Toshiba unveiling new e-passport printer
17 September, 2009
category: Contactless, Government
Toshiba Corp. announced that it has developed a full-color, automated electronic passport printer, VP-P450, that integrates all functions for e-passport personalization.
The company will be demonstrating the printer at the Fifth Symposium and Exhibition on ICAO, CARTES & Identification and CARTES in Asia before it official launches in the spring 2010.
With the cabinet-sized VP-P450 Toshiba introduces an e-passport solution that supports the functions and throughput required in central passport printing offices while achieving a size that makes it suitable for installation in consulates.
The printer outputs in full color and automates a series of processes including: feeding blank passports into the printer, lamination, encoding of IC-chips with the passport holder’s biometric data; and confirmation of encoded IC data.