WO2011124952A1 - Procédés pour réaliser des images sur les côtés de documents imprimés empilés - Google Patents

Procédés pour réaliser des images sur les côtés de documents imprimés empilés Download PDF

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WO2011124952A1
WO2011124952A1 PCT/IB2010/055510 IB2010055510W WO2011124952A1 WO 2011124952 A1 WO2011124952 A1 WO 2011124952A1 IB 2010055510 W IB2010055510 W IB 2010055510W WO 2011124952 A1 WO2011124952 A1 WO 2011124952A1
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Fred Finnerty
Jr. Kenneth Earl Irwin
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Scientific Games Holdings Limited
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J3/00—Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed
    • B41J3/407—Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F3/00—Board games; Raffle games
    • A63F3/06—Lottos or bingo games; Systems, apparatus or devices for checking such games
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J11/00—Devices or arrangements  of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
    • B41J11/0065—Means for printing without leaving a margin on at least one edge of the copy material, e.g. edge-to-edge printing
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42D—BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
    • B42D1/00—Books or other bound products
    • B42D1/009—Books or other bound products characterised by printed matter not otherwise provided for
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42D—BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
    • B42D15/00—Printed matter of special format or style not otherwise provided for
    • B42D15/02—Postcards; Greeting, menu, business or like cards; Letter cards or letter-sheets
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42D—BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
    • B42D25/00—Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof
    • B42D25/20—Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof characterised by a particular use or purpose
    • B42D25/29—Securities; Bank notes
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42D—BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
    • B42D5/00—Sheets united without binding to form pads or blocks
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
    • G09F3/00—Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication means; Seals; Postage or like stamps
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
    • G09F3/00—Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication means; Seals; Postage or like stamps
    • G09F3/02—Forms or constructions
    • 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
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42P—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO BOOKS, FILING APPLIANCES OR THE LIKE
    • B42P2221/00—Books or filing appliances with additional arrangements
    • B42P2221/02—Books or filing appliances with additional arrangements with indicating means

