ISO/IEC 7811-1:1995

Identification cards — Recording technique — Part 1: Embossing

La présente partie de l'ISO/CEI 7811 spécifie les prescriptions des caractères estampés pour les cartes d'identification. Les caractères estampés sont destinés au transfert de données soit à l'aide de machines à empreintes, soit par lecture visuelle ou par machine. L'ISO/CEI 10373 spécifie les modes opératoires utilisés pour la vérification des cartes en fonction des spécifications définies dans la présente partie de l'ISO/CEI 7811. La présente partie de l'ISO/CEI 7811 spécifie les prescriptions des cartes utilisées pour l'identification. Elle tient compte des aspects humains et des aspects machine et elle fixe des prescriptions minimales. NOTE -- Certaines valeurs numériques exprimées en unités du système international (SI) et/ou en unités anglo-saxonnes ont pu être arrondies dans la présente partie de l'ISO/CEI 7811. Elles sont alors cohérentes entre elles, mais non strictement égales. L'un ou l'autre système peut être utilisé, mais les deux ne doivent pas être utilisés conjointement, ni reconvertis. La présente partie de l'ISO/CEI 7811 a été conçue en faisant usage du système d'unités anglo-saxon.

Cartes d'identification — Technique d'enregistrement — Partie 1: Estampage

General Information

• Status: Withdrawn
• Publication Date: 09-Aug-1995
• Withdrawal Date: 09-Aug-1995
• ICS: 35.240.15 - Identification cards. Chip cards. Biometrics
• Technical Committee: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 17 - Cards and security devices for personal identification
• Drafting Committee: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 17/WG 1 - Physical characteristics and test methods for ID-cards
• Current Stage: 9599 - Withdrawal of International Standard
• Completion Date: 10-Oct-2002

Relations

• Revised: ISO/IEC 7811-1:2002 - Identification cards — Recording technique — Part 1: Embossing
• Effective Date: 15-Apr-2008
• Revises: ISO 7811-1:1985 - Identification cards — Recording technique — Part 1: Embossing
• Effective Date: 15-Apr-2008

Standards Content (Sample)

INTERNATIONAL ISO/IEC
STANDARD 7811-I
Second edition
1995-08-15
Identification cards - Recording technique -
Part 1:
Embossing
Cartes d’iden tifica tion - Technique d’enregistrement -
Partie 1: Estampage
Reference number
lSO/IEC 781 l-l :I 995(E)

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ISO/IEC 7811-1:1995(E)
Foreword
IS0 (the international Organization for Standardization) and IEC (the
International Electrotechnical Commission) form the specialized system for
worldwide standardization. National bodies that are members of IS0 or
IEC participate in the development of International Standards through
technical committees established by the respective organization to deal
with particular fields of technical activity. IS0 and IEC technical com-
mittees collaborate in fields of mutual interest. Other international organ-
izations, governmental and non-governmental, in liaison with IS0 and IEC,
also take part in the work.
In the field of information technology, IS0 and IEC have established a joint
technical committee, lSO/IEC JTC 1. Draft international Standards adopted
by the joint technical committee are circulated to the member bodies for
voting. Publication as an International Standard requires approval by at
least 75 % of the national bodies casting a vote.
International Standard lSO/IEC 781 l-l was prepared by Joint Technical
Committee lSO/IEC JTC 1, information technology, Subcommittee SC 17,
Identification cards and related devices.
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition
(IS0 781 l-l :I 985), of which it constitutes a technical revision.
lSO/IEC 7811 consists of the following parts, under the general title
lden tifica tion cards - Recording technique:
- Part I: Embossing
- Part 2: Magnetic stripe
- Part 3: Location of embossed characters on ID-I cards
- Part 4: Location of read-only magnetic tracks - Tracks 7 and 2
- Part 5: Location of read-write magnetic tracks - Track 2
Annexes A to C form an integral part of this part of lSO/IEC 7811.
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All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced
or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including protocopying and
microfilm, without permission in writing from the publisher.
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Introduction
lSO/IEC 7811 is one of a series of standards describing the parameters for
identification cards as defined in clause 4 and the use of such cards for
international interchange.

