Durable printed item

• US 7,281,792 B2
• Filed: 12/12/2006
• Issued: 10/16/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: SSGII, Inc.
• Original Assignee: SSGII, Inc.
• Inventors: Peterson, Chris, Schmitt, Stephen E., Rosland, Mark
• Primary Examiner(s): Do; An H.
• Application Number:
  US11/637,963
• Publication Number:
  US 20070097199A1
• Time in Patent Office: 308 Days
• Field of Search: 347/106, 347/107
• US Class Current: 347/107
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 11/0015 for treating before, during or after printing or for uniform coating or laminating the copy material before or after printing selective coating B41J2/2114
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 13/12 specially adapted for small cards, envelopes, or the like , e.g. credit cards, cut visiting cards
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 25/00 Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof printing processes to produce identification or security features B41M3/14
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 25/20 characterised by a particular use or purpose

Abstract

A printed device is provided with an image printed thereon, having a relatively high durability.

Claims

1. A printed item comprising:

a surface; and

an image structure printed on the surface of the item by a non-contact ink printing technique and forming an image;

wherein the image structure has a durability to resist more than 3 rub strokes of acetone.

2. The printed item of claim 1 wherein the image structure has the durability to resist more than 100 rub strokes of acetone.

3. The printed item of claim 2 wherein the image structure has the durability to resist more than 200 rub strokes of acetone.

4. An individuated printed item comprising:

a substrate having a surface;

an image structure printed on the surface comprising individuated data printed thereon using a non contact printing technique;

wherein the image structure comprises a scannable code readable after about at least about 250 Taber cycles to the image structure;

and wherein the image structure has a durability to resist 200 rubs of acetone to at least a portion of the image structure.