JP4089114B2 - Anti-counterfeit ink, anti-counterfeit printed matter, and method for preventing forgery of this printed matter - Google Patents

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JP4089114B2
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【0001】
【発明の属する技術分野】
本発明は、複写機などによる複製を防止するための偽造防止用インキおよび偽造防止印刷物とこの偽造防止印刷物と偽造印刷物の真偽判定方法に関する。
【0002】
【従来の技術】
近年、電子写真技術を利用した複写機が普及し、これを利用して誰でも簡単に紙などに印刷された文字や画像を複写することができるようになった。特に、最近のカラーデジタル複写機によれば、原稿か複写物か見分けが極めて困難な複写物でさえも容易に作成することができる。
【0003】
一般的なカラーデジタル複写機の原理は、原稿に光を照射し、反射光をCCDラインセンサで検知する。CCDラインセンサでは、反射光の強度に応じたデジタル信号を生成し、複写機内のメモリに送信する。この読み取り過程をレッド(R)、グリーン(G)、ブルー(B)の3色について行い、それぞれの場合のデジタル信号をメモリに格納する。次に格納されたデジタル信号に基づいて、レーザ光を感光体ドラムの表面に照射し、イエロー(Y)、マゼンタ(M)、シアン(C)、ブラック(Bk)のトナーを感光体ドラムの上に順次静電吸着し、これらのトナーを順次紙などのシート上に転写して定着させる。これにより、カラーの画像が形成された精巧な複写物を得ることができる。
【0004】
かかるカラー複写は便利である反面、このために株券、債券、約束手形、小切手などの有価証券や、入場券、搭乗券などの印刷物などが容易に偽造されるという問題が増加しつつある。このため、容易に複写できないように印刷物に複製防止対策を施す提案が種々なされている。
【0005】
カラー複写による複写物の色が原稿の色と異なるようにする技術が提案されている。例えば原稿とされうる有価証券などに非常に淡い色で着色すると、複写物では淡い色の部分が正確に再現できない。また、原稿に大きさの異なる網点を形成しておくと複写しても小さい網点の再現性が悪化する。さらにカラー複写機のトナーにない色である緑、紫、橙、金、銀等を印刷することで複写物の色の再現性が悪化する。また、人間の視認度が低い領域例えば380nm〜450nmおよび650〜780nmあたりの波長域に特徴をもたせた2種類のインキを用いることで見た目には同色であるが、カラー複写機での複写物は異なる色に再現する。
【0006】
しかし、カラー複写機では、3色に分解されてメモリに格納されたデジタルデータを変更することによって、出力する色を補正することが可能である。また、カラー複写機と同様の原理を利用してカラースキャナーで読み込んだデジタルデータをコンピュータで補正し、カラープリンタまたはカラー複写機で出力するようなデジタルプレスが普及しつつある。従って、現在多少の手間をかければ、原稿の色を精巧に再現することが可能であり、上記のような技術では偽造を完全に防止することはできない。
【0007】
また、カラー複写機では再現不可能な特殊部分を有価証券などに設けておく技術も提案されている。このうち、ホログラム箔などのOVD箔を有価証券などの表面上に設ける技術はすでに実用化されている。これによれば、ホログラムの銀面が光を鏡面反射するため、CCDラインセンサに反射光が入射せず、原稿で銀面だった部分が複写物では黒色に再現される。また、屈折率の異なるセラミックを適当な膜厚を持つ複数層に積層すると、見る角度によって色が変化する特殊な光学薄膜が形成される。かかる性質は、複写物では得ることができないので、容易に真偽判定が可能である。さらに、この方法で形成された薄膜を細かく砕き、破片をインキに混入して印刷を行う方法も提案されている。
【0008】
しかしながら、これらの技術では、ホログラム箔やセラミック膜を蒸着やスパッタリングのようなドライコーティングで形成する必要がある、工程が複雑化する上、製造コストが極めて高いという問題がある。
