Appendix A to Part 580 - Secure Printing Processes and Other Secure Processes
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Appendix A to Part 580 - Secure Printing Processes and Other Secure
Processes
1. Methods to deter or detect counterfeiting and/or unauthorized
reproduction.
(a) Intaglio printing - a printing process utilized in the
production of bank-notes and other security documents whereby an
engraved plate meets the paper under extremely high pressure
forcing the paper into the incisions below the surface of the
plate.
(b) Intaglio Printing With Latent Images - a printing process
utilized in the production of bank-notes and other security
documents whereby an engraved plate meets the paper under extremely
high pressure forcing the paper into the incisions below the
surface of the plate. The three dimensional nature of intaglio
printing creates latent images that aid in verification of
authenticity and deter counterfeiting.
(c) High Resolution Printing - a printing process which achieves
excellent art clarity and detail quality approaching that of the
intaglio process.
(d) Micro-line Printing - a reduced line of type that appears to
be a solid line to the naked eye but contains readable intelligence
under strong magnification.
(e) Pantograph Void Feature - wording incorporated into a
pantograph by varying screen density in the pantograph. The wording
will appear when attempts are made to photocopy on color
copiers.
(f) Hologram - a defraction foil substrate, produced from a
negative which was made by splitting a laser beam into two separate
beams to produce a three dimensional effect.
(g) Security Paper - paper containing a security watermark
and/or a security thread.
2. Methods to allow alterations to be visible to the naked
eye.
(a) Erasure Sensitive Background Inks - a process whereby the
text is printed in a dark color ink over a fine line
erasure-sensitive prismatic ink tint.
(b) Security Lamination - retro-reflective security laminate is
placed over vital information after it has been entered to allow
for detection of attempts to alter this information.
(c) Security Paper - paper which has been chemically treated to
detect chemical alterations.