Industrial + Specialty Printing

NTERA

NTERA (www.ntera.com) recently unveiled its NanoChromics TKN-4.0 trial kit for segmented numeric displays. NTERA says the TKN-4.0 trial kits enable functional printers with sheet-fed screen-printing equipment to begin manufacturing printed displays, including numeric and alphanumeric types, immediately. According to NTERA, applications will include: two-factor-authentication smart cards, mass-transit passes, stored-value cards that can display residual balances, medical devices, sensor displays that require low power, and item-level RFID-enabled dynamic pricing labels. TKN-4.0 is designed for compatibility with applications where hot lamination, thin form factors, or cost-effective integrated solutions are required. The kit contains a suite of seven screen-printable NCD inks, guidelines and documentation for printing standard six- or eight-digit numeric displays, sample CAD files, an electronics board with custom software to drive the printed display, and a trial printing license for NTERA proprietary NCD technology.