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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:
Dec. 14, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 24, 1996
David J Gerber, Avon, CT (US);
Gerber Scientific Products, Inc., Manchester, CT (US);
Abstract
A process for color overprinting onto a thermally printable receiving surface includes using a thermal printer and transfer foils to print a first layer of color printing medium onto a portion of a receiving surface, and then using the thermal printer to print at least a second layer of translucent colored printing medium onto the receiving surface on top of the first layer. An index of overprint colors can be created by the process for use in matching colors printable by the overprinting process to the colors on an original graphic. The index may be used manually or in a computerized printing process to determine the number of transfer foils required to reproduce an original graphic, and their order of use.