Patent ID: 10657636

Abstract:
Substrates and technology for detecting printing plate misuse or mismatch. Such misuse or mismatch may result in multiple, different encoded signal being erroneously included in packaging. One claim generally recites a substrate for a package, hang tag or label, the substrate including: barcode including check digit; printed control icon, the printed control icon comprising a design printed with each of four (4) ink separations, the design comprising plurality of design elements, the plurality of design elements comprising a central element, rotation indicator corresponding to the check digit, and a plurality of registration indicators, the four (4) ink separations comprising Cyan (C) color channel, Magenta (M) color channel, Yellow (Y) color channel and Black (K) color channel; in which the printed control icon indicates a printing plate mismatch when it comprises more than one (1) observable rotation indicator. Of course, other features, claims and combinations are described as well.