EP2088003B1 - Commutation de couleurs - Google Patents

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EP2088003B1
EP2088003B1 EP08101159A EP08101159A EP2088003B1 EP 2088003 B1 EP2088003 B1 EP 2088003B1 EP 08101159 A EP08101159 A EP 08101159A EP 08101159 A EP08101159 A EP 08101159A EP 2088003 B1 EP2088003 B1 EP 2088003B1
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Monique Golaire
Maryke Degryse
Nathalie Paquot
Paul Van Braeckel
Beni Haeyaert
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41M—PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING
    • B41M3/00—Printing processes to produce particular kinds of printed work, e.g. patterns
    • B41M3/14—Security printing
    • B41M3/148—Transitory images, i.e. images only visible from certain viewing angles

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  • the present invention relates to a method for printing one or more security items on a substrate of which at least a part is made of a transparent material, and in particular to a method for printing one or more security items on security documents, on a part of a security document or on a substrate that can be transferred to a security document.
  • Security documents are in particular: banknotes, postage stamps, identity cards, passports, checks, certificates, certificates of authenticity, ...
  • the present invention relates also to a printed security item manufactured according to such a method.
  • Security printing is an application or combination of printing technologies such as offset, intaglio, silkscreen and letterpress.
  • Security printing encompasses the printing of banknotes, postage stamps, stamps, stock certificates, identity cards, passports, checks, deeds, plane tickets, diploma's and other documents needing a protection against counterfeiting.
  • Security papers such as banknotes circulate in a world where the threat of the counterfeiter is ever present. With the development of new printing processes and the introduction of new technologies, more methods of reproduction are available to the counterfeiter than ever before. It is therefore essential that security documents, such as banknotes should be practically forgery proof. This is achieved not only by the way in which the printing technologies and their combinations are used, but also through the nature of the substrate and the ink, and the use of special additional elements such as security threads, holograms, and so on.
  • Banknotes are generally printed on a substrate made of 100 % cotton and are further protected by a watermark, a security thread, fluorescent fibres of different colours and length, optical variable inks or other visual or machine detectable characteristics.
  • Document WO 97/47478 A discloses a method for printing one or more security items on a substrate of which at least a part is made of a transparent material.
  • the substrate may be a paper sheet having a plastics material as the transparent viewing region.
  • Said method results in a "see-through" feature wherein complementary images are provided on each side of the sheet precisely registered relative to one another such that when the sheet is held up to the light, the image on the back will fit exactly onto spaces within the image on the front, optionally with an even unprinted margin around the perimeter.
  • each image could comprise a series of coloured segments, segments on one side of the sheet fitting within the spaces between the segments on the other.
  • banknotes made of cotton are their restricted lifespan.
  • Banknotes in a synthetic material do not have this drawback, as they can last about four times as long as the conventional cotton notes.
  • the plastic note technology uses a polymer plastic substrate instead of paper. Compared to paper, plastic banknotes are stronger and non-porous.
  • plastic banknotes have the disadvantage that a number of safety features such as real multitone watermarks, windowed security threads which are successfully used in paper notes, can not be used or are less effective when used in plastic notes.
  • the above mentioned object is achieved by providing a method for printing one or more security items on a substrate of which at least a part is made of a transparent material, as defined in claim 1.
  • indicia refers to any pattern consisting of lines, dots, etc. which may be applied in visible form on a document or which can be visualised under specific light circumstances, for example use of an invisible fluorescent ink which becomes visible under black light, etc.
  • This invention enables the printer of security documents to improve the security level of security documents, through an optimal use of the technical possibilities of existing banknote presses and/or other high tech machinery.
  • the thickness of the substrate is of the same order of magnitude as the width of the indicia constituting the first and second pattern.
