JP2019171612A - Printed matter - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a printed matter capable of shortening a duration required for printing the printed matter.SOLUTION: A printed matter 1 includes: a common code 20 printed by a first printing method; and a unique code 50 printed by a second printing method which is faster than inkjet printing with regard to printing of a random pattern.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a printed matter on which a code is printed.

  A code read by a code reader is printed on various printed materials including food and beverage packages. Patent Document 1 discloses an example of a conventional printed matter.

JP 2007-63403 A

  The time required for printing the code is preferably short from the viewpoint of increasing the production efficiency of the printed matter.

(1) The printed matter according to the present invention includes a common code printed by the first printing method and a unique code printed by the second printing method that is faster than inkjet printing for printing a random pattern.
The unique code includes information unique to each printed matter. The displayed content of the unique code to be printed differs for each printed matter. According to the printed matter, the common code and the unique code are printed individually. Furthermore, a unique code that is different for each printed matter is printed by the second printing method. For this reason, compared with the case where a unique code is printed by inkjet printing, the time required for printing a printed matter is shortened.

(2) In a preferred example, in the printed matter described in (1), the second printing method is lame printing.
According to lame printing, a unique code with a different pattern for each printed matter is printed just by applying ink to the printed matter. For this reason, the time required for printing the printed matter is further shortened.

(3) In a preferred example, in the printed matter described in (1) or (2), the first printing method is intaglio printing using ordinary ink, and the second printing method is intaglio printing using ink containing lame particles. It is.
Since the printing of the common code and the unique code is completed in a series of intaglio printing processes, the time required for printing the printed matter is further reduced.

(4) In a preferred example, in the printed material according to any one of (1) to (3), the common code and the unique code are printed in a predetermined area so that they can be read together by a code reader. The
For this reason, the common code and the unique code can be quickly read by the code reader.

(5) In a preferred example, in the printed material according to any one of (1) to (4), the common code is a matrix type two-dimensional code, and the unique code is printed in a frame of the common code. .
Therefore, the code reader can correct the unique code by using the alignment pattern of the matrix type two-dimensional code.

  According to the printed matter relating to the present invention, the time required for printing the printed matter is shortened.

The front view of the printed matter of embodiment. FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of the common code and the unique code in FIG. 1. Sectional drawing which follows the D3-D3 line | wire of FIG. The schematic diagram which shows the 1st process of the manufacturing method of printed matter. The figure while the common code and unique code are being read by the code reader.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the common code 20 and the unique code 50 are printed on the printed matter 1. This printed matter 1 is a pouch bag. The print target of the common code 20 and the unique code 50 is not limited to a pouch bag and can be arbitrarily selected. One example is a bottle-shaped container, a lid, a label, and a box. The material constituting the pouch bag is a resin sheet 10. In the following description, the printed material 1 before the codes 20 and 50 are printed is referred to as a printing object.

  Each code 20, 50 includes information that can be read by a code reader 200 (see FIG. 5). An example of information included in each code 20, 50 is information for traceability and information provided to consumers. An example of information provided to consumers is campaign guidance.

  An example of the common code 20 is a matrix type two-dimensional code, and the common code 20 is a stack type two-dimensional code and a bar code. In the illustrated example, the common code 20 is a matrix type two-dimensional code. The common code 20 includes common information read by the code reader 200. The common information is information common to the plurality of printed materials 1. The plurality of printed materials 1 are included in the same lot, for example. An example of the common information is the manufacturer of the contents of the pouch, the name of the contents, the name of the raw material of the contents, and the storage method of the contents.

  The common code 20 is printed on the printing object by the first printing method. The first printing method can be arbitrarily selected. One example is intaglio printing, letterpress printing, planographic printing, and stencil printing using ordinary ink. An example of intaglio printing is gravure printing. In the illustrated example, the common code 20 is printed by gravure printing using normal ink. Ordinary ink is ink that forms the same image on any print object when printed using the same plate. Specific examples include dye ink and pigment ink.

