EP0119344B1 - Méthode pour rendre des documents résistants à la photocopie et papier anti-copie à cet effet - Google Patents
Méthode pour rendre des documents résistants à la photocopie et papier anti-copie à cet effet Download PDFInfo
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- G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
- G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
- G03G21/00—Arrangements not provided for by groups G03G13/00 - G03G19/00, e.g. cleaning, elimination of residual charge
- G03G21/04—Preventing copies being made of an original
- G03G21/043—Preventing copies being made of an original by using an original which is not reproducible or only reproducible with a different appearence, e.g. originals with a photochromic layer or a colour background
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- This invention relates to rendering documents resistant to photocopying, and inter alia provides a useful anti-photocopying paper.
- a document has information appearing thereon, with at least a portion of the information being located on a portion of a front face of the document, characterised by said front face portion being coloured so as to produce, in a copying machine being substantially sensitive below 650 nm, a reflection spectral response sufficiently low to render the document portion incapable of being photocopied in an information-readable manner, that is to say with the information having a similar low reflection spectral response, and said document portion being capable of transmitting visible light from the rear face to the front face to cause sufficient contrast between the relatively non-translucent information and the information free background to enable the information to be read by a human eye viewing the front face of the document when visible light is transmitted through the document from the rear face to the front face thereof, said reflection spectral response being substantially zero for light with a wavelength below about 625 nm.
- the portion of the document carrying information which is not to be photocopied preferably has a transmission factor averaging 3% in the visible light range.
- the transmission factor ranges from substantially zero for light with a wavelength of about 450 nm to about 5% for light with a wavelength of about 700 nm.
- the information will be in a substantially black relatively non-translucent colour.
- the document is particularly resistant to photocopying since photocopies require the document to have an adequate reflection spectral response for light of wavelengths to which the photocopier responds. Most photocopiers do not respond to light with a wavelength above about 625 nm (625 pm), and are most unlikely to respond to light with a wavelength above about 650 nm (650 pm). A document in accordance with the present invention therefore is very effectively resistant to photocopying.
- a document in accordance with the present invention can be very easily read by means of visible light transmitted through the document from the rear.
- the visible light may simply be daylight or other ambient light or may be a light which is specifically intended for reading a document in accordance with the present invention.
- the low reflection spectral response may be provided by applying a suitable ink to a suitable paper or by applying a suitable premanufactured colour film to a suitable paper.
- Figure 1 is a graph showing the reflection spectral response and transmission factor of anti- photocopying paper in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, and also showing the average spectral response of the human eye and a typical spectral response of a photocopier, and
- a document comprises a sheet of coloured paper having a transmission factor indicated by the line T and a reflection spectral response indicated by the line T and a reflection spectral response indicated by the line R.
- Figure 1 also shows the typical spectral response of the human eye by the line E and a possible spectral response of a photocopier by the line P.
- the line P indicates that the spectral response of the photocopier decreases to zero at a wavelength of about 650 nm (650 um), with a cut-off at about 625 nm (625 ⁇ m), the term 'cut-off' being usually applied to the wavelength at which the spectral response has fallen to less than about 10%.
- the transmission factor T of the paper increases substantially linearly from zero at a wavelength of about 450 nm (450 pm) to about 5% at a wavelength of about 700 nm (700 pm), therefore averaging about 3% over the visible light range encompassed by the line E. Above the visible light range, the transmission factor increases substantially linearly to about 10% for light with a wavelength of about 1,000 nm (1,000 pm).
- the reflection spectral response R is very low (substantially zero) below about 700 nm (700 pm), i.e. less than about 1 %, and is also of this order at wavelengths above 700 nm (700 ⁇ m) up to about 1000 nm (1,000 pm).
- the paper may for example be that sold by Kimberley Clark Corporation under the trade mark UV ULTRA II covered on the front face with matt finished 'black' ink (such as produced by Cal/Ink Limited or Sinclair & Valentine Limited) to give the required transmission factor.
- Information is then typed, printed or otherwise applied in black or similar dark colour on the front face of the paper so that it is. relatively non-translucent. Any kind of information may of course be applied, including printed, written or drawn text, graphs or illustrations. Frequently, the information may be applied to the paper by means of a photocopier from an original document which is not resistant to photocopying. In such a case, anti-photocopying paper in accordance with the invention will be used as the copy paper in a photocopying machine, with the result that the information will appear on the paper as baked black carbon deposits.
- the document is illuminated from behind, either by positioning the document so that ambient daylight or artificial light or special artificial light passes therethrough from behind, the information can be easily read by the human eye when viewed from the front because the black or substantially black information will be sufficiently contrasting with the background which is lightened by the transmitted light.