  • the thickness of the substrate and the width of the indicia of the first and second pattern are situated between 5 and 1200 ⁇ m.
  • the indicia preferably consist of lines and/or dots, more preferably being a line pattern.
  • the first and second pattern are printed in register.
  • the overlapping indicia of the second pattern having a masking function with relation to the overlapped indicia of the first pattern are printed in an opaque ink or in a transparent ink printed in a high density such that, at least part of the first pattern is not visible because it is masked by the second pattern.
  • the overlapping indicia of the second pattern having a filtering function with relation to the overlapped indicia of the first pattern are printed in a transparent ink such that when the observer looks at the security item (10), at least part of the first pattern (1) has an altered colour because it is filtered by the second pattern.
  • This further object of the invention is solved by providing a security item printed on a security document consisting of a substrate of which at least a part is made of a transparent material, as defined in claim 9.
  • the transparent material is a transparent synthetic material.
  • the transparent material preferably has a thickness of between 5 and 1200 ⁇ m.
  • the security item is printed by a method according to the invention as described above.
  • security documents such as banknotes, credit cards, drivers' licenses, etc. printed on a substrate of which at least a part is made of a transparent material, for example a synthetic material such as polypropylene or polyester, can be provided with a new security item via known banknote presses.
  • a transparent substrate comprising a security item according to the invention, to a document.
  • a first pattern of indicia is printed on one side of said transparent material, wherein this pattern of indicia is provided in such a way that a partitive mixing of colours occurs between the colours of these indicia, partitive mixing of colours being defined as the mixing of small colour patches that are placed next to one another.
  • a second pattern of indicia is printed in such a way that particular indicia of the first pattern are at least partially overlapped by the indicia of the second pattern.
  • the overlapped indicia of the second pattern can therewith have a filtering or a masking function with relation to the overlapped indicia of the first pattern such that, because of the parallax effect due to the thickness of the substrate, the partitive colour mixing of the indicia of the first pattern changes with a changing angle of view.
  • the thickness of the substrate is preferably of the same order of magnitude as the width of the indicia constituting first and second pattern.
  • the thickness of the substrate and the width of the indicia are preferably situated in between 5 and 1200 ⁇ m.
  • the thickness of the substrate therewith depends from the type of security document and also from the design of the security document ("graphism").
  • the indicia of the first and second pattern preferably consist of lines and dots, more preferably being a line pattern.
  • the indicia of the first and second pattern are preferably printed in perfect register.
  • these overlapping indicia of the second pattern have a masking function with relation to the overlapped indicia of the first pattern, then these overlapping indicia are preferably printed in an opaque ink or in an ink that is darker coloured than the ink in which the indicia of the first pattern are printed, the best result being obtained when the second pattern of indicia is printed in a black colour.
  • these overlapping indicia are preferably printed in a transparent ink not having a masking effect.
  • a star (1) (as can be seen in figure 1a ) is printed on one side of the transparent substrate, wherein this star (1) is provided with a line pattern that is printed in three colours being yellow (Y), cyan (C) and magenta (M) (as can be seen in figure 1b ).
  • the width of the lines of the line pattern is such that a partitive mixing of the colours yellow (Y), cyan (C) and magenta (M) is obtained, as can be seen in figure 1a , for instance 150 ⁇ m for the cyan (C) and the magenta (M) coloured lines, and 300 ⁇ m for the yellow (Y) coloured line.
  • a line pattern (2) consisting of black opaque lines (B) having a width of 300 ⁇ m is printed in register with the line pattern of the star (1), the black lines (B) thus having a masking function with relation to the lines (Y, C, M) of the line pattern of the star (1).
  • This black line pattern (2) is printed such that, when an observer looks perpendicularly at the side onto which this black line pattern (2) is printed, only the yellow lines (Y) are visible, as can be seen in figures 3a and 3b , thus masking the cyan and magenta coloured lines (C, M).

