Guest guest Posted September 25, 2007 Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 In a message dated 24-Sep-07 06:43:01 Central Daylight Time, swbowman@... writes: Actually, there is a grain of truth in all of this. Long ago, when the first generation of photocopying machines came out, they used a colored light to scan with. If the ink was the wrong color, it would disappear completely when copied. Using black ink exclusively is one way a lot of organizations dealt with that. Even with the current copying machines, some of the lower-end monochrome machines have trouble with red and lighter shades of blue and green. Dark shades of all of them copy better. It would seem that, although there was no " legal " requirement for black ink, there can sometimes be a practical one. I actually used this to some advantage years ago....we were having a problem with photo copied prescriptions for controlled substances. I obtained some green safety paper prescription blanks (that showed a bold 'void' watermark when copied), and used a fluorescent orange ink (of the same optical density as the green of the paper) to write those kinds of prescriptions. Drove the goblins nuts (as well as the DEA on occasion) as even the 'white light' monochrome copiers of the 1990s were unable to reproduce a readable copy...the orange faded into the background green, and the big " VOID " popped out...even high end color copiers of the day were often foxed by this combination. ck S. Krin, DO FAAFP ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 25, 2007 Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 HAHAHAHAHA!!!!! That's funny - I never caught that typo. MUST have been a Freudian slip because they way they acted, it COULD have been " blank " ink. Jane To: texasems-l@...: wegandy1938@...: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 22:09:12 -0400Subject: Re: Blue pen ink on forms Jane, if they were in " blank ink " I don't blame them for refusing them. How could they count the pages and know what to charge?GGIn a message dated 9/24/07 8:59:10 AM, texas.paramedic@... writes:> > You know, I have had two situations at the courthouse within the last year > where I brought legal documents with signatures (one from the notary and one > from a lawyer) that were in blank ink and the courthouse refused to accept > them saying that with modern copy machines, they can no longer tell a copy from > an original unless the signature is in any other color but black.> > Jane Hill> > > To: texasems-l@...: rachfoote@...: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 > 11:04:03 -0400Subject: Re: Blue pen ink on forms> > > > > Boy, I must have been having a real bad day.? Read my reply and thought > someone else must be using my name.? Sorry.My mortgage had to be signed in blue > ink so that they would know which was the original.? Copy machines are so good > now, they look like a real signature.My people always had to use black ink > because that was the requirement.? Don't know why, now that I think of it.? We > now are paperless and it don't matter. Again, my apologies.Andy > Foote-----Original Message-----From: wegandy1938@...: > texasems-l@...: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 2:05 amSubject: Re: Blue pen ink on > formsPretty silly to me! Legally it makes no difference whatsoever.GGIn a message > dated 9/23/07 6:22:25 PM, emsfire@... writes:> > I got some flack for > filling out a pt. care report the other day with a blue > pen. The hospital > I worked at required the docs to use blue ink on the > T-sheets. The > reasoning is that the forms are printed in black ink on white paper > and black pen > ink could be missed (especially all those damn check boxes) > where as blue is > easily seen and photocopies just as well, plus it is easy to > tell which is > the original.> > back to the original question, do any of your services not > accept blue ink > and require black ink only?> > What do you think?> > > Garrett> > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 25, 2007 Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 Yeah, yeah, yeah.... It is hard to find disappearing ink anymore, isn't it, Andy??? LOL Jane To: texasems-l@...: rachfoote@...: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 22:49:27 -0400Subject: Re: Blue pen ink on forms In a message dated 9/24/2007 10:58:53 AM Central Daylight Time, texas.paramedic@... writes:You know, I have had two situations at the courthouse within the last year where I brought legal documents with signatures (one from the notary and one from a lawyer) that were in blank ink and the courthouse refused to accept them saying that with modern copy machines, they can no longer tell a copy from an original unless the signature is in any other color but black.Jane HillI bet they did have a problem with BLANK ink. Where can I get some.andy************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 25, 2007 Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 Yeah, I have it available for a buck ninety-nine a pen. Step right up. It is right next to the snake oil that cures all your aches and works on your psychiatric problems too. STEP RIGHT UP!! Jane Hill To: texasems-l@...: rachfoote@...: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 22:54:24 -0400Subject: Re: Blue pen ink on forms Gene,We use the blank ink electronically. We bought from some lady in Texas named Jane Hill.Andy************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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