Method of producing positive identification checks

Abstract

Abstract A likeness and signature of the first negotiator of a check are imprinted on the check from a source of identifying information including the likeness and signature of one or more individuals. The source of information may be an identification card carried by each individual, and the imprinting step may be carried out by an office copying machine having a blank paper storage magazine, an exposure station that individually receives sheets of blank paper from the magazine, and a document receiving window from which a document image is projected onto the sheet received at the exposure station. The magazine is loaded with check forms each having a blank space for the likeness and signature of the first negotiator, the identification card is positioned on the document receiving window so the image projected from the card is in registration with the blank space on the check form sheet at the exposure station, and the machine is actuated to transfer the image projected from the card onto the blank space of the check form sheet. At least some of the identifying information imprinted on the check is recorded on a storage medium as a record of the transaction. The storage medium may comprise a non-negotiable record copy portion of the check form sheets on which the information is recorded with an office copying machine by projecting the likeness and signature of the first negotiator from an identification card through the document receiving window in duplicate onto the negotiable check portion and the non-negotiable record copy portion of the check form sheet at the exposure station.

Inventors

• 👤 Thomas K. Reed, Jr.

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