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INTERNATIONAL STANDARD @ lSO/IEC ISO/IEC 7811-1:1995(E)
Identification cards - Recording technique -
Part 1:
Embossing
this part of lSO/IEC 7811. At the time of publication
1 Scope
the editions indicated were valid. All standards are
This part of lSO/IEC 7811 specifies requirements for subject to revision and parties to agreements based
embossed characters on identification cards. The on this part of lSO/IEC 7811 are encouraged to
embossed characters are intended for transfer of data investigate the possibility of applying the most recent
either by use of imprinters or by visual or machine editions of the standards indicated below. Members
reading. of IEC and IS0 maintain registers of currently valid
International Standards.
lSO/IEC 10373, specifies the test procedures used to
IS0 1073-I : 1976, Alphanumeric character sets for
check cards against the parameters specified in this
optical recognition - Part 7: Character set OCR-A -
part of lSO/lEC 7811.
Shapes and dimensions of the printed image.
This part of lSO/lEC 7811 specifies the requirements
IS0 1073-2: 1976, Alphanumeric character sets for
for cards used for identification. It takes into
optical recognition - Part 2: Character set OCR-B -
consideration both human and machine aspects and
Shapes and dimensions of the printed image.
states minimum requirements.
IS 0 183 1: 1980, Printing specifications for optical
NOTE - Numeric values in the SI and/or Imperial measure-
character recognition.
ment system in this part of lSO/IEC 7811 may have been
rounded off and therefore are consistent with, but not
lSO/l EC 7810: 1995, Identification cards - Physical
exactly equal to, each other. Either system may be used,
but the two should not be intermixed or reconverted. The characteristics.
original design was made using the Imperial measurement
system.
lSO/IEC 781 l-3:1995, /den tifica tion cards -
Recording technique - Part 3: Location of embosed
characters on ID-? cards.
2 Conformance
lSO/IEC 10373:1993, Identification cards - Test
methods.
An identification card is in conformance with this part
of lSO/IEC 7811 if it meets all mandatory require-
ments specified herein.
A prerequisite for conformance with this part of
4 Definitions
lSO/IEC 7811 is conformance with lSO/IEC 7810.
For the purposes of this part of lSO/IEC 7811, the
definition of “identification card” given in lSO/IEC 7810
and the following definitions apply.
3 Normative references
The following standards contain provisions which.,
4.1 embossing: To raise characters in relief from
through reference in this text, constitute provisions of
the front surface of a card.
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4.2 unused card: Card which has been embossed
6 Visually readable characters
with all the characters required for its intended
(Not intended to be machine readable.)
purpose but has not been issued.
4.3 returned card: Embossed card after it has been 6.1 Character set and type font
issued to the card holder and returned for the purpose
A type font such as the alphanumeric, capital
of testing.
characters in IS0 1073-2, OCR-B, Size I, should be
used for embossed characters intended for visually
reading directly from the card or from card imprints.
5 Visually and machine readable
62 . Character spacing
characters
The character spacing shall be:
5.1 Character set and type font
2,54 mm * 0,15 mm (0,100 in * 0,006 in)
The numeric characters of one of the following type
fonts shall be used for embossed characters intended
63 . Relief height of embossed characters
for visual and/or machine reading, either directly from
the card or from card imprints (see annex A):
Relief height of imprinting character surfaces above
the card surface as measured from the non-embossed
- IS0 1073-1, OCR-A, Sizes I and IV;
surface of the card to the highest point on the
- IS0 1073-2, OCR-B, Sizes I and IV;
embossed character is shown in table 1 for unused
- Type font 7B as described in annexes B and C.
cards and table 2 for returned cards.
NOTE - To ensure system compatibility in the choice of
NOTE - Table 2 shows only the limits within which cards
font, the attention of intending users is drawn to the
will function normally, and does not imply any guarantee of
necessity of agreement with their potential interchange
relief height during the valid term for issued cards.
partners.
Print specifications are given in IS0 1831.
5.2 Character spacing
Table 1 - Relief height of unused embossed cards
The character spacing shall be:
Visually and machine Visually readable
readable characters characters
3,63 mm of 0,15 mm (0,143 in * 0,006 in)
mm (in) mm (in)
5.3 Character height
0
046 & (WI* -;oo4
o,48 -0,08 ("~01g-:,003 , ,
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Maximum height at the printing surface of the
embossed characters, encompassing centreline skew
and character misalignment shall be:
4,32 mm (0,170 in)
Table 2 - Relief height of returned embossed
cards
5.4 Relief height of embossed characters
Visually and machine Visually readable
Relief height of imprinting character surfaces above
readable characters characters
the card surface as measured from the non-embossed
mm (in) mm (in)
surface of the card to the highest point on the
embossed character is shown in table 1 for unused
0
0,46 -00 2 (0,018 4 008
‘t4* -O,l8 (“~01g-&17 , ,
cards and table 2 for used cards.
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Annex A
(normative)
Pictorial representation of numeric data
OL23456789
OCR-A
0123456789
OCR-6
012395bl87
Farrington ,7 B
Not to scale

