SECURE IMAGING TONER AND METHODS OF FORMING AND USING THE SAME

摘要

A toner for printing documents that are difficult to chemically or physically forge and that are readily easy to visually verify and methods of using and forming the toner are disclosed. The toner includes a colorant for printing an image on a surface of a document and a dye for forming a latent version of the image underneath a surface of a substrate. An image formed using the toner of the invention is readily verified by compariing the colorant-formed image and the dye-formed image. In addition, if a solvent is used in an attempt to alter the printed image on the substrate, the dye migrates or diffuses to indicate tampering with the doucment.