Negotiable instruments with intelligent microprint

摘要

A negotiable instrument such as a check includes a unique microprint identifier that allows for authentication while preventing unauthorized reproduction and alternation. A printing system generates the identifier after receiving a customer order for printing a plurality of negotiable instruments, to allow inclusion of information that is specific to the customer order and/or the printing process. In various embodiments, the identifier is unique to each or each subset of the plurality of negotiable instruments and facilitates authentication of each of the negotiable instruments when needed.

主权项

1. A system for printing documents, comprising:
an order processing system configured to receive and process data associated with a customer order for printing a plurality of negotiable instruments, the order processing system including a storage device configured to store security information allowing for future authentication of each negotiable instrument of the plurality of negotiable instruments; and a printing device suitable for printing negotiable instruments including microprint images, the printing device including:
an identifier generator configured to receive production information at a time of printing the plurality of negotiable instruments and generate codes identifying the plurality of negotiable instruments, the production information being specific to the printing of the plurality of negotiable instruments that becomes available at the time of printing the plurality of negotiable instruments, the plurality of negotiable instruments being divided into subsets for the printing the subsets each including multiple negotiable instruments of the plurality of negotiable instruments, the codes each being unique for one of the subsets of the plurality of negotiable instruments and being a function of the production information and information identifying the customer order;an image generator configured to generate an image for each negotiable instrument of the plurality of negotiable instruments, the image including an intelligent microprint identifier including one of the codes to be printed at a microprint level as an anti-counterfeiting security feature;a printing module configured to print the plurality of negotiable instruments; anda data interface configured to receive the data associated with the customer order from the order processing system and transmit data representing the codes to the order processing system.