【0009】
さらに、可視光線の下では識別できない部分を有価証券などに設けておく技術も提案されている。例えば、赤外線吸収色素を原稿に印刷しておくと、市販されている複写機およびプリンタのトナーには赤外線吸収能力はないので、複写物はその印刷を再現することはできない。従って赤外線を利用した検証機によって真偽判断が可能である。また、紫外線の照射によって蛍光を発する蛍光体で原稿に印刷して置いた場合にも、市販されている複写機およびプリンタではそのような蛍光機能を再現できない。従ってブラックライトを照射すると、本物は発光するが、偽造品は発光せず、容易に真偽判断が可能である。このほかにも様々な提案がされている。
【0010】
しかし、これらの技術では特殊な波長の光源が必要となる。また、その波長における真偽判断が可能なように検証機を製造しなければならない場合もある。このため、真偽判断に用いるシステムのうちハードウエアのコストが高くなってしまう。
【0011】
また、特開平10−278460号公報にランタノイド系希土類化合物を用いた複写防止物品を開示しているが、真偽判定が煩雑であり、顔料の色素が淡いため判別に困難を要する。また、色相が化合物特有の色しか表現できないためカラーバリエーションの点からも使用が制限されていた。
【0012】
【発明が解決しようとする課題】
本発明は上記事情を考慮してなされたものであり、市販のカラー複写機などでは偽造が極めて困難であり、かつ廉価で製造することが可能であり、真正品と偽造品を簡単な装置を用いて明確に判別することができ、かつ種々のカラーバリエーションを備えた偽造防止用インキおよび偽造防止印刷物を提供することを目的とする。
【0013】
【課題を解決するための手段】
上記目的を達成するためになされたもので、
請求項1記載の発明は、Ho 2 3 と顔料もしくは染料等の色材が混合して含有することを特徴とする偽造防止用インキである。
【0016】
また請求項記載の発明は、基材上に上記請求項1に記載の偽造防止用インキを印刷したことを特徴とする偽造防止印刷物である。
【0017】
更に請求項に記載の発明は、前記Ho 2 3 と顔料もしくは染料等の色材が混合して含有するインキと同色のインキを作製し、基材上に両者を印刷したことを特徴とする請求項記載の偽造防止印刷物である。
【0018】
更に請求項6に記載の発明は、請求項4、5記載の印刷物に自然光源と特定波長の光強度が強い光源を照射した際、両者の発色が異なることを利用したことを特徴とする印刷物の偽造防止方法である。
【0019】
【発明の実施の形態】
以下、本発明の実施の形態によって図面を参照して詳細に説明する。
【0020】
図1は本発明の偽造防止用インキの代表的な分光波形を示すものであり、具体的にはHo23にフタロシアニンブルーの有色顔料を混合した場合の分光波形のグラフであり、図2は太陽光の各波長における相対エネルギー比率を示したグラフである。図3は本発明の偽造防止印刷物の一実施例を示す平面図であり、図4は真偽判定用ランプの照射光の各波長における相対エネルギー比率を示したグラフであり、図5は図3の偽造防止印刷物に図2および図4の波長分布を持つ光を照射した場合の偽造防止印刷物の見え方の変化をL*** 表色系の色度図にて示した図である。
【0021】
表1はHo23に各色顔料を混合したものに図2および図4の波長分布を持つ光を照射した場合の見え方をL*** 表色系にて数値化した値および光の違いによる色差値を示したものであり、図6は表1の数値をグラフ化したものである。
【0022】
図3は、本発明の偽造防止印刷物の一実施例を示す平面図であるが、偽造防止印刷物(1)は基材(11)、偽造防止印刷部(12)および文字絵柄印刷部(13)から成り立っている。
【0023】
基材(11)としては、紙、プラスチック、木材、ガラスまたは樹脂などが用いられ、偽造防止印刷物(1)の用途に応じてこれらから任意に選択される。
【0024】
偽造防止印刷部(12)は、Ho 2 3 を含む材料から構成される。
【0025】
Ho 2 3 の粒径は、10〜1000nmであることが好ましい。この範囲の粒径である場合に、発色が良好でありインキ化し易い。
