Paper forms/documents

Details Paper forms/documents Paper forms/documents

1999-09-30

2001-12-18

Fridie, Jr., Willmon (Department: 3722)

Printed matter

Strips

C281S002000, C283S067000, C462S012000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06331017

ABSTRACT:

FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to forms or documents preferably of paper on which is printed variable data such as personal details for example names, addresses and other individual information.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
According to a first aspect of the present invention there is provided a form having front and reverse sides and incorporating a removable portion therein, the form incorporating a sheet of printable material, preferably paper and being adapted to have variable data printed on at least one side, the removable portion having a first sealing layer applied to its front side and a second sealing layer applied to its reverse side, and data means being provided on at least one side of the removable portion for recordably receiving machine readable data.
In some embodiments said data means comprises a strip of magnetic recording tape. In other embodiments said data means comprises a chip.
Conveniently said data means is applied externally of the sealing layer, but with some arrangements said data means is disposed between the sheet and one of the sealing layers.
Preferably the sealing layers comprise polyester films.
Sometimes, however, one sealing layer comprises a varnish coating applied to the outward facing surface of the sheet on the other side of the removable portion to the data means, the sealing layer on said one side comprising a polyester film. In some arrangements a base sheet is provided on said other side of the removable portion and extends beyond the removable portion.
Ideally, the removable portion is defined by a die cut which penetrates the form through to, but not including, the base sheet where such a base sheet is provided. It is a further preferred feature that one or both polyester films are printer compatible such that variable data can be printed thereon.
According to a second aspect of the present invention there is provided a method of producing a form having front and reverse sides, the method comprising the steps of applying sealing layer to the front and reverse sides of a predetermined area of a sheet of printable material, preferably paper, said predetermined area in use defining a removable portions applying data means on at least one side of said predetermined area, printing variable data on to one or both sides of the form and recording machine readable data on to the data means.
Preferably the sealing layers are polyester film but in some methods there is the step of applying a varnish layer to the outward facing surface of the sheet on the side of the predetermined area which does not have the data means.
In preferred methods there is the further step of having a base sheet on the side of the predetermined area which does not have the data means.
Ideally the removable portion is defined by die cutting around said predetermined area through to but not including the base sheet if provided.
With some preferred methods the variable data is printed before the application of the polyester films but in others, the polyester films may be printer compatible.
The printing of the variable data may be on both sides of the form and may include variable data on the removable and non-removable portions of the form.


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