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Annex B
(normative)
7 B Print specifications
B.1 Character set - 7 B Font
B.4 Printing characteristics
The 7 B font consists of the following characters:
B.4.1 Ink density
For optimum performance, the ink (carbon) density of
The numerals 0 to 9 inclusive.
the printed character shall be such that its reflectance
is not more than 20 % of the average reflectance of
the document on which the character is printed. At
worst, the ink density of the printed character must
be such that its reflectance is not more than 60 % of
B.2 Character dimensions - Printed
the average reflectance of the document on which the
image
character is printed.
Nominal character height
NOTE - Reflectance is measured with an incident illumi-
nation of 45O and a viewing angle of 90’ to the surface of
3,81 mm (0,15 in) (centreline)
the document, and using an aperture of measurement
0,20 mm* (0,000 3 in*) on the document.
Nominal character width
2,03 mm (0,08 in) (centreline)
Acceptable voids and acceptable extaneous marks as
defined in B.4.2 and B.4.3 are exceptions to the ink
density requirement.
Nominal stroke width
0,51 mm (0,02 in)
B.4.2 Voids
Maximum stroke width
A void is any area within the maximum stroke width
0,76 mm (0,03 in)
dimension of a printed character in which the
reflectance exceeds 60 % of the average reflectance
Minimum stroke width
of the document on which a character is printed.
0,25 mm (0,Ol in)
Voids can be acceptable provided they can be entirely
contained within a circle of 0,25 mm (0,Ol in)
diameter, there is a minimum separation of 0,71 mm
(0,28 in) centre to centre between the voids, and
B.3 Character spacing and alignment
provided the resulting minimum effective stroke width
dimension is not less than 0,20 mm (0,008 in).
Th e nominal spacing of the characters as printed is 7
the inch.
to
No unacceptable voids can be permitted.
The minimum horizontal separation between adjacent
B.4.3 Extraneous marks
characters is 0,38 mm (0,015 in).
An extraneous mark is any mark within either the
Vertical misalignment between adjacent characters
printing or clear zone,
but not within the printed
shall not exceed 2,03 mm (0,080 in).
character area, in which the reflectance is less than
60 % of the average reflectance of the document on
Character skew shall not exceed 3’.
which the marks occur.
Extraneous marks can be acceptable provided they
Total line skew shall not exceed the limits of the print
can be entirely contained within a circle of 0,25 mm
zone as defined in IS0 781 l-3.

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(0,010 in) diameter, and provided there is a minimum
B.4.4 Embossing
separation between the marks of 0,71 mm (0,028 in)
centre to centre.
Deformation of the document surface as a result of
printing shall not exceed 0,13 mm (0,005 in).
No unacceptable extraneous marks can be permitted.
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Annex C
(normative)
Printed image of the 7 B font
Dimensions in millimetres
(Inches in parentheses)
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