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Claims (12)

  1. Procédé d'impression d'un ou plusieurs éléments de sécurité (10) sur un substrat constitué au moins en partie d'un matériau transparent, caractérisé en ce que le procédé comprend les étapes qui consistent à
    - imprimer un premier motif formé de signes (1) en au moins deux couleurs (J, M, C) sur un côté dudit matériau transparent, ce premier motif formé de signes (1) étant formé de sorte qu'un mélange partitif des couleurs ait lieu entre deux couleurs voisines (J, M, C) de ces signes du premier motif (1) ;
    - imprimer un deuxième motif formé de signes (2) sur le côté opposé dudit matériau transparent, de sorte que des signes particuliers du premier motif (1) soient recouverts au moins en partie par les signes du deuxième motif (2) ;
    - les signes de recouvrement du deuxième motif (2) ayant une fonction de filtrage ou de masquage relativement aux signes recouverts du premier motif (1) de sorte que, en raison de l'effet de parallaxe dû à l'épaisseur du substrat, le mélange partitif des couleurs des signes du premier motif (1) change quand un angle de vue change, produisant un changement de la couleur générale de l'élément de sécurité (10).
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que l'épaisseur du substrat est du même ordre de grandeur que la largeur des signes constituant le premier motif et le deuxième motif (1, 2).
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que l'épaisseur du substrat et la largeur des signes du premier motif et du deuxième motif (1, 2) sont de 5 à 1 200 µm.
  4. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que les signes du premier motif et du deuxième motif (1, 2) sont constitués de lignes et/ou de points.
  5. Procédé selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que le premier motif et le deuxième motif (1, 2) sont un motif sous forme de ligne.
  6. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé en ce que le premier motif et le deuxième motif (1, 2) sont positionnés l'un par rapport à l'autre durant l'impression.
  7. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisé en ce que les signes de recouvrement du deuxième motif (2) ayant une fonction de masquage relativement aux signes recouverts du premier motif (1) sont imprimés dans une encre opaque ou une encre transparente imprimée à un haut niveau de densité de sorte que quand l'observateur regarde l'élément de sécurité (10), au moins une partie du premier motif (1) n'est pas visible car elle est masquée par le deuxième motif (2).
  8. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 7, caractérisé en ce que les signes de recouvrement du deuxième motif (2) ayant une fonction de filtrage relativement aux signes recouverts du premier motif (1) sont imprimés dans une encre transparente de sorte que quand l'observateur regarde l'élément de sécurité (10), au moins une partie du premier motif (1) a une couleur modifiée car elle est filtrée par le deuxième motif.
  9. Élément de sécurité imprimé sur un document de sécurité constitué d'un substrat constitué au moins en partie d'un matériau transparent pourvu d'un ou plusieurs éléments de sécurité, caractérisé en ce que l'élément de sécurité est constitué de :
    - un premier motif (1) formé de signes en au moins deux couleurs (J, M, C) qui est imprimé sur un côté dudit matériau transparent, ce premier motif (1) formé de signes étant tel qu'un mélange partitif des couleurs a lieu entre deux couleurs voisines de ces signes du premier motif (1) ;
    - un deuxième motif (2) formé de signes qui est imprimé sur le côté opposé dudit matériau transparent, de sorte que des signes particuliers du premier motif (1) sont recouverts au moins en partie par les signes du deuxième motif (2) ;
    - les signes de recouvrement du deuxième motif (2) ayant une fonction de filtrage ou de masquage relativement aux signes recouverts du premier motif (1) de sorte que, en raison de l'effet de parallaxe dû à l'épaisseur du substrat, le mélange partitif des couleurs des signes du premier motif (1) change quand un angle de vue change, produisant un changement de la couleur générale de l'élément de sécurité.
  10. Élément de sécurité selon la revendication 9, caractérisé en ce que le matériau transparent est un matériau transparent synthétique.
  11. Élément de sécurité selon la revendication 9 ou 10, caractérisé en ce que le matériau transparent a une épaisseur de 5 à 1 200 µm.
  12. Élément de sécurité selon l'une quelconque des revendications 9 à 11, caractérisé en ce que l'élément de sécurité est imprimé par un procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 8.
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ES08101159T ES2359536T3 (es) 2008-01-31 2008-01-31 Cambio de color.
PL08101159T PL2088003T3 (pl) 2008-01-31 2008-01-31 Zmienione barwy
DE602008005253T DE602008005253D1 (de) 2008-01-31 2008-01-31 Farbumschaltung
AT08101159T ATE500069T1 (de) 2008-01-31 2008-01-31 Farbumschaltung
EP08101159A EP2088003B1 (fr) 2008-01-31 2008-01-31 Commutation de couleurs

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