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US 12,257,858 B2Granted
Printed material management system that provides a printed material identifier using invisible ink
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorShintaro Komuro
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Abstract
A printing device includes a providing unit configured to provide to a printed material an identifier for managing the printed material. The providing unit prints the identifier with invisible ink on the printed material. The identifier is visually recognizable under special light and invisible under normal light.
Claims10
A printed material management system comprising:
- a providing unit configured to provide to a printed material an identifier that includes an information about the printed material and that differs for each printed material, wherein the providing unit prints the identifier with invisible ink on the printed material and the identifier is visually recognizable under special light and invisible under normal light;
- and
- a destroying device, wherein
- the destroying device includes:
- an irradiation unit configured to emit the special light,
- an identification unit configured to read the identifier irradiated with the special light from the irradiation unit,
- a detection unit configured to detect a deficiency of the printed material, and
- a breaking unit configured to break down the printed material.
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A printed material management system comprising:
- a providing unit configured to provide to a printed material an identifier that includes an information about the printed material and that differs for each printed material, wherein the providing unit the identifier with invisible ink on the printed material and the identifier is visually recognizable under special light and invisible under normal light;
- and
- a copying device, wherein
- the copying device includes:
- an irradiation unit configured to emit the special light,
- an identification unit configured to read the identifier irradiated with the special light from the irradiation unit,
- an image reading unit configured to read an image of the printed material,
- a copying unit configured to produce a copied material, and
- a restricting unit configured to restrict reading of the image or production of the copied material and
- the restricting unit restricts the reading of the image or the production of the copied material for the printed material provided with the identifier.
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A printed material management system comprising:
- a providing unit configured to provide to a printed material an identifier that includes an information about the printed material and that differs for each printed material, wherein the providing unit the identifier with invisible ink on the printed material and the identifier is visually recognizable under special light and invisible under normal light;
- and
- a copying device, wherein
- the copying device includes:
- an irradiation unit configured to emit the special light,
- an identification unit configured to read the identifier irradiated with the special light from the irradiation unit,
- an image reading unit configured to read an image of the printed material, and
- a copying unit configured to produce a copied material,
- the copying unit prints the image and the identifier with visible ink, and
- the image and the identifier printed by the copying unit are visually recognizable under normal light.
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A printed material management system comprising:
- a providing unit configured to provide to a printed material an identifier that includes an information about the printed material and that differs for each printed material, wherein the providing unit the identifier with invisible ink on the printed material and the identifier is visually recognizable under special light and invisible under normal light;
- and
- a copying device, wherein
- the copying device includes:
- an irradiation unit configured to emit the special light,
- an identification unit configured to read the identifier irradiated with the special light from the irradiation unit,
- an image reading unit configured to read an image of the printed material, and
- a copying unit configured to produce a copied material and
- the copying unit prints with visible ink the image of the printed material provided with the identifier and a symbol indicating that a medium including the symbol is the copied material to produce the copied material including the image and the symbol that are visually recognizable under normal light.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.