Identification card printed with jet inks and systems and methods of making same
First Claim
1. An identification document comprising:
- a core layer having a first surface;
a first indicium printed directly onto at least a portion of the first surface of the core layer, the first indicium formed by a pigmented ink jet ink.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to assembling identification documents in an over-the-counter issuing environment. In one implementation of the present invention, we provide an identification document capable of being printed by an ink jet printer-based system in an over-the-counter environment. The identification document comprises a core layer and a first indicium. The core layer has a first surface, and the first indicium is printed directly onto at the first surface of the core layer. The first indicium is formed by a pigmented ink jet ink. The core material can have an affinity for a particular substance (e.g., water) and the pigmented jet ink can include that substance (e.g., an aqueous-based ink jet ink). An identification document substrate can receive pigmented ink jet ink from an ink jet printer without requiring a receiver layer or receiver coating on the substrate. The absence of the receiver layer allows for direct bonding of additional layers, such as laminates, to an unprinted substrate, thereby not interfering with the bonding mechanism of the laminate to the substrate. Identification documents formed in this manner can meet or exceed all AAMVA, ANSI, and ISO requirements.
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30 Claims
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1. An identification document comprising:
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a core layer having a first surface;
a first indicium printed directly onto at least a portion of the first surface of the core layer, the first indicium formed by a pigmented ink jet ink. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method for preparing an identification document, comprising:
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providing a core layer having a first surface, the core layer comprising a material capable of accepting a given ink jet ink and having an affinity for at least one substance in the ink jet ink; and
forming at least one first indicium directly upon the first surface of the core material using the ink jet ink for which the core layer has an affinity. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. An identification document, comprising
a core layer having a first surface; - and
means for conveying information directly formed on the first surface of the core layer.
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