  The type of the common code 20 can be arbitrarily selected. In the first example shown in FIG. 1 and the like, the common code 20 is a matrix type two-dimensional code. Therefore, the code reader 200 can correct the unique code 50 using the alignment pattern 42 (see FIG. 2) of the matrix type two-dimensional code. In the second example, the common code 20 is a stack type two-dimensional code or a barcode. The common code 20 includes common information read by the code reader 200. The common information is information common to the printed material 1 containing the same type of contents. An example of the common information is the name of the manufacturer of the content, the name of the content, the name of the raw material of the content, and the content storage method. Common information is stored on the server.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the cells constituting the common code 20 are divided into data cells 30 and functional cells 40. A quiet zone 45 is provided around the data cell 30 and the functional cell 40. The data cell 30 is a cell that expresses common information. The functional cell 40 includes a finder pattern 41, an alignment pattern 42, a timing pattern 43, and format information 44. The finder pattern 41 is a cell used for detecting the position of the common code 20. The alignment pattern 42 is a cell used for correcting the positional deviation of the cells 30 and 40 caused by distortion. The timing pattern 43 is a cell used for determining the module coordinates of the common code 20. The format information 44 is a cell including information on the error correction rate used for the common code 20 and the mask pattern.

  The unique code 50 is printed on the printing object by the second printing method. The second printing method is a printing method that is faster than inkjet printing for printing a random pattern. In the first example, the second printing method is intaglio printing (lame printing) using ink containing lame particles (hereinafter “lamainque”). An example of intaglio printing is gravure printing. According to lame printing, a unique code 50 having a different pattern for each printed matter 1 is printed only by applying ink to the printed matter 1. For this reason, the time required for printing the printed material 1 is further shortened. In addition, since the printing of the common code 20 and the unique code 50 is completed in a series of intaglio printing processes, the time required for printing the printed material 1 is further shortened. In the second example, the second printing method is intaglio printing using ink containing at least one of organic fine particles, inorganic fine particles, and organic-inorganic composite fine particles (hereinafter referred to as “fine particle-containing ink”). In the third example, the second printing method is relief printing, lithographic printing, or stencil printing using a lamainque or ink containing fine particles.

  The ferret diameter of the lame particles contained in the lamain can be arbitrarily selected. An example of the maximum value of the ferret diameter is 0.5 mm. An example of the minimum value of the ferret diameter is 0.03 mm. A preferred example of the ferret diameter is 0.1 mm. The color of the lame particles can be arbitrarily selected. In one example, the color of the glitter particle is black. The unique code 50 includes unique information that can be read by the code reader 200 (see FIG. 5). The unique information is information that differs for each rod of the printed material 1 (hereinafter “first unique information”) or information that differs for each printed material 1 (hereinafter “second unique information”). An example of the first unique information is a content expiration date, a content expiration date, a content manufacturing date, and a lot number. An example of the second unique information is information related to a campaign winning result. The position of the lame particles arranged at random in the unique code 50 and the unique information are associated with each other and stored in the server. As described above, since the common information and the unique information are managed using different codes, for example, the shared information stored in the server is more than the case where only the unique code including the common information and the unique information is printed on the print object. The capacity of information and unique information can be reduced.

  The position where the codes 20 and 50 are printed on the printing object can be arbitrarily selected. In a preferred example, the codes 20 and 50 are printed in a predetermined area of the print object so that they can be read together by a code reader 200 (see FIG. 5). The predetermined area is an area on the printed material 1 where the reading unit can read both the common code 20 and the unique code 50 when the distance of the reading unit of the code reader 200 with respect to the printed material 1 is equal to or less than the predetermined distance. The predetermined distance is the longest distance at which the reading unit can accurately read the common code 20 and the unique code 50 with respect to the distance of the reading unit with respect to the printed matter 1. When the codes 20 and 50 are printed in a predetermined area, the common code 20 and the unique code 50 can be quickly read by the code reader 200. In the first example shown in FIG. 2 and the like, the unique code 50 is printed in the frame 20 </ b> A of the common code 20. In a preferred example, the unique code 50 is printed at the center in the frame 20A. Therefore, the code reader 200 can correct the unique code 50 using the alignment pattern 42 (see FIG. 2) of the matrix type two-dimensional code. In the second example, the unique code 50 is printed outside the frame 20 </ b> A of the common code 20. When the sheet 10 constituting the print object is a transparent material, a shielding layer 70 is provided on the back surface of the sheet 10 as shown in FIG. The shielding layer 70 is a layer on which, for example, white ink is printed. Each cord 20, 50 is provided between the shielding layer 70 and the sheet 10. For this reason, each cord 20 and 50 is hard to peel off from the sheet 10.

