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ImageSecure - Check 21 Security Feature
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For more information, contact:

Cris Highnote, Sales Manager

(800) 726-0080, crish@prodocumentsolutions.com

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

SafeImage Paper From ProDocumentSolutions Wins Security Awards

Recognized for in- and on-paper security features

 

PASO ROBLES, Calif., September 4,  2007ProDocumentSolutions, a certified security printer, announced today a security document it produced was named the Grand Award Winner at the 3rd Annual Print Excellence and Knowledge (PEAK) Awards competition presented by Print Solutions Magazine.

The winning document was a bilingual oil drilling inspection certificate designed with security features to protect against fraud. According to the awards judges, the finished piece showed a custom document with a range of security features from low to high.

“This has a lot of features that make it harder to get through,” the judges said. “When it comes to document security, you have to overkill and this has it.”

ProDocumentSolutions also received three PEAK Award of Excellence recognitions in document security for a secure parking pass, Republic of Moldova security document and a security document for schools. A fourth Award of Excellence was given for security features incorporated into an education piece on academic transcripts.

“Our security technologies are designed to provide a layered approach to thwart document replication and  alteration,” George Phillips, chief executive officer of ProDocumentSolutions, said. “The liability that is at stake is very high. Companies and institutions must take increasingly sophisticated steps to protect themselves.”

The Grand Award Winner document was produced on ProDocumentSolutions’ SafeImage Paper Security, which is a true watermark paper with unique security images embedded into the paper. The images can only be viewed by translucent “pass through light.” SafeImage incorporates other in-paper security features, including chemical protection from special color indicators that react to chemicals, blue and red visible fibers, and invisible fluorescent fibers. The paper also has a special toner adhesion coating that more securely anchors images to the paper, thereby making it more difficult to remove images without visible damage to the paper.

The base paper used in SafeImage™ is DocuMark® Custom, which is manufactured by Appleton. Appleton also designed the custom SafeImage watermark exclusively for ProDocumentSolutions, as well as developed the in-paper security features and special toner adhesion coating.

In addition to the in-paper security features, the winning document incorporated the following patented on-paper security technologies, which are offered by ProDocumentSolutions:

  • NaNoCopy Security Background: An anti-copy background that utilizes a microscopic text and numerical algorithm to easily authenticate a transcript. Most warning backgrounds use dots or lines, which are easy to copy.
  • TouchSafe® Verification Seal: Printed in heat-sensitive ink, TouchSafe® allows instant interactive verification. Touching, briskly rubbing or breathing on the area verifies color changes and the hidden word “VALID.”
  • TamperSafe®: An optical variable pixel hologram with the word “SAFE” ghosted into it. When viewed at different angles, four distinctly different images are visible. TamperSafe is fused into the substrate, so removal is impossible without destroying the paper.

The SafeImage paper is under full chain of custody control by ProDocumentSolutions and is only available to certified customers. International Security Products, a sister company of ProDocumentSolutions, is the technology patent holder for the on-paper security printing features.

About ProDocumentSolutions

    ProDocumentSolutions offers a wide range of patented technologies that provide covert and overt anti-fraud document security. Its mission is to provide cost-effective security methodologies that not only are extremely difficult to replicate or reverse engineer, but also allow for easy verification of authenticity. The company is a certified security printer, with the certification being awarded by the North American Security Products Organization, of which it is a member. For more information, visit www.prodocumentsolutions.com.

About International Security Products

International Security Products specializing in the development, production and marketing of technologies related to anti-fraud security solutions. Its mission is to engineer effective security methodologies to protect original content from replication, forgery and counterfeiting. For more information, visit www.isp-vft.com.

About Appleton

Appleton creates product solutions through its development and use of coating formulations and applications, encapsulation technology and secure and specialized print services. The Company produces carbonless, thermal, security and performance packaging products. Appleton is headquartered in Appleton, Wisconsin, and has manufacturing operations in Wisconsin, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and the United Kingdom, employs approximately 3,100 people and is 100 percent employee owned. For more information, visit www.appletonideas.com.

 


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For more information, contact:

Cris Highnote, Sales Manager
(800) 726-0080
crish@prodocumentsolutions.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

New Security Technology Verifies Digital Image of Paper Checks

Image-survivable security feature dramatically reduces liability and
provides full compliance with "Check 21" requirements

PASO ROBLES, Calif., December 8, 2004 new image-survivable security
technology that makes it possible to verify
the authenticity of printed checks after they have been scanned and
digitized by a bank or other financial institution.

This new technology is called ImageSECURE™ and involves the printing of
microstructures at one level. Then, through a patent-pending technology, it
embeds a secondary verifier into the background of the initial
microstructures, all of which are printed behind the common areas of
interest security layers and is virtually impossible to replicate digitally
without
detection.

This digital alphanumeric verifier can be an almost limitless range of
custom patterns which, when scanned and compressed into a low-resolution
bitmap image, form pixel-latent verification identifiers. These embedded or
hidden images survive the scanning and compression process to become part of
the digital check. The images can be verified visually or by machine with
the development of appropriate software.

