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SECURITY ITEMS

Security items for Primi and its clients are the various techniques used in documents, labels, seals or tamper-evident devices with the purpose of making counterfeiting difficult and combating fraud of products, documents, tickets, among others. Companies that seek Primi security printing are looking for protection of their assets. They want to guarantee authenticity to their consumers and avoid millions in losses due to piracy.

An important factor is defining the security level. Depending on your needs, Primi Tecnologia works with three levels to categorize your security print and create the exclusive DNA of the material.

The security levels and items that Primi works with

Level 1: Consumer

These are easily detectable resources that do not require special equipment or knowledge for verification. They are generally perceptible by touch and sight and are used worldwide. Among them are:

  • Numismatic Security Background Printed in Machine Iris – these are designed, exclusive and personalized backgrounds that use dot screens. The images formed in the foreground combine microimages or lines that deform individually having depth, light and shadow;
  • Anti-scanner Background – system that makes it impossible for the document background to be copied through scanners and copies when fraud is attempted;
  • Numismatic Backgrounds in Lines – the famous textured backgrounds with different colors, lines and tones. Also personalized and exclusive;
  • High Frequency Modulated Background – images formed in the paper background, made in line format;
  • Offset Printing System with Machine Iris Effect – gradient effects on prints with continuous and smooth color change, without dots and with the mixing of specific inks in the offset printing process;
  • Chalcography (Intaglio) – a kind of groove made in the material that helps make it more difficult to copy;
  • Filigraned Security Paper with Exclusive Watermark – protection and durability;
  • High Security Holography – exclusive holographic foil. It has the characteristic of having its chromatic scale or colors changed according to light incidence, being more complex than conventional Holography as it mixes colors and bright lines in a single holographic design;
  • Printing on Holography – micro letters printed in distinct positions, forming unique images, superimposed on a holographic element;
  • Indelible and Permanent Sequential Numbering – numbering engraving with micro perforated system, which can be more visible or in a more discreet location;
  • Micro Perforated Numbering – makes copying or tampering with documents even more difficult, can also be sequential;
  • Optically Variable Ink – changes according to light incidence or artifacts that emit black or ultraviolet light;
  • Tactile Relief Printing – can be numbering or some graphic design element made in relief;
  • Transparent Window – when some part of the print is cut out, transparent. As an example, the R$ 10.00 polymer note has this feature in two parts;
  • Guilloche – the grouping of geometric designs that confers exclusivity to the backgrounds of security prints.

Level 2: Inspection

At this level, in addition to level 1 resources, more specific and detailed techniques are used, which require some basic training, extra devices or access to confidential information for identification. They are:

  • Hidden Image in lines – the image is hidden between the lines of the paper background, visible only with the use of a transparent plastic or proper inspection film;
  • Hidden Image in Micro letters – similar to the above, however, the image is hidden in lines;
  • Variable Hidden Image – similar to the previous ones, however, the image can be hidden in different locations of the document and depending on the application can vary from batch to batch. It is only visible with the use of an application or proper inspection film;
  • Invisible Anti-copy Background – these are items that are only visible with the use of black or ultraviolet light. They do not appear in copies or scanned images, commonly made by fraudsters. It is a complex security background that uses colorless ink invisible to the naked eye.

Level 3: Forensics

This is the most technical level, possibly making use of all resources from levels 1 and 2 together. At this stage, technical security solutions are used that identify the origin and production of the document. For identification, specific training and courses are required, such as expert examinations, laboratory analyses and broad technical knowledge. See them below:

  • High Security Numismatic Backgrounds – textured backgrounds with different colors, lines and tones, but that use a differentiated and more complex technology in their production;
  • Encrypted Hidden Image – Cryptography is a technique that hides information and it can also be applied to images for personalization of security prints;
  • Indelible Numbering – is the application of a printed numerical sequence with permanent and indelible engraving. The technology used does not allow numbers to be erased even with the use of chemical substances, reagents or mechanical effort;
  • High Security Holography – special holography resources, which are often not identified by the naked eye. It is a highly technological technique;
  • Technical Flaws – a kind of flaw is made in the printing, format or some item that composes the document intentionally to make it unique and identify who issued it.

Primi Tecnologia develops customized solutions for your business. Contact us at (011) 4154-6563 or contato@primi.com.br