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Lasertechnics, Inc.

April 10, 1996

Lasertechnics Systems Expand VISA Card Security Program At Bank of Egypt


ALBUQUERQUE, NM. APR. 10-- Lasertechnics, Inc.'s (NASDAQ: LASX) said its majority-owned Sandia Imaging Systems unit is shipping two photo printing systems to the Bank of Egypt for producing photo-encoded VISA cards.

The order to Sandia follows a successful pilot program during which the Cairo-based bank issued several thousand VISA cards with four-color photos of the holders digitally imprinted directly onto the plastic card's surface using a Sandia Model 2R printing system.

The new cards replace less secure cards which utilized signatures as the principal method of verification.

Sandia's model 2R printers have two print heads. One prints full color photos and text; the second prints single-color text on the reverse side of the card.

Sandia said the printers are capable of being upgraded to print DataGlyphs
Ô, the proprietary data-encoding technology the company licensed from Xerox Corporation for card applications.

Sandia's business strategy is to convert the universal credit card format into a personal portable database which offers high levels of security and inexpensive encoding of human and machine-readable information.

Founded in 1981, Lasertechnics has regional sales offices throughout the US and distribution outlets worldwide. Its marking division provides laser marking systems and related technologies for a diverse range of industrial and commercial markets.

Through its Dallas-based Sandia Imaging Systems subsidiary, Lasertechnics provides imaging software and hardware systems for encoding wallet-size cards with images and other digitized information.

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