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AssigneeLaser Band, LLC
InventorsJames M. Riley, Sanjay K. Jain, Mark Greer
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A business form such as a wristband or label includes an imaging area of face stock overprinted with a fluorescent ink for receiving a printed bar code to enhance the scannability of the bar code. The ink may be applied by overprinting to a thickness of between about 0.2 to about 0.5 mils, and even more preferably to a thickness of about 0.2 mils. The overprint ink is also print receptive allowing a bar code to be printed onto it with no deleterious effects. The imaging area of the wristband form may be overlaminated and the bar code scannability will still be enhanced. An alternative embodiment comprises a face stock manufactured to have a finished surface exhibiting a fluorescent effect similar to that achieved by overprinting through mixing in appropriate components as the face stock is made.
A method for creating a bar code on a print surface having an improved scannability under ambient light, the method comprising:
A business form having an enhanced scannability bar code in ambient light comprising a print surface, an overprint layer of colorless fluorescent ink covering substantially the entirety of a bar code receiving surface, and a bar code comprised of opaque ink applied to said bar code receiving surface.
A business form comprising a face ply and a laminate backing ply with a layer of patterned adhesive separating said face ply and said laminate backing ply, a wristband die cut into said business form, said wristband including a print surface formed in said face ply and an overlaminating portion formed in said laminate backing ply, and a layer of colorless fluorescent ink overprinted onto at least the print surface of said wristband so that a bar code printed in opaque ink onto said print surface exhibits an enhanced scannability in an ambient light environment.
A business form comprising a face ply layer and a laminate backing layer with a layer of patterned adhesive separating said face ply and said laminate ply, a self laminating wristband die cut into said business form, said wristband including a print surface die cut into said face ply and a laminating portion die cut into said laminate ply, said laminating portion being arranged to overlaminate the print surface after separation of the wristband from the form, and a layer of colorless fluorescent ink overprinted onto at least the print surface of said wristband so that a bar code printed in opaque ink onto said print surface exhibits an enhanced scannability under ambient light.
A business form having a bar code with increased scannability under ambient light comprising a face stock having a print surface wherein the face stock is manufactured to exhibit colorless fluorescence over an upper surface, and a bar code applied in opaque ink to said upper surface.
A business form having an enhanced scannability bar code in ambient light comprising a page, a print surface forming a top surface of said page, an overprint layer of colorless fluorescent ink covering substantially the entirety of a bar code receiving surface, and a bar code comprised of opaque ink applied to said bar code receiving surface, and a die cut in at least said print surface defining at least one label, said at least one label having said bar code receiving surface.
A business form adapted for exhibiting an enhanced scannability bar code in ambient light comprising a print surface, and an overprint layer of colorless fluorescent ink covering substantially the entirety of a bar code receiving surface contained within said print surface, said print surface being adapted to receive a bar code comprised of opaque ink applied to said bar code receiving surface.
A business form adapted for exhibiting an enhanced scannability bar code in ambient light comprising a page, a print surface forming a top surface of said page, an overprint layer of colorless fluorescent ink covering substantially the entirety of a bar code receiving surface contained within said print surface, said print surface being adapted to receive a bar code comprised of opaque ink applied to said bar code receiving surface, and a die cut in at least said print surface defining at least one label, said at least one label each having a bar code receiving surface.
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