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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 23, 1996
Maria P Parkos, Southbury, CT (US);
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A method of printing an image on an image receiving medium utilizing ink jet printing technology is disclosed. The image, particularly a postage meter indicia, is composed of two discrete portions, one having graphic information which need not be machine readable, the other having alpha-numeric information which must be machine readable and therefore must be water fast. The graphic information, however, must be printed with an ink that contains fluorescent material. The image is thus printed with two separate ink jet printing devices operating simultaneously, one of the printing device being supplied with fluorescent ink that is not water fast, and the other being supplied with water fast ink.