偽造防止印刷部(12)を形成するにあたっては、上記材料と、結着剤、分散剤および助剤とを混合した偽造防止用インキを基材(11)の表面に印刷すればよい。
【0026】
上記偽造防止用インキは、その結着剤、分散剤および助剤の種類によりオフセット印刷用、グラビア印刷用、スクリーン印刷用等の各印刷方法用のインキにすることができる。また、その印刷方法は、通常のオフセット印刷法、グラビア印刷法、スクリーン印刷法等が可能でとくに限定されない。
【0027】
偽造防止印刷部(12)を構成するランタノイド系希土類元素または化合物は、異なる種類の波長の光源の下では、目視上色相が異なる。Ho 2 3 は、太陽光下では人間の目には淡い黄色に見え、3波長発光形蛍光灯、詳しくは波長450nm(青)・540nm(緑)・610nm(赤)の3波長域を発光する光を照射すると人間の目には赤色に見える。
【0028】
ランタノイド系希土類元素は、4f軌道に電子を持っており、可視領域の狭帯域の波長の光を多く吸収し、その帯域から外れた波長の光をあまり吸収しない。これらの特徴は、ランタノイド系希土類の化合物であっても同様である。
【0029】
一例として図7にHo23の分光波形を示す。Ho23は波長450nm、550nm、650nm付近にシャープな吸収帯域を持っている。すなわち、Ho23は上記の波長域の光を多く吸収する一方、それ以外の波長の光をあまり吸収しない。従って、図2に示すような太陽光のスペクトル波長を照射した場合のHo23の反射光のスペクトルは図7の分光波形とほぼ同様となり淡い黄色に見えるが、図4に示すような450nm、540nm、610nmの3波長発光形の蛍光灯をHo23に照射した場合は青の波長である450nmの発光と緑の波長である540nmの光をHo23が吸収するため、赤の波長である610nmの発光のみが反射され赤く見える。
【0030】
ランタノイド系希土類の化合物は上記のような性質を持っていることより、上記と同様に2種類以上のスペクトル波長の光源を照射することで異なった色となる。
【0031】
上記顔料はその顔料固有の色素であり、照射する光により起こる色変化は固有であるが、上記顔料に別の有色色素を加えることで、様々な色変化を呈することが可能となる。
【0032】
有色色素として以下の材料があげられる、赤色顔料としてベンガラ、カドミウム赤、カドミウム水銀赤、モリブデン赤、亜酸化銅、トルイジンレッド、レーキレッドなどがあり、黄色顔料として黄鉛、クロム酸亜鉛、カドミウム黄、チタン黄、バリウム黄、ストロンチウム黄、ハンサイエロー、ベンジジンイエロー、パーマネントイエロー等がある。青色顔料として、紺青、群青、コバルト青、セルリアン青、マンガン青、フタロシアニンブルー、テレネブルーRS等があり、緑色顔料として、クロム緑、酸化クロム緑、ビリジアン、亜鉛緑、コバルト緑、エメラルド緑、フタロシアニングリーン等がある。
【0033】
例えば、Ho23に青色顔料であるフタロシアニンブルーをHo23顔料の色が残る程度に量を混合した場合、図2の波長の光と図4の波長の光で見た場合、それぞれ薄青色から紫色に変化した。この色変化を図5に示した。
図5はL*** 表色系色度図で図2に示した波長を照射した場合(図中のD65に相当する)と図4に示した波長を照射した場合(図中のF10に相当する)の色度の変化をHo23およびHo23+青色顔料を混合した場合について示したものである。
【0034】
同様にしてHo23に他の有色色素とを混合させることにより様々な色を呈することが可能である。表1にHo23を基本色として各色の有色色素を混合した場合の色変化をL*** 表色系色度にて示した。
【0035】
【表1】

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【0036】
表中におけるD65とは図2に示した波長と同様の光を照射した場合の色度を表し、F10とは図4に示した波長と同様の光を照射した場合の色度を示す。またD65光源とF10光源における色差を△Eとして算出した。同時に表1各有色色素を混合した場合の色度変化を
図7にL*** 表色系色度図にて示した。
【0037】
図7より基本色となるHo23に様々な有色色素を混合することで様々な色相を作り出すことができ、またそれらの色も同様に照射する光により色変化が起こることがわかる。
