Security features

Smith & Ouzman can incorporate a full range of security features into your document design to provide overt, covert and forensic authentication.

A potent combination of overt, covert and forensic security features creates a well protected, secure document that can be authenticated and verified as genuine.

It is important to secure the complete life cycle of the document to ensure total protection. This includes the production of the document itself, its secure storage and distribution, unique personalisation with details, photographs and encrypted barcodes, and final reconciliation.

Security features are carefully selected for their suitability to your requirements and are combined and built up in layers to provide the best possible protection.

Security features which Smith & Ouzman can incorporate into documents include:

• Complicated guilloche and numismatic security designs
• Micro-text printing – very small text that requires a magnifying glass to read
• Micro-tint – background pattern of repeated words
• ‘Anti-copy’ feature where the word “copy” appears on a photocopy or scan
• Front reverse see-through registration
• Bespoke and standard security watermarks
• Chemical sensitisation of paper that reacts to solvent based chemicals used to attempt forgery
• Embedded fibres and threads within the paper
• Rainbow split duct colour graduation whereby two or more colours are graduated smoothly together
• Invisible ultraviolet (UV) inks that fluoresce under UV light
• Instant verification inks that react to a special pen to verify authenticity
• Heat sensitive ink that changes colour when heat is applied
• Chemically sensitive and water soluble inks that react to attempted forgery
• Sequential serial numbering that identifies each document using special numbering typefaces
• Security holograms and foils
• Encrypted variable data personalisation and barcoding