Abstract: A construction for a laminated window label is provided and includes a transparent film having an adhesive on one surface thereof, liner stock having first and second release-coated surfaces which is adhered on one surface to the transparent film, and an opaque layer which is adhered to the other surface of the liner stock. The transparent film and opaque layer preferably include die cut label portions. Variable and nonvariable information may be printed on the die cut label portion of the transparent film, and the opaque layer may be removed from the construction and replaced onto the surface of the film, thereby laminating the label portion of the opaque layer to the label portion of the transparent film. The two label portions may then be peeled away from the remainder of the construction as a single label which is then applied to a transparent surface such as a window.

Abstract: A document dispensing system comprising an operational program data transfer device and a document dispenser having a document variables data input terminal, a document printer, a digital data input port coupled to the operational program data transfer device, an operational program storage device, a reprogram storage device, and a digital controller programmed to store new operational program data in the operational program storage device and to control the document printer in accordance with the document variables data and the new operational program data. A replacement document dispenser operational program is downloaded from the data transfer device to the operational program data storage device via the digital data input port.

Abstract: A security document is provided comprising a substrate having a top surface for carrying indicia. The top surface has a plurality of areas. Each of the areas contains background printed matter on the top surface. The background printed matter made up of a pattern of background elements. Each of the areas also contains a security term printed on the top surface of the substrate. The security term is composed of a pattern of security term elements. The background elements and/or the security term elements differ in element size, shape, angle, density, and/or frequency between adjacent areas. Also, within each of the areas either the background elements or the security term elements are not readily duplicated by a color copier while the remaining elements in the area are readily duplicated by a color copier. This results in a visually perceptible security term being produced upon copying of the security document.

Abstract: A business form including a unitary sheet of release liner extending in a longitudinal direction and on one face defining adjacent first and second sides parallel to one another along the longitudinal direction. A continuous first label ply is removably adhered by a first adhesive to the first side of the release liner and includes die cuts defining removable labels. A continuous second label ply is removably adhered by a second adhesive to the second side of the release liner and is made of a different material than the first ply and has die cuts therein to define removable labels.

Abstract: A document dispensing system wherein any or all security levels in a document dispensing system are accessible upon issuance of a security controller override command so as to permit operation of the dispenser in a particular security mode without regard to whether a corresponding security passcode has been entered on the dispenser keyboard or otherwise.

Abstract: A linerless continuous series of pressure sensitive adhesive labels is provided which have on one or more selected portions thereof a series of imagable coatings which may be activated to form colored images or areas. The series of labels include a web having first and second surfaces, with a series of imagable coatings of color formers and color developers on the first surface of the web. A coating of a release material overlies the imagable coatings on the first surface of the substrate, and a coating of a pressure sensitive adhesive is positioned on the second surface of the web. The series of labels are wound or stacked so that the coating of pressure sensitive adhesive contacts the release material to permit individual labels to be dispensed.

Abstract: A protectible form including a base ply having a printable face and a release face, a clear ply secured to the base ply release face by an adhesive, and a boundary cut defining matching selected portions of the base ply and the clear ply, whereby the clear ply selected portion may be removed from the base ply release face and adhered to the base ply printable face in a printing protecting position over substantially all of the base ply selected portion.

Abstract: The invention described in the specification relates to latent image printing and developing systems and to substrates containing latent images. High quality latent images are prepared by a printing method which deposits a layer containing organic-based dye particles and organic-based developer particles, each having a particle size of from about 2 to about 6 microns, on a substrate. The image is then developed by contacting the substantially invisible image of dye and developer particles with an oxygenated solvent from an imaging device. Multicolor, vivid images are obtained as a result of the image printing and developing system of the invention.

Abstract: A thermally imagable business record, such as a form, label, tag, or the like is provided which may be activated to form human and/or machine readable images as well as different colored images. The record comprises a substrate having a thermally imagable coating on substantially its entire surface which forms a first color when activated, and having a desensitized area on at least one area of its surface which may be overcoated with a thermally imagable coating capable of forming a different color upon activation than the first thermally imagable coating. The first thermally imagable coating provides images which are of machine readable quality, while the additional thermally imagable coatings provide images of a different color to designate selected areas on the form or label to a user.

Abstract: A business record such as a form, tag, label or the like is provided in which different selected colored areas may be activated in a single pass through a printer. In one embodiment, coatings of initially colorless color formers and color developers are coated on selected areas of a substrate surface. The color formers and color developers combine upon exposure to an imaging force, such as heat or pressure, to form different colored visible areas on the sheet. In an alternative embodiment, the coatings of color formers and color developers are self-contained coatings having pressure-rupturable microcapsules containing either the color formers or said color developers.