【0038】
【実施例】
本発明を、具体的な実施例をあげて詳細に説明する。
<実施例1>
90kgベースのOCR用紙の上にプロセスカラーインキをオフセット印刷法を用いて文字・絵柄を印刷し、次に下記[偽造防止用インキの組成1]からなる偽造防止用インキをスクリーン印刷法にて約12μm、パターン状に印刷して偽造防止印刷物を得た。また比較のため本偽造防止印刷物をカラーコピーした偽造品も作製した。
【0039】
[偽造防止用インキの組成1]
SS 8−800メジウム (東洋インキ製造(株)社製) 50重量部
Ho23 30重量部
S−719溶剤 (東洋インキ製造(株)社製) 18重量部
SS 8 藍 (東洋インキ製造(株)社製) 2重量部
【0040】
得られた偽造防止印刷物を太陽光下で見た場合、偽造防止用インキを用いて印刷された偽造防止印刷部は淡青色を呈していたが、図4に示すような波長の光源下で見た場合、紫色に変化するがカラーコピー品は淡青色のまま変化しないことより、容易に真正品を見分けることができた。
【0041】
【発明の効果】
以上述べたように、本発明は可視領域の狭帯域の波長の光を多く吸収し、その帯域から外れた波長の光をあまり吸収しない、Ho 2 3 に有色顔料及び染料等の色材を混合することにより、異なった分光スペクトル特性を持つ2種類以上の光源下で見たとき異なった色相を呈するインキとなる。
【0042】
さらに有色顔料及び染料等の色材の配分を変えることで様々な色相を呈する偽造防止用インキとなることより、本発明のインキにて印刷することで、蛍光灯を照射することで真偽判定を行うことができる。
また、複写する際、照明光の光源により複写された色が変化してしますので偽造防止が困難となる。さらに、自然光では同色に見えるインキと本発明のインキを用いて印刷しておくことにより、どの箇所に偽造防止が施されているか判り難いので一層偽造防止効果を高めることができる。
【図面の簡単な説明】
【図1】本発明の偽造防止用インキの代表的な分光波形を示すグラフ。
【図2】太陽光の各波長における相対エネルギー比率を示したグラフ。
【図3】本発明の偽造防止印刷物の一実施例を示す平面図。
【図4】真偽判定用ランプの各波長における相対エネルギー比率を示したグラフ。
【図5】図3の偽造防止印刷物に図2および図4の波長分布を持つ光を照射した場合の偽造防止印刷物の見え方の変化をL*** 表色系の色度図にて示したグラフ。
【図6】表1の数値をL*** 表色系の色度図にて示したグラフ。
【図7】Ho23の分光波形を示すグラフ。
【符号の説明】
1…偽造防止印刷物
11…基材
12…偽造防止印刷部
13…文字絵柄印刷部[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an anti-counterfeit ink and anti-counterfeit printed matter for preventing copying by a copying machine or the like, and a method for judging the authenticity of the anti-counterfeit printed matter and the forged printed matter.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In recent years, copying machines using electrophotographic technology have become widespread, and anyone can easily copy characters and images printed on paper using this. In particular, according to a recent color digital copying machine, even a copy that is extremely difficult to distinguish between a manuscript and a copy can be easily created.
