste is avoided, the residue-free removal would be much more expensive and, if this is not completely successful, too

Processing problems in downstream processing stations.

Fig. 5 shows a further application of the inventive method for

Production of print carriers with chip card modules on integrated folding cards. In Fig. 5 will be provided with front and rear dispensers 210, 220

Print carrier web 200 of a punching station 230 fed, in soft at the same time in the field of dispensing card punching 201 and the edge side as in Fig. 4 rectangular notches 202 are punched. Continue at the same time with these

Punches are in the punching station card punching 201 still provided with a circumferential punching 203. Punching station 230 may be as previously described with a magnetic cylinder and a punching burr arranged thereon

be provided stamped sheet metal. Fig. 6 shows under a) a cross section through the print carrier web 200 of Fig. 5 with the Aufspendungen 210 and 220. The print carrier web 200 may be a paper web. The front-side Aufspendung 210 includes a cover sheet 211 and an adhesive layer 212, with the cover sheet 211 on the front of the

Print carrier web 200 is adhered. The cover film 211 is provided against the adhesive layer 212 on a partial surface with a release layer 213 in the form of a siliconization. The rear-side application 220 comprises a support layer 221 with release properties, for example in the form of a Stlikonpapier, which with a

Adhesive layer 222 is glued to the back of the print carrier web 200. The circumferential punching for the production of card punching 201 is denoted by 204. The punching depth is chosen so that the lowermost carrier layer 221 is not punched with and remains intact. The card punches 201 thereby remain integrated in the print carrier web 200 and are held on the carrier layer 221 by the adhesive layer 222. Because of their separation properties, however, the card punched sheets 201 can be released from the composite with the remaining layers, as shown in Fig. 6 d).

The already mentioned punching 203 runs within the partial surface of the cover foil 210 provided with the separating layer 213 and merely cuts through these. Because of the separating layer 213, the foil piece 205 cut free by the punching 203 with respect to the remaining cover foil 210 can be removed, exposing the adhesive layer 212 below it, as shown in FIG. 6 under b). In Fig. 5, the removal of the film pieces 205 is shown schematically at 240, wherein the removal can be performed by machine technology by suction or by peeling during sharp deflection. As a result of the removal of the film pieces 205, recesses 206 are formed in the card punching tongues 201 into which chip card modules 207 are subsequently inserted in FIG. 5. The adhesive layer 212 uncovered by the removal of the film pieces 205 serves directly for fixing the chip card modules 207. From a technical point of view, the insertion of the chip card modules 207 can take place from the roilieware with web finishing technique, through label dispensing technique or with handling robotics.

For driving the chip card module 207 into the recesses 206 in the direction of the print carrier web 200 and for exact positioning to the front and rear edges of the Kartenstanziinge 201 in Fig. 5 with an optical sensor 272, the transverse edges of the notches 202 registered and as tolerance to the Well 206 arranged marks used. Sufficiently exact positioning of the chip card modules 207 transversely to the running direction of the print carrier web can be as described above by fixed mounting of the individual stations in a stable machine frame, by a suitable lateral guidance of the print carrier web and / or by detection of the longitudinal edges of the notches 202 connected to a dynamic control also in the transverse direction be ensured.

If the thickness of the cover layer 210 is selected according to the thickness of the chip card modules 207, this concludes flush with the surface of the card punchings 201.

Optionally, the recesses 206 may be formed deeper including other layers such as the paper layer of the print carrier web 200 to achieve this flush.

6 shows, in addition to the removal of a piece of film 205, the insertion of a chip card module 207 into a recess 206. In c), FIG. 6 shows the chip card module 207 provided on the integrated card punch 201

Print carrier web 200. It could also be a sheet already isolated from the printing web. In Fig. 6d), as already mentioned, the removal of Kartenstanziinge 201 in the form of a folding card with exposed on its underside adhesive layer 222 is shown. Then this folding card is still in the middle along folded fold line designated in Fig. 5 with 208, whereby the in Fig. 6 under e) shown, non-sticky and twice thick chip card 209 is formed.

The shapes and relative proportions of the webs, sheets and diecuts used in the figures as well as the arrangement of the diecuts in the webs or sheets are only examples. Preferably, the A4 or letter size sheets and the diecuts have the credit card format prescribed by ISO 7811-2. It would also be possible to provide in the direction of passage on each sheet two such card punching in a row. Of course, the entire surface of the print carrier web or the sheets separated therefrom for producing a plurality of card punches in several rows could be exploited next to each other.

If the punching jacks are punched together with the bows, the

Punches are also not completely arranged within the sheets, but may be adjacent to one or two sides at the edge or even over the arches incidentally project, which would facilitate their removal. Fig. 7 shows under a) - d) such arrangements of diecuts with magnetic strip.

Also only by way of example, the layer structure of the described webs, sheets and / diecuts to be provided. It could be provided other or additional layers, the diecuts could be particularly stiffened by additional layers in particular. Examples of this can be found in WO2008 / 128362 A1 cited at the outset, wherein particularly thick, stiff and resistant cards can be obtained from otherwise relatively thin sheets by the folding cards described therein. Some of the layers described might as well

be omitted. If, for example, the carrier layer 36 and the

Schälleimschicht 35 omitted, would have to be ensured by other means such recordable by leaving stamped webs that the diecuts remain releasably connected to the surrounding material. Instead of applying a film web precoated with a magnetic strip, such as the web 20, to a print carrier web, magnetic material could also be coated directly wet onto a print carrier web. The further processing of the diecuts does not have to be done as described above in the same pass with the punching of the diecuts and the markings. By means of the markings according to the invention, the punched pieces can be provided with the characteristic to be controlled just as accurately in a later, separate pass through the further tool. The punching tool and the other tools can be set up and operated independently of each other.

