Under Lock and Key

When you are a child you want to be protected from the monsters in your closet, the bullies at the playground and the things that go bump in the night.

Not much changes as adults except the monsters you worry about steal your identity or pass bad checks. Some of the products and advice shown here can help with what scars the older crowd.

A Paper's DNA Never Lies

Cascades' Ghost Reactor is an innovative security feature embedded in the paper. The process involves an invisible pigment with a unique structure, much like DNA. The pigment is added during production and mixed in with the fibers, providing the paper with a unique identity, preventing duplication. Ghost Reactor easily can be validated by using an infrared tracer that instantly validates the authenticity of a document upon contact. It is suitable for Visa, tax stamps, the lottery and ID documents.

For more information, visit www.cascades.com.

Got It Covered

"Security labels should be used when your customer's product needs an added measure of authenticating, brand integrity and added security measures. Consumers who need security labels are often in the fields of food and beverage, retail, medical, pharmaceutical, computer software and packaging. You're not only selling the label but the features it can provide: tracking, inventory, tamper evidence and coupon redemption. [For example,] when a customer wants to promote a new product using coupons or game pieces the labels would need to be produced in a way that could not be duplicated using some form of a security label."

– Label Art

For more information, visit www.labelart.com.

Prescription 
for Security

Blanks/USA's Kan't Kopy K1 One-Sided Security Paper has eight security features including a hidden message, color match, Kan't Kopy® artificial watermark, anti-copy coin rub, erasure protection, security features box, microprint protection and is acid-free. It is compatible with copiers, laser, offset and inkjet printing. Available stock is 60 lb. offset and 65 lb. cover.

For more information, visit www.blanksusa.com.

"Security is in great demand. Protecting documents from unauthorized copying is vital. Kan't Kopy® Security and Prescription Paper offers counterfeit-resistant printing to secure originals. With its high-performance anti-counterfeiting patented technology, Kan't Kopy® products are U.S. government approved and utilized and provide multiple security features to guarantee the safety of documents if they are copied. They can also be tailored to print custom pantographs (hidden messages)."

– Dan Garrity, vice president of sales and marketing

Sacred Paper

The Flesh Company's DocuCheck Impede® Security Paper's Chem-Reactant stains and TonerFuse II® protect against alteration while invisible fluorescent fibers protect against copying. Paper and printed security features work together to assure authenticity of genuine documents.

For more information, visit www.fleshco.com.

Safety In Numbers

Appleton Security Solutions offers a layered security system of products designed to strengthen the barrier against fraud and forgery. Appleton Security Solutions offers a blend of solid reliable protection combined with flexible customizable features. These in-paper features, combined with print technologies, can provide a one-of-a-kind solution. The line includes: DocuCheck Basic®, DocuCheck Ghost®, DocuCheck® Impede®, Docucheck Watermark® and DocuMark® Custom. Features may include visible security fibers, indicator stains, threads and watermarks.

For more information, visit www.appletonideas.com.

"Our full complement of security 
substrates is engineered as a platform on which to build a solid foundation of layered fraud protection."

– Jeff Luehring, Appleton product manager, security and carbonless papers

Combating Counterfeiters

"Add RFID inlays into your labels, tickets and tags with the TamarackP500 RFID. The RFID inlay can be programmed with data to track, identify and/or authenticate the tagged product. Companies are justifying the implementation of RFID-enabled products through increased retail sales by reducing out-of-stock items, less product waste due to more efficient rotation of items such as pharmaceuticals which are sensitive to expiration dates, savings resulting from automation of product inventory control and warehousing and protection from counterfeiting by using the RFID device as a security feature."

– Tamarack Products

For more information, visit www.tamarackproducts.com.