With reference to FIG. 4, an example of the manufacturing method of the printed matter 1 is demonstrated.
The manufacturing method of the printed matter 1 includes a first step, a second step, and a third step. The first step is a step of printing the unique code 50 (see FIG. 2) on the sheet 10. In the first step, the cylinder 310 is immersed in the ink reservoir 320, and the cell 310A of the cylinder 310 is filled with the RAMANQUE. Among the ramachks adhering to the cylinder 310, the ramack squeezed out from the cell 310 </ b> A is scraped off by the doctor blade 330 that is pressed against the plate surface 310 </ b> B of the cylinder 310. The sheet 10 conveyed by the plurality of conveying rollers 340 is sandwiched between the pressure roller 350 and the cylinder 310. When the pressure roller 350 presses the sheet 10 on the cylinder 310 so that the Lamainque is uniformly transferred to the sheet 10, the Lamainque is transferred from the cell 310 </ b> A to the sheet 10.

  The sheet 10 on which the unique code 50 is printed is transported to the dryer 360, and the ramack is dried. The second step is performed after the first step. The second step is a step of printing the common code 20 on the sheet 10. In the second step, the common code 20 is printed on the sheet 10 by the same procedure as in the first step, except that ordinary ink is used instead of the laminar ink. Note that the second step may be performed before the first step. The third step is performed after the first step and the second step. The third step is a step of printing the shielding layer 70 on the sheet 10. In the third step, the ink having shielding properties is printed on the entire sheet 10 by the same procedure as in the first step and the second step. Note that when the sheet 10 itself is made of a shielding material, the third step may be omitted.

With reference to FIG. 5, an example of a method for using the printed material 1 will be described.
In one example, the code reader 200 is a smartphone in which an application configured to read the common code 20 and the unique code 50 in a batch is installed. The codes 20 and 50 are photographed by the camera of the code reader 200, whereby the information of the codes 20 and 50 is read. When the code reader 200 successfully reads the codes 20 and 50, the URL related to the common information and the URL related to the unique information are displayed on the screen 200A of the code reader 200. The user obtains common information and unique information by accessing these URLs.

According to the printed matter 1, the following operations and effects can be obtained.
The unique code 50 includes information unique to each printed matter 1. The displayed content of the unique code 50 to be printed differs for each printed matter 1. According to the printed matter 1, the common code 20 and the unique code 50 are printed individually. Further, a unique code 50 that is different for each printed matter 1 is printed by the second printing method. For this reason, compared with the case where the unique code 50 is printed by inkjet printing, the time required for printing the printed matter 1 is shortened.

(Modification)
In addition, the said embodiment is an illustration of the form which the printed matter regarding this invention can take, and it does not intend restrict | limiting the form. The printed matter relating to the present invention may take a form different from the form exemplified in the embodiment. For example, a part of the configuration of the embodiment is replaced, changed, or omitted, or a new configuration is added to the embodiment.

1: Printed matter 20: Common code 20A: Frame 50: Unique code 200: Code reader

Claims (5)

A common code printed by the first printing method;
A printed matter including a unique code printed by a second printing method faster than inkjet printing for printing a random pattern. The printed matter according to claim 1, wherein the second printing method is lame printing. The first printing method is intaglio printing using ordinary ink,
The printed matter according to claim 1, wherein the second printing method is intaglio printing using ink containing glitter particles. The printed matter according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the common code and the unique code are printed in a predetermined area so that they can be read together by a code reader. The common code is a matrix type two-dimensional code,
The printed matter according to claim 1, wherein the unique code is printed in a frame of the common code.