Abstract: A multipart form and label combination is provided which may be printed in a single pass through a printer. The combination includes a face ply which may be printed with nonvariable and variable indicia, a film ply, and an optional intermediate liner ply. The combination also includes first, second or third removable portions such as, for example, a label, receipt or postcard. In a preferred embodiment, the multipart form and label combination is used as an inspection form.

Abstract: Difficulties with removing an identification card as part of a business form and/or costs concerns in making such business forms with readily removable cards are avoided in a business form incorporating a removable identification card made by the steps of a) providing a base sheet (10) of a relatively destructible material such as paper and having an area (20) intended to be an identification card; b) adhering a laminate layer (30), (34) of relatively indestructible material to the base sheet (10) to cover the area (20) on at least the underside of the base sheet (10); c) placing a layer of adhesive (50), (52) on the laminate layer (34) and to the sides (40), (42), (44), (46) thereof to be on the base sheet (10) adjacent the laminate layer (34); d) adhering a liner layer (56) to the laminate layer (34) and the base sheet (10) with the layer of adhesive (50), (52) and e) placing a continuous, closed die cut (26) about the area with the die cut extending through the laminate layer (30), (34) and the base sheet

Abstract: With proper control of the surface energy of the press ink and the surface tension of the ink jet ink, an article which has a press ink coverage of greater than 30% screen can be successfully imaged with ink jet ink to provide substantially uniform coverage of ink jet ink in the imaged areas. The ink jet ink to be imaged over the press ink must be low enough in surface tension to enable it to wet the surface of the printed article and to be retained on the surface of the article. The ink jet ink can be compatibilized with the press ink either by adjusting one or both of the surface tensions of the ink jet ink and the press ink and/or through the use of a compatibilizing liquid which provides a compatible interface between the ink jet ink and the press ink.

Abstract: A security document is provided containing a color-forming composition having an insulating material therein which allows the document to be passed through heated printing devices such as laser printers without the problem of premature color development. The color-forming composition includes a mixture of a color former, a color developer, and an insulating material. In a preferred embodiment, a toner adhesion-enhancing composition containing an insulating material is applied over the color-forming composition. The security document may be used to provide an authentication feature and/or an indication of attempted alterations from the use of solvents, heat or abrasion.

Abstract: The present invention provides a coated cellulosic web product and coating composition which provides enhanced toner adhesion for documents printed using noncontact printing devices such as ion deposition printers. The toner adhesion enhancing coated cellulosic product and composition comprises a cellulosic web having first and second major surfaces with at least one of the major surfaces having coated thereon a layer of a polymeric toner receptor. The polymeric toner receptor layer preferably also includes an electrolyte to adjust the electrical conductivity of the cellulosic web to have a volume resistivity of between about 5.0.times.10.sup.9 and 1.0.times.10.sup.12 ohm cm. The toner receptor layer is applied at a coating weight of from about 0.3 to about 2.0 lb/ream.

Abstract: A direct thermal ink composition is provided which is formed from an aqueous dispersion of an initially colorless color former and an initially colorless color developer in particulate form. The direct thermal ink composition also includes a sensitizer, where the particles of the sensitizer at least partially surround the particles of the color developer, which prevents premature color development of the ink. The thermal ink preferably has a solids content of between about 40 to 60% by weight, and is substantially free of pigments and fillers.

Abstract: A document dispenser comprises a document guide defining a guide portion of an advancing document path and a document identification code reading aperture formed in the document guide wherein a single detector in communication with the dispenser controller is positioned proximate the document identification code reading aperture and is operative to read a specific document identification code through the document identification code reading aperture. Correlated data, indicative of a specific document identification code and corresponding document data input during dispensing of a document carrying the specific document identification code, is generated subsequent the reading of the identification code. A plurality of alternative document identification code reading apertures are formed in the document guide.

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.