"The image-survivable security technology of ImageSECURE allows an
inspector to determine whether a low-resolution bitmap was created by the
original document or a counterfeit, long after the original has been
destroyed," George Phillips, chief executive officer, said. "It works in
concert with our other security measures to enable a bank to identify a
counterfeit check at any point in the process cycle. From the point of
presentment all the way down to the digital copy, this security technology
can dramatically reduce a bank¹s, and/or corporate customers, liability
against fraudulent checks."

ImageSECURE is available through ProDocumentSolutions, which deploys the
technology on checks printed with DocuCheck Watermark® security papers from
Appleton. ProDocumentSolutions offers a wide range of patented technologies
that provide both covert and overt protection for product fraud or diversion
protection. In addition, ProDocumentSolutions is a certified security
printer, with the certification being awarded by the North American Security
Products Organization, of which it is a member.

ImageSECURE technology enables confirmation of both digital and mechanical
alterations. The confirmation hinges on the distinctive variations,
formations, clusters or absence of pixels in the embedded verifier image.

"These latent, embedded images act as a distinct fingerprint of the digital
document," Phillips explained. "It will show with reasonable certainty
whether or not the digital check is a scan from a real or counterfeit check.
And this technology is engineered to provide identification even at the
low-resolution scanning level banks will use to keep file storage as small
as possible."

ImageSECURE technology exceeds all requirements for the new federal law
" Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act," or Check 21 for short. Check 21
went into effect Oct. 28, 2004. ProDocumentSolutions launched ImageSECURE

in October at the Xplor 2004 show in Dallas, Texas.

About ProDocumentSolutions
ProDocumentSolutions offers a wide range of patented technologies that
provide covert and overt anti-fraud document security. Its mission is to
provide cost-effective security methodologies that not only are extremely
difficult to replicate or reverse engineer, but also allow for easy
verification of authenticity. For more information visit,
www.prodocumentsolutions.com.

About Appleton
Appleton uses ideas that make a difference to create product solutions
through its development and use of coating formulations and applications,
encapsulation technology, and specialized and secure print services. The
Company produces carbonless, thermal, security, inkjet and performance
packaging products. Appleton is headquartered in Appleton, Wisconsin, and
has manufacturing operations in Wisconsin, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and the
United Kingdom, employs approximately 3,300 people, and is 100 percent
employee-owned. For more information visit www.appletonideas.com.


ImageSECURE is a new image-survivable security technology available from
ProDocumentSolutions that verifies the digital image of paper checks and
provides full compliance with "Check 21" requirements. The new technology
embeds a visual verifier that is printed in the background behind the common
areas of interest on a check. These hidden images are virtually impossible
to replicate digitally without detection. As shown in the bottom portion of
the photo, the verifier survives the low-resolution scanning and compression
process approved under "Check 21" guidelines. The bitmapped image that
remains verifies that the scanned image was made from an authentic check.
ProDocumentSolutions deploys the ImageSECURE
technology on checks printed
with DocuMark Watermark
security papers from Appleton.


 



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NASPO Certification Press Release

ProDocumentSolutions

For more information please contact:

Russell Colburn
Customer Relations Manager
Phone 818 414 9062
Fax 818 249-8599
E-mail: russellc@prodocumentsolutions.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE.

ProDocumentSolutions gains membership certification from the North American Security Products Organization.

Paso Robles, CA. / January 14th, 2005 - ProDocumentSolutions, a recognized leader in the business printing industry, who is well known for it’s innovative internally developed security features and for being a strong advocate for the protection of negotiable documents has been awarded certification by the North American Security Products Organization (NASPO). The honor was announced on November 16th, 2004. George Phillips, CEO of Pro accepted the certificate from David Brown of NASPO.

ProDocumentSolutions as a NASPO member must maintain a set of security consensus standards and operational protocols. This is to ensure that any customer needing graphic security products or services can feel confident that Pro is committed to providing a higher standard of security relating to the security products themselves. In addition Pro provides support to law enforcement which is mandated through a “Chain of Custody”security agreement. The “Chain of Custody” security agreement provides that for a period of three years the provider will maintain order information and the distributor will maintain end-user contact information that can be provided to authorities should a document become defrauded.

So what’s the benefit for the distributor? Several! Most notable among them is the strong selling points that can be presented to an end-user. Not only is the distributor providing a higher standard of security product and committing to strict security levels at the facilities he uses but he is also providing his end-user with protection from loses in fraud cases by offering Chain of Custody standards ensuring the likely resolution in a criminal situation.

The North American Security Products Organization is a recognized ANSI Standards Developer and is in the process of having their standards reviewed for acceptance as an American National Standard. It is anticipated that the standards will be recognized on a national basis as the security benchmark for companies and organizations within the security products industry.

ProDocumentSolutions in maintaining its leading edge for high-level printed security applications has just announced to the marketplace a new security feature. ImageSECURE is a technology that is image survivable and enables confirmation of both digital and mechanical alterations. The feature exceeds all requirements for the new federal law, “Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act” or Check 21. Besides ImageSECURE Pro offers a wide range of cost effective patented security technologies to provide covert and overt anti-fraud document security. For more information on ProDocumentSolutions, its products and services please visit us at, www.prodocumentsolutions.com.


 
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