Methods of changing the visibility of some characteristic or information to be included in a hard copy of a recorded image

A method of making more visible some characteristic to be included in a hard copy of a recorded image, comprising the steps of:

• reading a variable visible characteristic within the recorded image to determine the visible composition of the variable characteristic;
• storing one or more predetermined variations of the variable characteristic;
• evaluating the determined composition of the variable characteristic within the recorded image to select an area of the recorded image that will provide greater visibility for the stored one or more variations of the variable characteristic within an area of the hard copy, corresponding to the selected area of the recorded image, than one or more nonselected areas of the recorded image;
• and
• including at least one of the one or more stored variations of the variable characteristic in the selected area of the hard copy.

A method of providing information on a back side of a hard copy of a recorded image to substantially minimize any visibility of the information through the hard copy, comprising the steps of:

• reading a variable visible characteristic within one or more predefined areas of the recorded image to determine the visible composition of the variable characteristic;
• changing a feature of the information to be recorded on the back side of the hard copy, taking into account the visible composition of the variable characteristic, to substantially minimize any visibility of the information through the hard copy;
• and
• printing the information with the changed feature on the back side of the hard copy.

A method of changing the visibility of some characteristic to be included in a hard copy of a recorded image of a scene, comprising the steps of:

• reading a variable visible characteristic within the scene to determine the visible composition of the variable characteristic;
• evaluating the determined composition of the variable characteristic within the scene to change the visibility of the characteristic to be included in the hard copy of the recorded image of the scene;
• and
• including the characteristic with changed visibility in the hard copy of the recorded image of the scene.