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Plastic Card Systems™

In a competitive secure card environment, card issuers are looking for cost-effective alternatives for providing more dynamic, eye-catching and competitor-differentiated card packages. Ensuring the highest degree security and integrity, BÖWE BELL + HOWELL offers a unique direct mail piece that helps build existing customer loyalty and attract new customers.

The BÖWE BELL + HOWELL Plastic Card System™ (PCS)® is a versatile, high-speed, card mailing system that utilizes the very latest in card processing technology to ensure cards are processed efficiently and reliably at the lowest cost per piece. In fact, 6 of the top 10 bank/financial institutions' credit cards are issued using the BÖWE BELL + HOWELL PCS.

The PCS can integrate with automatic booklet makers, various mail inserters, and a variety of production monochrome or color printers using its Doculink or Weblink modules. Bottom line - the PCS can provide unparalleled versatility, improved productivity and the highest level of security.

Benefits

  • Cycle speeds of up to 8,000 cards per hour, which has improved throughput for some clients by as much as 16 times
  • Wide array of document format processing, from 4.75" x 4.75" to 14" x 17" in cut sheet or continuous web in 1-up or 2-up formats
  • A tracking system ensuring process integrity during the entire card fulfillment process
  • Detailed audit report generation of what cards were mailed and when
  • Identification of a wide array of codes such as barcode, 2D Datamatrix, contact or contact-less smart card chips, magnetic stripe and OCR

Specifications

  • Carrier Processing Options:
    • Minimum Size: 4.75" x 4.75"
    • Maximum Format: 14" x 17"
    • Connection to sheet or continuous printer
    • Assembling of documents prior or after fold
  • Card Processing Options:
    • A-Z or Z-A Card Feeding
    • Contact or Contactless Chip Reading
    • Magnetic stripe
    • Barcode
    • ECC200
    • OCR
    • Card Buffer (for POD applications)
  • Fold Options:
    • Z Fold
    • Half Fold
    • Double Parallel Fold
    • Cross Fold
  • Inserter Options:
    • No Inserter
    • Compact: up to 2 enclosure feeders
    • Enduro™: with up to 18 enclosure feeders
    • Marathon®: with up to 14 enclosure feeders
    • Quattro®: with up to 12 feeders
    • Vario®: up to 12 enclosure feeders
  • Delivery Options:
    • Envelope Turnover
    • Metering
    • Diverting
    • Extended conveyer
    • On edge stacking
    • Zip Marking
    • Automatic Postal Traying