Cost
saving security features
to protect the documents
(Written by : N.R.Jayaraman)
Lot of
commercial covert and over features have been in the market to enhance the Security of the documents.
They are commercially available but are too expensive for implementation by small unit users. Therefore some cost saving solutions
at the same time remain as an effective
security feature to protect the documents are discussed here.
In this direction after studying various options and trend it is found that simple
security solution by way of introducing some mechanism in the printed documents
have been thought of. All that is needed
for implementing it will be the use of invisible ink combined with some gadget
to read the prints to authenticate it or with normal inks which can be
projected and inspected.
Basically the documents requiring security features
need to be printed with some running matter – may be the theme of the product,
the profile of the firm etc- with invisible inks using smaller size fonts. The
above will have multiple mistakes as given in the illustrative art.
If use of invisible ink is not possible then use
normal ink with the defects as shown in the illustrations below.
The mistakes should be such that they are not identifiable
or copyable so easily. What is illustrated is only an example to make one
understand the principle.
For example in a word like “product” printed with
comic sans 8 point font the alphabet ‘O’ can be of some other font say
Baskerville of 10 point or with Vedanta 10 Point which will look similar to comic sans at visual look, size and
shape, though the character is actually different.
In a running matter when such deviations are printed
in the base stock added with invisible inks in the normal ink, it will remain
not only invisible to human eye , but can be detected only when viewed with a
special gadget which is already fed with the input, or through a powerful hand held or machine fitted magnifier to authenticate
whether the document is genuine or counterfeited.
Some of the illustrations below will give an idea how
the documents can be inbuilt with security feature even with ordinary inks. Some
of the letters can also be printed with invisible
inks. But it becomes two times printing- one with normal inks and the other letters with normal inks
mixed with invisible inks. But ensure that the
format is printed with two
colours in perfect register, similar to see through register system.
Can you find out any difference in the
letters used ? The enlarged version of the above line is product.
Only when you actually type it as above with fonts suggested below the actual effect can be noticed since the above is converted to JPEG file . In the above smaller
printed word the following fonts have been used.
O is ‘Baskerville old face 9
Pt font’ while the rest of the characters 'pr duct' are ‘Comic sans 8 point font’. This is only an example and you can generate one by experimenting.
See another example
Can you find out any difference in the letters used ? The enlarged version of the above line is product. Only when you actually type it as above with fonts suggested below the actual effect can be noticed since the above is converted to JPEG file . In the above smaller printed word the following fonts have been used.
Prod is ‘Eras Bold ITC 8 point font’ while the rest of the characters
duct are ‘Berlin sans FB Demi 8 point font’. This is only an example and you can generate one by experimenting.
Model -3
When the product is distributed in different zones, each zone can
have the same defective fonted words as illustrated below. For example the distribution is in four zones. How will
the security features be divided? Here are some suggestions.
A -zone : In the word ‘Product’
use ‘Pro’ with say ‘x’ font and the other -‘duct’-with another with ‘y’ font
in the above illustrated manner.
B- zone : In the word ‘Product’
use ‘Prod’ with say ‘x’ font and
the other –‘uct’- with another with ‘y’ font in the above illustrated manner.
C -zone : In the word ‘Product’
reverse of the A zone ‘x’ and ‘y’ fonts
D- zone : In the word ‘Product’
reverse of the B zone ‘x’ and ‘y’ fonts
The above is only an example and you can generate one by experimenting.
The above is only an example and you can generate one by experimenting.
Use of different colors
Instead of using invisible inks it should also be
possible to print the wrongly composed word into another colour similar to the
one used for other text matter. For Example when the text matter is printed
with Royal Blue color ink, the defective words should be printed with a slightly different blue which can be
detected when blown and seen. But ensure
that the format is printed with two colours in perfect register,
similar to see through register system.
When you want to incorporate the feature in
different colors it can also be done provided you print the matter with 100% precision as given in the following
example. This is only an example and you can generate one by experimenting.
product product product product
product product product product
product product product product
product product product product
product product product product
See the difference in the two sets of
colors in the word product
Pro
duct
