Abstract:
In the method for the authentication of identification marks applied on a packaging foil, the identification marks, present as a barcode, are embossed on-line by an embossing roller device on a packaging foil, are read by means of a suitable apparatus and are compared to a template for the creating of the barcode, wherein the structural elements of the bar code, created by means of the template, are transferred to a set of embossing rollers with male and female rollers associated with one another and are formed on the surface thereof. Preferably, a further code is overlaid on the barcode in a further coding step, and the result is transferred and formed as a template onto the surface of the set of embossing rollers, wherein the template is used for deciphering the read-in, embossed code.The embossing device for the embossing of barcode onto a packaging foil (12) according to the method has a set of embossing rollers with male rollers (P5) and female rollers (M5) associated with one another, wherein the structural elements (STP, STM) of the barcode (7BCP, 7BCM) created by means of the template are arranged on the surface thereof.Such a method and such a device permit the embossing of particularly secure, comprehensive and compact identification marks on cardstock-type cigarette packages (12) or on inner liners (13A, 13B).