Patent ID: 8367580
Filing Date: 2013-02-05
Classification: A63F,B41J,B41M,B42D

Abstract:
1. A method for providing a security enabled dual-sided thermal medium, the method comprising: thermally imaging a first side of the dual-sided thermal medium having a thermally sensitive coating on opposing sides with a first data security feature, wherein the first data security feature comprises a first numeral; and thermally imaging a second side of the dual-sided thermal medium with a second data security feature, wherein the second data security feature comprises a second numeral that is interleaved with the first data security feature, the first side and second side of the dual-sided thermal medium are imaged with the first and second data security features via a single pass of the dual-sided thermal medium through a dual-sided thermal printer, during the single pass the thermal medium is fed through the dual-sided thermal printer which has a first print head interfaced to the first side of the thermal medium and a second print head interfaced to the second side of the thermal medium.