[0003]
The principle of a general color digital copying machine is to irradiate a document with light and detect reflected light with a CCD line sensor. In the CCD line sensor, a digital signal corresponding to the intensity of the reflected light is generated and transmitted to a memory in the copying machine. This reading process is performed for three colors of red (R), green (G), and blue (B), and the digital signal in each case is stored in the memory. Next, based on the stored digital signal, the surface of the photosensitive drum is irradiated with laser light, and yellow (Y), magenta (M), cyan (C), and black (Bk) toners are applied to the photosensitive drum. The toner is sequentially electrostatically adsorbed, and these toners are sequentially transferred and fixed on a sheet such as paper. Thereby, an elaborate copy on which a color image is formed can be obtained.
[0004]
While such color copying is convenient, there is an increasing problem that securities such as stock certificates, bonds, promissory notes, checks, and printed materials such as admission tickets and boarding passes are easily forged. For this reason, various proposals have been made to take anti-duplication measures on printed matter so that they cannot be easily copied.
[0005]
A technique has been proposed in which the color of a color copy is different from the color of the original. For example, if a securities that can be used as a manuscript is colored with a very light color, the light color part cannot be accurately reproduced in a copy. Also, if halftone dots of different sizes are formed on the original, the reproducibility of small halftone dots deteriorates even when copied. Furthermore, the color reproducibility of the copy is deteriorated by printing colors such as green, purple, orange, gold, silver, etc., which are not in the toner of the color copying machine. In addition, although the color looks the same by using two types of inks that are characterized by the low visibility of human beings, for example, the wavelength range of 380 nm to 450 nm and 650 nm to 780 nm, Reproduce in a different color.
[0006]
However, in a color copying machine, it is possible to correct the color to be output by changing the digital data separated into three colors and stored in the memory. In addition, a digital press that uses a principle similar to that of a color copying machine to correct digital data read by a color scanner by a computer and outputs the digital data by a color printer or a color copying machine is becoming widespread. Therefore, with a little effort now, it is possible to precisely reproduce the color of the document, and the above technique cannot completely prevent forgery.
[0007]
In addition, a technique has been proposed in which a special portion that cannot be reproduced by a color copying machine is provided in securities. Among these, a technique for providing an OVD foil such as a hologram foil on the surface of securities or the like has already been put into practical use. According to this, since the silver surface of the hologram specularly reflects the light, the reflected light does not enter the CCD line sensor, and the silver surface portion of the original is reproduced in black on the copy. In addition, when ceramics having different refractive indexes are laminated in a plurality of layers having an appropriate film thickness, a special optical thin film whose color changes depending on the viewing angle is formed. Since such a property cannot be obtained with a copy, the authenticity can be easily determined. Furthermore, a method has also been proposed in which the thin film formed by this method is finely crushed and fragments are mixed with ink for printing.
[0008]
However, these techniques have a problem that it is necessary to form a hologram foil or a ceramic film by dry coating such as vapor deposition or sputtering, and the process is complicated and the manufacturing cost is extremely high.
[0009]
Furthermore, a technique has been proposed in which a portion that cannot be identified under visible light is provided in securities. For example, if an infrared-absorbing dye is printed on a manuscript, since the toner of commercially available copying machines and printers does not have the ability to absorb infrared rays, the copied material cannot reproduce the printing. Therefore, authenticity can be determined by a verifier using infrared rays. Further, even when a document is printed with a fluorescent material that emits fluorescence when irradiated with ultraviolet rays, such a fluorescent function cannot be reproduced by a commercially available copying machine or printer. Therefore, when the black light is irradiated, the real product emits light, but the counterfeit product does not emit light, and the authenticity can be easily determined. Various other proposals have been made.
[0010]
However, these technologies require a light source with a special wavelength. In some cases, it is necessary to manufacture a verifier so that true / false judgments at that wavelength can be made. For this reason, the hardware cost of the system used for authenticity determination becomes high.
[0011]
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-278460 discloses an anti-copying article using a lanthanoid rare earth compound, but authenticity determination is complicated, and the pigment dye is light, so that it is difficult to determine. In addition, since the hue can express only the color peculiar to the compound, its use is limited from the viewpoint of color variation.
