3M Company SSDPV33 Manuel D’Utilisation

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Travel Document Reader User Guide 

DT-01715C 

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The readers perform optical character recognition on documents that conform to ICAO 9303 
specifications, and send data from the document to a host computer over a Universal Serial Bus 
(USB) connection. 

The base functionality for the different readers varies: 

•  Optical Character Recognition (OCR) 
•  1D barcode reading 
•  visible and infrared imaging 

•  OCR 
•  1D barcode reading 
•  visible, infrared (IR) and ultraviolet (UV) imaging 
•  3M™ Confirm™ laminate imaging, authentication and tamper detection 
•  enhanced document authentication  

•  OCR 
•  1D barcode reading 
•  Contactless Integrated Circuit (CIC) reading and writing  
•  digital  signature verification 
•  optional  UV, and 3M™ Confirm™ laminate imaging, authentication and tamper 

detection 

Each reader can help the operator detect forged or counterfeit documents. Optionally reading the 
UV features printed in fluorescent inks on a document provides inspectors with colour images of 
the UV scan.  

Optional 3M™ Confirm™ laminate imaging allows the inspectors to quickly verify the 
authenticity of the document. It can also indicate if documents have been tampered with by 
revealing marks or other damage. 

The following images were taken using a reader: