The first stage of security printing; Order
Security printing orders, like all types of printing methods, start with receiving an order. For this purpose, you can follow the details of how to register an anti-counterfeit printing order and inquire about the price from the contact section of Arta Honar Shayvord, while declaring your need and requesting advice and cooperation.
The second stage of security printing; Anti-counterfeiting document paper
The second step after ordering the printing of security documents is determining the watermark paper, which is related to the material of the document, and the most important issue in this section is the use of exclusive government watermark paper. Currently, two types of watermarks are used in documents:
- Watermark generator (MOULD, a mold that has a gray effect)
- Dandy Roll (DANDYROLL, which has a white or black effect)
Also, the use of optical fibers in paper pulp is another very important element that Arta Henar Shayward company also uses in its security products.
Optical fibers are divided into two categories in anti-counterfeiting documents:
- The first category with naked eyes (esophageal)
- The second category can be seen with an armed eye (invisibility) and using ultraviolet light and…
The third stage of security printing; Anti-counterfeit design order
The third step of ordering the printing of documents and security papers is security design, which is done by special software. Security design software is a program that is used to design security documents and documents, such as bank notes, bank checks, bank notes, tickets, partnership papers, credit cards, ownership documents, driver’s licenses, identification documents (ID card, passport, smart ID card and ….) is used.
The difference between security software and other graphic software is that in these programs it is possible to create security and anti-counterfeiting components and features that are not available in other applications, and their production is also exclusive and at the discretion of several large companies in the printing industry. It is security.
Some anti-counterfeiting components of security design software:
- Guilloche creating regular and irregular geometric lines and patterns in documents;
- Art screen : Create an image of letters and other small images;
- Latent Image : Inserting letters secretly in designs or an image;
- Rainbow : creating a design with two or more colors, breaks and lines separating from each other in the design;
- Micro text : inserting very small contents that can be seen with a magnifying glass;
- Relief : Creating patterns or letters in a prominent way;
- Anti copy : Creating a hidden image in another image that changes the original image as a result of copying.
- Finger print : Creating an irregular non-geometric geometric shape that is implemented only once by the software.
- and….
It should be noted that the method of using these components depends on the security of the document or the value of the security.
The fourth stage of security printing; Anti-counterfeit printing
The last step after the order is the security and anti-counterfeit printing department. The security factors that are created in the printing department are created either by using special and security compounds, or by a special printing method and technique, or by both methods.
Magnetic ink is an example of these components, which is mostly used for checkbooks and variable information printing. The information that is printed with magnetic inks called MICR can be read by a machine (Reader), for example, when a check is paid in a bank, the bank teller no longer needs to enter the information manually into the computer and with a reader device It can easily read codes.
In addition, if the check is fake, it can be identified at this stage. Therefore, the use of magnetic compounds can be considered as one of the security factors.
Phosphoric inks are another type of security inks that change color under UV light. The phosphor compound becomes darker if it is scanned. However, this type of compound has a low degree of security. This is despite the fact that inks that can only be seen under ultraviolet or infrared light have a higher security factor.
According to the type of ink used and the characteristics of the document, normal or dry offset printing is used, indexes that are thicker are printed by silkscreen method and with special security inks.