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Abstract

A method of and system for manufacturing discrete printed laminated plastic products from sheet stock by employing the steps of providing a programmed computer, creating a master template that defines the position and other attributes of the graphics and/or text to be printed on the plastic products, inputting into the computer information concerning the type of product, information to be printed, and entering the information concerning the master template into the computer, providing a sheet stock and printing graphics and/or text in discrete areas of the sheet stock, assigning a unique identity to each discrete printed area and to each sheet containing a plurality of discrete areas, manufacturing the plastic products by laminating said sheet stock to form a laminated plastic stock material having discrete printed areas, cutting and/or punching said laminated plastic stock material to form discrete plastic products from said discrete printed areas, finishing the products to enable them to function for their intended purpose, personalizing the plastic products, inspecting said discrete plastic products and eliminating those that do not meet manufacturing standards, entering information concerning the inspection results into said programmed computer, re-ordering and manufacturing any rejected discrete printed laminated plastic products, if necessary, collating the re-ordered products with any additional manufacturing, finishing, and/or personalization steps, collecting said discrete printed laminated plastic products, and collating the plastic products with mailing materials for mailing to customers.

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