Spec Sheet

Card Security Features
For secure applications, Zebra offers Composite cards that provide a greater average lifespan
than most cards available on the market. Order your customized, genuine Zebra™ cards with
your choice of overt, covert, or forensic security features.
Opacity Mark Printing (covert)
An image is printed on the inner layers
of the card material, making it visible
only via the direct application of an
intensely focused light source.
Infrared Ink Printing (covert)
Uses special ink that reacts
(fluoresces) when subjected to a
specific frequency of laser light.
Photo Box (overt)
A portion of the card design specifically
allocated for the digital imaging of the
card recipient’s photograph.
Micro Text Printing (covert)
Small text that is only visible with an
8x or 10x magnifying loop; typically
has a predetermined misspelling or
transposed character.
Contact Chip (overt)
An embedded microchip within
the card layers that allows for
large amounts of data storage and
management. Chip is protected by a
contact “plate” available in gold
or silver.
Clear Window (overt)
Card is constructed with a clear core
material to deter any attempt to create
a counterfeit card from common card
stock.
Optical Variable Ink (OVI
®
) (overt)
Optical variable ink is a high security
feature showing different colors as
the angle of view changes. Optical
Variable Ink can have a support
printing by a dark color shade to get
a luscious color effect.
2-D Holographic Foil (overt)
Method of producing a two-
dimensional image of an object by
recording on a photographic plate
or film the pattern of interference
formed by a split laser beam, and
then illuminating the pattern either
with a laser or with ordinary light. 3-D
holographic foil also available.
Guilloche Pattern (overt)
Highly complex, multiple-color design
pattern generated by a mathematics
formula. Virtually impossible to
reproduce by copy machine or to
re-create digitally.
Black Light-Reactive Ink
Printing (covert)
Uses ink that glows under an
ultraviolet light. Available in red for
added security.
Serialization (overt)
Unique numbering printed on the
card specified by the customer.
Contactless Chip (overt)
An embedded microprocessor chip within the card layers
that is read via radio signals rather than physical contact.
Magnetic Stripe (overt)
Magnetic band capable of storing data
by modifying the magnetism of tiny
iron-based particles.