

One city hall using Evolis systems is the City Hall of Koto Ward in Tokyo. TOKYO’S KOTO WARD CITY HALL APPRECIATES THE UNIFORMITY AND READABILITY OF CARDS Evolis printers use a special thermal transfer material for printing characters on the card surface.ĬardEx has added a label to the printer to indicate where to insert the cards. It also recognizes the orientation of the inserted card, so that however you insert the card, it will make automatic adjustments to print the text in the right place. This scanner analyzes the card images, and determines the size and positioning of the text box. To manage this, Evolis developed a specific scanner which is integrated into every printer. The positioning of the address text box is different for each template. The next step in the process was to accommodate the numerous card design variations, which differ from one local authority to another. This functionality recognizes the card inserted into the printer. The Japanese system integrator DNP IDS has customized the Evolis printers with a contactless chip encoding function compliant with Japanese standards. CardEx, the Evolis distributor in Japan, has deployed 500 Elypso and 250 Zenius systems in City Halls throughout Japan.

In order to meet the high demand, most City Halls decided to purchase a card printer. The first My Number Card would always be issued centrally by the Japanese government, but the updates with new addresses would be managed by each City Hall. AN INNOVATIVE SCANNER AUTOMATICALLY POSITIONS THE TEXTĪfter the new law went into effect, the number of cards that were issued and updated increased dramatically.