- the invention is of course applicable to any security documents, including lottery tickets, show and sports events tickets, postal and fiscal stamps, stock shares and bond certificates, credit cards, personal and bank cheques, travellers cheques and bank notes.
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- Non-Silver Salt Photosensitive Materials And Non-Silver Salt Photography (AREA)
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- Pharmaceuticals Containing Other Organic And Inorganic Compounds (AREA)
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- Inspection Of Paper Currency And Valuable Securities (AREA)
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Priority Applications (1)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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AT83304762T ATE32274T1 (de) | 1983-03-16 | 1983-08-17 | Verfahren um dokumente kopierwiderstandsfaehig zu machen und dazu geeignetes nicht kopierbares papier. |
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US06/475,791 US4632429A (en) | 1981-05-25 | 1983-03-16 | Method of rendering documents resistant to photocopying and anti-copying paper therefor |
US475791 | 1983-03-16 |
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EP0119344A1 EP0119344A1 (fr) | 1984-09-26 |
EP0119344B1 true EP0119344B1 (fr) | 1988-01-27 |
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EP83304762A Expired EP0119344B1 (fr) | 1983-03-16 | 1983-08-17 | Méthode pour rendre des documents résistants à la photocopie et papier anti-copie à cet effet |
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EP (1) | EP0119344B1 (fr) |
JP (1) | JPS59174870A (fr) |
AT (1) | ATE32274T1 (fr) |
AU (1) | AU560208B2 (fr) |
CA (1) | CA1214805A (fr) |
DE (1) | DE3375527D1 (fr) |
DK (1) | DK243283A (fr) |
FI (1) | FI79671C (fr) |
HK (1) | HK98688A (fr) |
NO (1) | NO171099C (fr) |
NZ (1) | NZ205794A (fr) |
ZA (1) | ZA833659B (fr) |
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JP4951163B2 (ja) * | 2008-07-03 | 2012-06-13 | 美津濃株式会社 | スポーツ手袋 |
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US3852088A (en) * | 1972-03-20 | 1974-12-03 | Ibm | Security document system and method |
US3887742A (en) * | 1972-04-13 | 1975-06-03 | Richard E Reinnagel | Copy resistant documents |
FR2247067A5 (en) * | 1973-10-04 | 1975-05-02 | Arjomari Prioux | Non-photocopiable security document - allows markings to be read by eye but reflects uniform light when illuminated |
JPS55100587A (en) * | 1979-01-29 | 1980-07-31 | Toppan Printing Co Ltd | Image forming material |
GB2096055B (en) * | 1979-09-17 | 1985-02-27 | Auken John A Van | Anti-copying systems for copying machines |
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- 1983-05-26 FI FI831891A patent/FI79671C/fi not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1983-05-27 NO NO831896A patent/NO171099C/no unknown
- 1983-05-30 DK DK243283A patent/DK243283A/da not_active Application Discontinuation
- 1983-08-09 CA CA000434210A patent/CA1214805A/fr not_active Expired
- 1983-08-17 DE DE8383304762T patent/DE3375527D1/de not_active Expired
- 1983-08-17 AT AT83304762T patent/ATE32274T1/de not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1983-08-17 EP EP83304762A patent/EP0119344B1/fr not_active Expired
- 1983-08-18 AU AU18110/83A patent/AU560208B2/en not_active Ceased
- 1983-08-22 JP JP58151755A patent/JPS59174870A/ja active Granted
- 1983-09-28 NZ NZ205794A patent/NZ205794A/en unknown
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FI831891A0 (fi) | 1983-05-26 |
NO831896L (no) | 1984-09-17 |
JPS59174870A (ja) | 1984-10-03 |
JPH0513318B2 (fr) | 1993-02-22 |
AU1811083A (en) | 1984-09-20 |
DE3375527D1 (en) | 1988-03-03 |
FI831891L (fi) | 1984-09-17 |
DK243283D0 (da) | 1983-05-30 |
HK98688A (en) | 1988-12-16 |
NO171099B (no) | 1992-10-19 |
DK243283A (da) | 1984-09-17 |
ZA833659B (en) | 1984-10-31 |
EP0119344A1 (fr) | 1984-09-26 |
FI79671C (fi) | 1990-02-12 |
AU560208B2 (en) | 1987-04-02 |
FI79671B (fi) | 1989-10-31 |
NZ205794A (en) | 1987-02-20 |
NO171099C (no) | 1993-01-27 |
ATE32274T1 (de) | 1988-02-15 |
CA1214805A (fr) | 1986-12-02 |
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