Abstract: A double-blinded label and a method for double-blind labelling a container are provided. The double-blind label comprises a multilayer identification and a multilayer double-blinded label. The double-blind label may include a tab extending beyond an edge of the label to secure the label when placed on a container. The double-blind label may also include a protective layer on one portion of the label to allow easy removal of that portion from the container while another portion of the label remains adhered to the container. The method comprises first printing on the identification label, attaching the blinding label then placing the label on a container. In a preferred embodiment, the method is continuous.

Abstract: The present invention is an envelope sheet capable of being automatically printed and formed into a standard business envelope using a high-speed separate sheet printer in line with high-speed separate sheet folding and pressure sealing equipment. The present envelope sheet comprises a front panel connected to a back panel along a bottom fold line, to a closing flap along a top fold line, to a left-side flap along a left-side fold line and to a right-side flat along a right-side fold line. The front panel, back panel, closing flap and both side flaps each have an upper surface and a lower surface. The back panel is adhered to the left-side and right-side flaps with a latent adhesive sandwiched therebetween. The present invention also includes a method and apparatus for automatically printing and forming an envelope from the present envelope sheet, as well as automatically stuffing the envelope while it is being formed.

Abstract: A document dispenser incorporating multiple security levels of operation wherein dispenser operation in the operator mode is permitted when a valid operator passcode is entered at a passcode entry device, and wherein operation in the executive mode is permitted when the presence of a valid transportable security key is detected by a security key receiver.

Abstract: A business form construction containing a removable label is provided. The construction includes a substrate having a window therein, a liner ply adhered to the substrate which covers the window, and at least one label which is adhered to the liner ply. The liner ply is adhered to the substrate by a pressure sensitive adhesive which is on either the periphery of the liner ply or on the periphery of the window of the substrate. The label may be adhered to the liner ply by a pressure sensitive adhesive or a releaseable adhesive. A preferred method of making the construction includes die-cutting a window in the substrate, applying a pattern of adhesive on the substrate around the periphery of the window, and placing the liner ply carrying the label on the substrate.

Abstract: An envelope intermediate having an integral mail-back piece is provided. The intermediate is formed form a single sheet of substrate material divided into four panels by fold lines. A first and second ply is provided in two adjacent panels so that when the intermediate is folded, a mail-back piece is created. The mail-back piece may be either a two-ply card or envelope. Provisions for a removable partition are also included.

Abstract: A multipart form and label combination is provided which may be printed on both sides with variable and nonvariable information. The combination includes a face ply and a bottom ply, each of which include a pressure sensitive adhesive and a release agent coated on respective portions of their second surfaces. The face ply and bottom ply are adhered to one another such that a portion of the adhesive-coated surface of each ply is coextensive with the release agent-coated surface of the other ply. Each ply also includes a label portion which is removable from the combination. In a preferred embodiment, the multipart form and label combination is used as a packing list incorporating shipping and return labels.

Abstract: A tuck label construction which is simple and inexpensive to manufacture, is capable of being printed by a wide variety of conventional automated printing devices, and which can be printed with automated control systems such as bar codes is provided. In one form, the label includes a face ply having first and second major surfaces and a liner ply having first and second major surfaces. The first surface of the face ply includes an adhesive thereon which is adhered to the first surface of the liner ply, and the first surface of the liner ply contains a release agent thereon. Each of the face and liner plies includes a pair of end panels having center panels therebetween, with the end panels on the face ply being defined by lines of weakness between the end panels and the center panel on the face ply, and the end panels on the liner ply being Separated from the center panel on the liner ply.

Abstract: A business form or mailer intermediate having a built-in laminated portion is provided. The form or mailer includes a base ply provided on or in one panel and a film ply provided in a second panel. When the form or mailer is folded about a fold line, the film ply adheres to the base ply with a laminating adhesive. The base ply to be laminated may be a card or label.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, a multiple-ply label form is provided which includes a plurality of readily removable elements for use in facilitating business operations, such as package shipment. The removable elements include at least one adhesive backed element securable elsewhere by means of the adhesive, and a single-ply and/or multiple-ply element readily separable from the balance of the label form. The adhesive backed element may have one or more plies. Mailing information or other indicia may be applied on each element as desired. The single-ply and/or multiple-ply element may have an adhesive free backing for filing, mailing or other applications related to the business employing the label form.

Abstract: A security coating for business documents printed using noncontact as well as impact printing devices is provided which enhances the adhesion of toner particles and/or ink to a document substrate. Other security features may be also be added to the coating to provide a dual-function coating which also provides visible evidence of tampering, either by the application of solvents, mechanical abrasion, heat, or when pressure is applied.