[0012]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
The present invention has been made in consideration of the above circumstances, and it is extremely difficult to counterfeit with a commercially available color copying machine and the like, and can be manufactured at low cost. It is an object of the present invention to provide an anti-counterfeit ink and a forgery-preventing printed matter that can be clearly discriminated by use and have various color variations.
[0013]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
It was made to achieve the above purpose,
The invention according to claim 1 is an anti-counterfeit ink characterized in that it contains a mixture of Ho 2 O 3 and a coloring material such as a pigment or a dye.
[0016]
The invention according to claim 2 is a forgery-preventing printed matter, wherein the forgery-preventing ink according to claim 1 is printed on a substrate.
[0017]
Furthermore, the invention described in claim 3 is characterized in that an ink having the same color as the ink contained by mixing the Ho 2 O 3 and a coloring material such as a pigment or a dye is prepared, and both are printed on a substrate. The anti-counterfeit printed matter according to claim 2 .
[0018]
Furthermore, the invention described in claim 6 utilizes the fact that when the printed matter according to claim 4 or 5 is irradiated with a natural light source and a light source having a strong light intensity at a specific wavelength, the coloration of the two is different. This is a forgery prevention method.
[0019]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
[0020]
FIG. 1 shows a typical spectral waveform of the anti-counterfeit ink of the present invention. Specifically, FIG. 1 is a graph of the spectral waveform when Ho 2 O 3 is mixed with a phthalocyanine blue colored pigment. Is a graph showing the relative energy ratio at each wavelength of sunlight. FIG. 3 is a plan view showing one embodiment of the forgery-preventing printed material of the present invention, FIG. 4 is a graph showing the relative energy ratios at each wavelength of the irradiation light of the authenticity determination lamp, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a chromaticity diagram of an L * a * b * color system showing changes in the appearance of an anti-counterfeit printed matter when the anti-counterfeit printed matter is irradiated with light having the wavelength distribution of FIGS. 2 and 4. .
[0021]
Table 1 shows values obtained by quantifying the appearance of the mixture of each color pigment in Ho 2 O 3 and irradiating light having the wavelength distribution of FIGS. 2 and 4 with the L * a * b * color system. FIG. 6 is a graph showing the numerical values in Table 1. FIG.
[0022]
FIG. 3 is a plan view showing an embodiment of the anti-counterfeit printed matter of the present invention. The anti-counterfeit printed matter (1) is a base material (11), an anti-counterfeit printed portion (12), and a character / picture printed portion (13). It consists of
[0023]
As the substrate (11), paper, plastic, wood, glass, resin, or the like is used, and is arbitrarily selected from these according to the use of the forgery-preventing printed matter (1).
[0024]
The anti-counterfeit printing unit (12) is made of a material containing Ho 2 O 3 .
[0025]
The particle size of Ho 2 O 3 is preferably 10 to 1000 nm. When the particle size is in this range, the color is good and the ink is easily formed.
In forming the anti-counterfeit printing part (12), the anti-counterfeit ink, which is a mixture of the above materials, a binder, a dispersant and an auxiliary agent, may be printed on the surface of the substrate (11).
[0026]
The anti-counterfeit ink can be made into an ink for each printing method such as for offset printing, for gravure printing, for screen printing, etc., depending on the kind of the binder, dispersant and auxiliary agent. The printing method is not particularly limited, and can be a normal offset printing method, gravure printing method, screen printing method, or the like.
[0027]
The lanthanoid rare earth elements or compounds constituting the anti-counterfeit printing unit (12) have a visually different hue under light sources having different types of wavelengths. Ho 2 O 3 is visible to the pale yellow to the human eye in the sunlight, 3-wavelength light emitting type fluorescent lamps, details, emitting three wavelength range of 450nm (blue) · 540nm (green) · 610nm (red) It appears red to the human eye when irradiated with light.