What would also not be possible in the figures, however, is a printing of the web 10 before or after the laminating station 10 or only the already separated sheets after the punching unit 50 in the same run. In particular, information that could be printed with the write head 71 on the

Magnetic strip 23 written information content fit. As a result, the sheets could e.g. individually personalized. It would also be possible, individual, each provided with a magnetic strip

Stick adhesive pieces (patches) on a print carrier web, provided that a sufficient parallelism of the magnetic strip with the direction of passage of the web can be achieved. As mentioned at the beginning, machines are available in recent times with which

Aufspendungen and punching can be performed on continuous bows with fairly good precision. The use of such machines in the context of the inventive method would also be possible

NAME LIST

10 print carrier web

11 roll

12 sheets

13 punched grid

14 punched sheet / card

15 front card edge

16 front sheet edge

17 parallel map edge

20 magnetic strip web

21 roll

22 film layer

23 magnetic stripes

24 adhesive layer

25 release paper layer

26 roll

27 role

28 side guides

30 substrate sheet

31 roll

32 release paper layer

33 adhesive layer

34 transparent film layer

35 slapstick layer

36 carrier layer

37 role

38 roll

39 side guides

40 laminating station

41 pressure roller

42 pressure roller

50 punching station

51 magnetic cylinder

52 counter cylinders 53 punched sheet

54 punching burr

55 punching burr

60 conveyor belt

70 writing unit

71 write head

72 optical sensor

80 stacks

100 print carrier web

114 Punch / card

116 notches

118 edge stripes

119 role

123 magnetic stripes

150 punching tool

170 writing pocket

171 write head

172 optical sensor

200 print carrier web

201 card dancers

202 notches

203 die cuts

204 die cuts

205 film sticks

206 wells

207 chip card modules

208 folding line

209 chip card

210 front loading

211 cover sheet

212 adhesive layer

213 separating layer

220 back up

221 carrier layer 222 Adhesive layer 230 Punching station 272 Optical sensor 240 Removal station 250 Dispensing station

Claims

A method of manufacturing punched sheets (14; 114; 201) in web or sheet-shaped print carriers (10; 12; 100; 200), wherein the punched pieces are punched in the passage of the print carriers by a punching tool (50; 150; 230) and thereafter be provided in the pass through another tool (70; 170; 250) with a feature which requires positioning within predetermined limits on them, characterized in that with the punching tool in the print carriers relative to the punched in their position each tolerance-free arranged markings (16; 116; 202) are punched free and that these marks in the subsequent

Processing of the diecuts are used to control the said feature.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that is used as the material for the print carrier paper and / or film.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that as

Diecuts cards (14; 114; 201/209) are produced.

4. The method according to any one of claims 1-3, characterized in that the

Punching is performed so that the diecuts remain connected to at least a portion of the adjoining material of the print carrier, possibly by means of additional layers (36; 221), for further processing.

5. The method according to any one of claims 1-4, characterized in that as

Marking edges (16; 116; 202) are punched free in the print carriers.

6. The method according to any one of claims 1-5, characterized in that the markings in web-shaped print media by separating toothed

Edge strips (118) are produced with the punching tool (150).

7. The method according to any one of claims 1-6, characterized in that in the subsequent processing of the punched as a controlled feature one each Coding on a on the punching rings extending magnetic strip (23, 123) is attached.

8. The method according to any one of claims 1-7, characterized in that in the subsequent processing of the Stanzhnge (201) as a controlled Merkmai each a smart card module (207) is mounted on the punched rings.

9. The method according to claim 8, characterized in that the

Chip card modules (207) are each mounted as a substitute for a formgieiches piece (205) of a sub-layer of the diecuts (201), wherein the identical pieces in the punched rings are punched together with the punching of the punching with the punch (230).

10. The method according to any one of claims 1-9, characterized in that in the subsequent processing of the punched as a controlled feature in each case a location-variable pressure on the punched rings, in particular one of these

Randabfallender pressure, is attached.

11. The method according to any one of claims 1-10, characterized in that in the subsequent processing of the punched as a controlled feature each a Matertalschicht is placed on the punched rings as a portable variable feature.

12. The method according to any one of claims 1-11, characterized in that at web-shaped printing media in the same pass with the punching before punching with a magnetic strip (23) provided with material strips (20) are endlessly laminated.

13. The method according to any one of claims 1-11, characterized in that on the print carrier in the same pass with the punching of the punched before the

Punching each one provided with a magnetic stripe patch is dispensed.

14. The method according to any one of claims 1-13, characterized in that in web-shaped Druckträgem the print carrier web together with the punching of Punching with the punching tool in sheets (12) is singled and that as a marker for the control of the variable Merkmais in the subsequent processing of the punched in the sheets each one of the outer edges (16) of the sheets is used.

15. Web-shaped or stacked sheet-like print carrier with detachable diecuts, wherein the diecuts are provided with magnetic stripe and the magnetic stripe with codes, characterized in that at the liberated diecuts less than 5% of the codes with a standard reader for magnetic stripe cards because of the positioning of the codings on the

Magnetic strip can not be read.