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At Hunkeler Innovationdays, Xeikon will be highlighting digital security printing features, including the new capability of using taggant marked spot colour toner. During the exhibition, the company will produce tickets that include several security features. They will be printed on the latest 8600 roll fed digital press, with inline dynamic perforation from Hunkeler.
Taggants are microscopic chemical markers that can be added to the substrate or the toner itself, to allow various forms of verification. They are already used for high security documents such as banknotes, identification documents and value papers. They are invisible to the human eye in print and can only be detected by special readers. They are not removable and they are very difficult to reverse engineer. Xeikon embeds taggants, provided by BrandWatch Technologies, in the toner during the production process. Once the taggant toner is ready, it will only be distributed through BrandWatch Technologies which has expertise in managing security solutions and maintains a strict chain of custody, following ISO 28000 standards. The taggants in the tickets printed at the exhibition will be detectible with a dedicated reader unit alos developed by BrandWatch Technologies. The taggant toner, which will be applied using the fifth colour station of the 8600, will be used to print variable information and makes the ticket virtually impossible to duplicate.
In response to customer requests for such security features, Xeikon has incorporated a growing range of options into its hardware and software, and many techniques for product safety can be realised, such as variable data, barcodes, micro text, guilloche, tactile fonts, fluorescent security papers and security toners to name a few.
‘The tickets we will be printing will have attractive design features,’ said Danny Mertens, director of Segment Marketing and Business Development. ‘One reason for actually printing tickets is that they are increasingly regarded as collector’s items. People who go to important football matches, or Olympics events, often like to keep their tickets as souvenirs. As a result, ticket printing companies are putting a lot of effort into making them look attractive as well as preventing counterfeiting.’
Xeikon published a 36 page white paper on brand protection that explains the various printed security features available with its toner presses. The white paper is available for download Click here
Hunkeler Innovationdays, 11 to 15 February 2013, Messe Lucerne, Switzerland. For more information click here