[0028]
Lanthanoid rare earth elements have electrons in the 4f orbit, absorb a lot of light with a narrow band wavelength in the visible region, and do not absorb much light with a wavelength outside the band. These characteristics are the same even for lanthanoid rare earth compounds.
[0029]
As an example, FIG. 7 shows a spectral waveform of Ho 2 O 3 . Ho 2 O 3 has sharp absorption bands near wavelengths of 450 nm, 550 nm, and 650 nm. That is, Ho 2 O 3 absorbs a large amount of light in the above wavelength range, but does not absorb much light in other wavelengths. Therefore, the spectrum of reflected light of Ho 2 O 3 when irradiated with the spectral wavelength of sunlight as shown in FIG. 2 is almost the same as the spectral waveform of FIG. 7 and looks pale yellow, but 450 nm as shown in FIG. When Ho 2 O 3 is irradiated with a fluorescent lamp having a three-wavelength emission type of 540 nm or 610 nm, Ho 2 O 3 absorbs light of 450 nm which is a blue wavelength and light of 540 nm which is a green wavelength. Only the emission of 610 nm, which is the wavelength of, is reflected and appears red.
[0030]
Since the lanthanoid rare earth compound has the above-described properties, it has different colors when irradiated with light sources having two or more types of spectral wavelengths in the same manner as described above.
[0031]
The pigment is a pigment unique to the pigment, and the color change caused by the irradiation light is unique. However, by adding another colored pigment to the pigment, various color changes can be exhibited.
[0032]
The following materials can be listed as colored pigments. Red pigments include Bengala, Cadmium Red, Cadmium Mercury Red, Molybdenum Red, Cuprous Oxide, Toluidine Red, Lake Red, etc. Yellow Pigments, Yellow Lead, Zinc Chromate, Cadmium Yellow , Titanium yellow, barium yellow, strontium yellow, Hansa yellow, benzidine yellow, permanent yellow and the like. Blue pigments include bitumen, ultramarine blue, cobalt blue, cerulean blue, manganese blue, phthalocyanine blue, and telene blue RS, and green pigments include chrome green, chromium oxide green, viridian, zinc green, cobalt green, emerald green, and phthalocyanine green. Etc.
[0033]
For example, when phthalocyanine blue, which is a blue pigment, is mixed with Ho 2 O 3 to such an extent that the color of the Ho 2 O 3 pigment remains, when viewed with light of the wavelength of FIG. 2 and light of the wavelength of FIG. The color changed from light blue to purple. This color change is shown in FIG.
FIG. 5 is an L * a * b * color system chromaticity diagram when the wavelength shown in FIG. 2 is irradiated (corresponding to D 65 in the figure) and when the wavelength shown in FIG. 4 is irradiated (in the figure) The change in chromaticity (corresponding to F10) is shown for the case of mixing Ho 2 O 3 and Ho 2 O 3 + blue pigment.
[0034]
Similarly, various colors can be exhibited by mixing Ho 2 O 3 with other colored pigments. Table 1 shows the color change in the case of mixing colored pigments of various colors with Ho 2 O 3 as a basic color in L * a * b * color system chromaticity.
[0035]
[Table 1]
Figure 0004089114
[0036]
In the table, D 65 represents chromaticity when irradiated with light similar to the wavelength shown in FIG. 2, and F10 represents chromaticity when irradiated with light similar to the wavelength shown in FIG. The color difference between the D 65 light source and the F10 light source was calculated as ΔE. At the same time, the change in chromaticity when each colored pigment in Table 1 is mixed is shown in FIG. 7 as an L * a * b * color system chromaticity diagram.
[0037]
It can be seen from FIG. 7 that various hues can be created by mixing various colored pigments with Ho 2 O 3 which is the basic color, and that these colors also undergo color changes due to the light irradiated.
[0038]
【Example】
The present invention will be described in detail with specific examples.
<Example 1>
Process color ink is printed on 90kg-based OCR paper using the offset printing method, and then the anti-counterfeit ink consisting of [Composition 1 of anti-counterfeiting ink] is applied by screen printing. Printed in a pattern of 12 μm to obtain an anti-counterfeit printed matter. For comparison, a counterfeit product was also produced by color copying this anti-counterfeit printed matter.
