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US 2015/0306887 A1Published application
Colour imaging of security document precursors
AssigneeAgfa-Gevaert
InventorsBart WAUMANS, Paul CALLANT, Bart AERTS
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Abstract
A method of producing a security document includes the steps of producing a first part of a colour image by colour laser marking a security document precursor; and producing a second part of the colour image by a second imaging technique different from laser marking. The resulting security document is more difficult to falsify.
Claims17
1-15. (canceled)
A method of producing a security document, the method comprising the steps of:
- producing a first portion of a colour image by laser marking a security document precursor;
- and
- producing a second portion of the colour image by an imaging technique that is different from laser marking.
An apparatus for producing a security document, the apparatus comprising:
- a laser marking device configured to produce a first portion of a colour image by laser marking a security document precursor;
- and
- a second device configured to produce a second portion of the colour image, wherein the second device includes no lasers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.