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US 2019/0100046 A1Published application
Systems and methods for interrupting traditional counterfeiting workflows
AssigneeThe Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Securit
InventorsJoel Zlotnick, Troy Eberhardt, Jordan Brough
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Abstract
This application relates generally systems and methods for interrupting counterfeiting workflows, and more specifically to methods for adequately concealing aspects of printer configuration, such as number of plates used to print a document or a setup of inks and split fountains. It is therefore possible to obscure the individual plate images and application of ink to those plate images, thereby impeding accurate redrawing of security artwork.
Claims28
A system comprising:
- a plurality of printing plates each having a plate image corresponding to at least a portion of a composite image;
- a plurality of split fountains each corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of printing plates and each containing ink of a same color at a plurality of different opacity levels, wherein each of the plurality of split fountains is configured to provide to its respective printing plate a unique arrangement of ink relative to other split fountains;
- a plurality of oscillator rollers each configured to control a width of at least one opacity level transition between the plurality of different opacity levels of a respective corresponding split fountain, and to transfer ink from the plurality of split fountains to the plurality of printing plates;
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- a press for applying each of the plurality of printing plates to a substrate to create the composite image.
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A system comprising:
- a plurality of printing plates each having a plate image corresponding to at least a portion of a composite image;
- a plurality of split fountains each containing a plurality of inks of different opacity levels of a same color;
- a plurality of oscillator rollers for controlling widths of opacity level transitions of the plurality of split fountains and for transferring ink from the plurality of ink fountains to the plurality of printing plates;
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- a press for applying each of the plurality of printing plates to a substrate to create the composite image;
- wherein the printing plates are configured to generate the composite image to have a greater number of different opacity levels than the plurality different opacity levels contained in the plurality of split fountains.
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A system comprising:
- a plurality of printing plates each having a plate image corresponding to at least a portion of a composite image;
- a plurality of split fountains each containing a plurality of inks of different opacity levels of a same color and configured to generate a plurality of opacity level transitions;
- a plurality of oscillator rollers for controlling widths of the plurality of opacity level transitions of the plurality of split fountains and for transferring ink from the plurality of ink fountains to the plurality of printing plates;
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- a press for applying each of the plurality of printing plates to a substrate to create the composite image;
- wherein the printing plates are configured to generate the composite image to include at least one simulated opacity level transition different from any one of the plurality of different opacity levels that the plurality of split fountains are physically configured to generate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.