[0039]
[Composition 1 of anti-counterfeit ink]
SS 8-800 medium (manufactured by Toyo Ink Manufacturing Co., Ltd.) 50 parts by weight Ho 2 O 3 30 parts by weight S-719 solvent (manufactured by Toyo Ink Manufacturing Co., Ltd.) 18 parts by weight SS 8 Indigo (Toyo Ink Manufacturing ( Co., Ltd.) 2 parts by weight [0040]
When the obtained anti-counterfeit printed matter was viewed under sunlight, the anti-counterfeit printed portion printed with the anti-counterfeit ink was light blue, but it was viewed under a light source having a wavelength as shown in FIG. In this case, the color copy product changes to purple, but the color copy product remains light blue, so that the genuine product can be easily identified.
[0041]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, the present invention absorbs a large amount of light having a narrow band wavelength in the visible region, and does not absorb much light having a wavelength outside the band, so that a coloring material such as a colored pigment and a dye is added to Ho 2 O 3. By mixing, the ink exhibits different hues when viewed under two or more types of light sources having different spectral spectral characteristics.
[0042]
Furthermore, by changing the distribution of coloring materials such as colored pigments and dyes, it becomes an anti-counterfeiting ink that exhibits various hues. By printing with the ink of the present invention, authenticity is determined by irradiating a fluorescent lamp. It can be performed.
Also, when copying, the color copied by the light source of the illumination light changes, making it difficult to prevent forgery. Furthermore, by printing using the ink that appears to be the same color under natural light and the ink of the present invention, it is difficult to determine where the anti-counterfeiting is performed, so that the anti-counterfeiting effect can be further enhanced.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a graph showing a representative spectral waveform of an anti-counterfeit ink of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a graph showing a relative energy ratio at each wavelength of sunlight.
FIG. 3 is a plan view showing an example of a forgery-preventing printed material according to the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a graph showing a relative energy ratio at each wavelength of a true / false determination lamp.
5 is a chromaticity diagram of the L * a * b * color system showing changes in the appearance of an anti-counterfeit printed matter when the anti-counterfeit printed matter of FIG. 3 is irradiated with light having the wavelength distribution of FIGS. The graph shown.
FIG. 6 is a graph showing the numerical values in Table 1 in a chromaticity diagram of the L * a * b * color system.
FIG. 7 is a graph showing a spectral waveform of Ho 2 O 3 .
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Anti-counterfeit printed matter 11 ... Base material 12 ... Anti-counterfeit printing part 13 ... Character picture pattern printing part

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Ho 2 3 と顔料もしくは染料等の色材が混合して含有することを特徴とする偽造防止用インキ。 An anti-counterfeiting ink comprising a mixture of Ho 2 O 3 and a coloring material such as a pigment or a dye. 基材上に上記請求項1に記載の偽造防止用インキを印刷したことを特徴とする偽造防止印刷物。  An anti-counterfeit printed matter, wherein the anti-counterfeit ink according to claim 1 is printed on a substrate. 前記Ho 2 3 と顔料もしくは染料等の色材が混合して含有するインキと同色のインキを作製し、基材上に両者を印刷したことを特徴とする請求項記載の偽造防止印刷物。The forgery-preventing printed matter according to claim 2, wherein an ink having the same color as the ink contained by mixing the Ho 2 O 3 and a colorant such as a pigment or a dye is produced, and both are printed on the substrate. 請求項2または3記載の印刷物に自然光源と特定波長の光強度が強い光源を照射した際、両者の発色が異なることを利用したことを特徴とする印刷物の偽造防止方法。A method for preventing forgery of printed matter, which utilizes the fact that when a printed material according to claim 2 or 3 is irradiated with a natural light source and a light source having a strong light intensity at a specific wavelength, the coloring of the two is different.
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