Processes relating to sensible coatings and transfer ribbons for plastic cards thereto

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A PLASTIC CARD COMPRISING SEQUENTIALLY: A. PROVIDING A POLYVINYL CHLORIDE OR POLYVINYL CHLORIDEPOLYVINYL ACETATE PLASTIC CARD BASE EMPANELED WITH A COATING OF TIO2 PIGMENT IN A BINDER OF AMINOTRIAZINE RESIN AND POLYESTER OR ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATE COPOLYMER LATEX AND PROVIDING A TRANSFER MEDIUM COMPRISING A FLEXIBLE CARRIER SUBSTRATE WITH A THIN COLORED SENSIBLE COATING THEREON WHEREIN THE COLORED SENSIBLE COATING COMPRISES A DRY MIXTURE OF 10 TO 25 WEIGHT PERCENT OF A POLYMERIC MATERIAL, 60 TO 85 WEIGHT PERCENT OF AMINOTRIAZINE RESIN AND 5 TO 25 WEIGHT PERCENT OF COLORED SENSIBLE MATERIAL; B. PLACING THE TRANSFER MEDIUM IN CONTACT WITH THE EMPANELED PLASTIC CARD BASE WITH THE COLORED SENSIBLE COATING IN CONTACT WITH A SURFACE OF PANEL; AND SUBJECTING THE FLEXIBLE CARRIER SUBSTRATE TO A PRESSURE RANGING FROM 20 TO 15,000 PSI FOR A TIME RANGING FROM 5 MILLISECONDS TO 1.0 SECOND TO TRANSFER THE COLORED SENSIBLE COATING TO THE EMPANELED CARD BASE; C. REMOVING THE FLEXIBLE CARRIER SUBSTRATE FROM THE COLORED SENSIBLE COATING TRANSFER AND EMPANELED PLASTIC CARD BASE; AND D. SUBJECTING THE COLORED SENSIBLE COATING AND PLASTIC CARD BASE TO ADDITIONAL PRESSURE RANGING UP TO 100 PSI AT TEMPERATURE RANGING FROM 225* TO 300*F. FOR A TIME RANGING FROM 0.1 TO 1.0 SECONDS.