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US 6,270,213 B1Granted
Fluorescent and phosphorescent ink for use with an information based indicia
AssigneePitney Bowes Inc.
InventorsRonald P. Sansone, Richard A. Bernard, Judith D Auslander
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Abstract
A ink that is printed under a printed information-based indicia so that the information-based indicia will not require a Facing Identification Mark (FIM). The ink provides the foregoing result by being both fluorescent and phosphorescent. Current desk top printers and color photocopiers are not capable of duplicating fluorescence and phosphorescence at the same time.
Claims6
A system for printing information on a mail piece, said system comprises:
- printing a portion of the object with a dual luminescent ink;
- an information-based indicia (IBI) that does not have a Facing Identification Mark (FIM);
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- printing over the dual luminescent ink with a colored ink so that detectors of a facer canceller will recognize the IBI as the IBI even though an FIM is not present.
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