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  • the present disclosure relates in general to methodologies for placing imaging on the sides of stacks of printed documents—e.g., tickets, coupons, cards, books, etc.
  • the proposed methodologies allow for enhanced appearance and security without an increase in cost.
  • decorative designs imaged on the sides of stacked printed documents can enhance appearance or even act as advertising.
  • Described herein are a number of methods that provide practical details for reliably printing images on the sides of ticket, card, book, etc., document stacks.
  • Printing images on the sides of document stacks can provide both aesthetic as well as security enhancements for a document stack. Plus, the images can be used to advertise or promote the type of document contained in the stack or advertise a completely different product.
  • a method is provided for enhancing the integrity of stacks of printed substrates.
  • the method includes forming a mark on a flat front or rear face of the substrates, such as lottery tickets.
  • the marks are formed adjacent to an edge of the substrates such that the mark bleeds into the substrate.
  • the length and relative position of the marks along the edge are defined so that the marks are a component of a recognizable predefined image.
  • the substrates are compiled adjacent to one another to form a stack of substrates.
  • the individual substrates are compiled into the stack such that the marks align to form the predefined image that is visible from a side of the stack.
  • the marks may be formed with an ink that penetrates the substrate. Suitable inks are known to those skilled in the art.
  • the marks are placed on the front or rear face such that the marks are visible at the edges of the substrates upon initially forming the marks on the substrates, in an alternate
  • the marks are initially spaced back from an initial edge of the substrates and are only visible after removing a portion of the substrate, for example by subsequently cutting the substrates along a cut line that defines the final edge of the substrates.
  • the cut line runs through the marks such that the marks are visible along the final edge.
  • the visible pattern on the side of the stack can vary widely.
  • the marks may combine to form a visible line pattern along the side of the stack.
  • multiple marks may be formed along the edges of the substrates at different varying positions between the substrates so as to form a visible complex graphic design along the side of the stack.
  • Multiple stacks of the substrates may be formed, with the marks formed on the substrates of the different stacks such that different visible side images are generated on the different stacks.
  • the invention also encompasses stacks of substrates, such as lottery tickets, that utilize the aspects of the invention described herein.
  • the image can be a serial number which can be used to identify one pack of tickets from another, as well as track the individual tickets within the pack.
  • the method includes the mark being formed using an ink that penetrates the substrate. Suitable inks are known to those skilled in the art.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a lottery-type instant ticket
  • FIG. 2 is a front plan view of a first representative example of a lottery-type instant ticket where a mark is made on the cut line with ink that penetrates the substrate of the ticket;
  • FIG. 3 is a side view of the first representative example of FIG. 2 where the mark made with the penetrating ink creates a line on the side of a pack of lottery tickets;
  • FIG. 4 is a side view of a second representative example where multiple varying marks are made on the cut line of tickets comprising a pack to produce a more complex image
  • FIG. 5 is a side view of multiple packs of lottery tickets displaying images that are unique from one another. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
  • One method of ensuring lottery ticket pack integrity is to place imaging on the side of the pack, such that if the pack were split or if forged tickets were inserted into the pack, the visual effect on the side of the pack would be disturbed and it would be apparent to the casual observer that the lottery ticket pack was no longer a homogeneous whole. If the side of the pack imaging varies from pack-to-pack, then the degree of integrity protection becomes greater, since a would-be pack forger would need to accommodate dynamic side imagery.
  • a first embodiment would be to simply use a stencil to spray paint a pattern on the sides of lottery ticket packs. However, this embodiment is both labor intensive and time consuming.
  • a second embodiment would be to arrange ink jet printer heads to apply a custom pattern on the sides of lottery ticket packs as they are assembled. This embodiment has the advantage of automation and hence low labor costs, as well as not adding significantly to the packaging process time.
  • the second embodiment provides an automated pack side imaging system that is expandable to other medium, such as card decks and books, it does have the disadvantage of added capital costs required to purchase and maintain the side ink jet printing system.
  • This method also requires additional processing of the ticket substrate in addition to the processing involved with forming the ticket background and play areas.
  • substantially no extra equipment costs, labor, or production time is required to implement side imaging.
  • This embodiment accomplishes this no-to-low cost impact by using a portion of the imaging on the flat portion of tickets in a pack to impart a side image via ink bleed through the printed substrate. In other words, this preferred
  • embodiment uses a portion of the printing process on the flat side (i.e., the top) of a ticket or document to impart a side image when the pack is cut through the portion of the image.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a simplistic lottery-type instant ticket.
  • the ticket includes ticket substrate 00, which includes side edges 85, front ticket face 90, and rear ticket face 95.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates a portion of FIG. 1 that includes a printed mark 1 10 on the top face 90 of the ticket substrate 100 that is positioned to be on a side edge 85 of the ticket (and thus the pack) after the ticket substrate 100 is cut at cut line 105 during the packaging process.
  • the simple line image 120 of FIG. 3 becomes apparent on the side of ticket pack 1 15, which is comprised of similarly printed ticket substrates 100.
  • the ink bleed that penetrates the ticket substrate 100 and strategically positioning and varying printed mark 10 and cut line 105, a wide variety of images can be created on the side of ticket pack 1 15, such as image 125 in FIG 4.
  • FIG. 5 illustrates that the images printed on the side of ticket pack 1 15 can vary from pack to pack as shown by first ticket pack image 130 differing from second ticket pack image 135.
  • one ticket pack 115 can be differentiated from another by using different images. Further, the aesthetic appearance of ticket pack 115 can be improved by using designs or other pleasing images.
  • the ticket packs 1 15 can carry advertising or other messages conveyed by the images. While FIG. 5 illustrates numeric images, it is understood that complex image 125, first ticket pack image 130 and second ticket pack image 135 can consist of numerals, letters, symbols, pictures or any other image. Further, while FIGS. 2, 4 and 5 illustrate cut line 105 and images 120, 125, 130, and 135 being placed on the longer of the sides of the ticket, it is understood that the cut line 105 and images may be placed on any side of the ticket substrate 100.
  • bicolor side imaging can be created by placing a cut line 105 and printed mark 1 10 on both sides of the face of ticket substrate 100. If, on the other hand, it is not desirable for the printing on one side of the ticket substrate 00 to create a visible simple line image 120 on side edge 85, or complex image 125 on a side of ticket pack 115, printing on one side of the ticket substrate 00 can simply be pulled back from contacting cut line 105.
  • the ticket substrate 100 can be comprised of Coated One Side (C1S) paper stock that includes a coating on the side of the substrate to prevent ink bleed through the substrate thereby inhibiting any pack side image effect.
  • C1S Coated One Side
  • printed products like lottery tickets that already utilize variable ink jet imaging on one or both sides of the ticket substrate 100 can utilize the ink jet imager to print variable simple line image 120 marks along the cut line 105 that can result in a complex image 25 that easily varies from pack-to-pack, such as unique ticket serial numbers as illustrated by first ticket pack image 130 and second ticket pack image 135 in FIG. 5.

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L'invention porte sur un procédé pour renforcer l'intégrité d'un empilement de substrats, tels que des billets de loterie, lequel procédé comprend la formation d'une marque sur une face avant ou arrière plate des substrats. Les marques sont formées au voisinage d'un bord des substrats, de telle sorte que la marque déborde du substrat. La longueur et la position relative des marques le long du bord sont définies de sorte que les marques soient un composant d'une image prédéfinie pouvant être reconnue. Les substrats sont réunis au voisinage les uns des autres de façon à former un empilement de substrats. Les substrats individuels sont réunis dans l'empilement de telle sorte que les marques s'alignent afin de former l'image prédéfinie qui est visible à partir d'un côté de l'empilement.
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