Security printing
Printed counterfeit protection for legal rights and material assets!
Whether a voucher, inspection sticker, certificate, certificate of authenticity, parking permit, admission ticket or prize draw: all these printed forms certify rights and values. They must therefore be particularly protected against forgery, misuse and copying.
In many cases, most standard print types can be imitated so realistically by color copiers that the forgery is not even noticeable at first glance.
Counterfeiters can thus cause you considerable financial damage. This is often compounded by immaterial damage, such as a loss of trust on the customer side or negative publicity. All of this can be prevented!
Printing of security features against copiers
To name just a few examples of effective security printing features:
- Hologram effects with rainbow iridescence
- Metallizations in silver, gold or metallic colors
- Luminous paints under bill validators
- Tactile printing effects such as tactile embossing and thick-layer tactile coatings
- Tilt effect colors
- Neon colors and afterglow colors
- Glitter varnishes or
- Intense matt-gloss contrasts thanks to screen printing UV lacquers
None of these printing techniques can be color copied!
In technical terms, this is referred to as “OVD”, or “Optically Variable Device”, the optically variable feature, or “OVI”, or “Optically Variable Ink”, the optically variable printing ink.
As a printing company, we have been a provider of security printing types for over 20 years , protecting you from unpleasant surprises. See typical applications below:
Vouchers
According to surveys, vouchers are now one of the most popular gifts for festive occasions. And vouchers are always a win for your company:
- The purchase of the voucher is like an interest-free loan
- Giving away the voucher is free advertising that will bring your company new customers
- And any vouchers that are not redeemed, such as lost or forgotten vouchers, are money given away
- To achieve this, the voucher must have a high-quality appearance and be printed as forgery-proof as possible!
A paper-based voucher is ideal where many different companies need to be brought under one roof. Due to the different software used by the companies, prepaid cards are not an option here. On the one hand, this is the case when printing vouchers for shopping centers. In a shopping center, there are many rented stores. On the other hand, this is the case when printing vouchers for municipalities and cities. In other words, vouchers that can be redeemed at local stores and businesses to strengthen the regional economy.
Forgery protection can also be a design feature of the gift voucher: The person receiving the gift should attribute the highest possible value to the voucher. The aesthetics and security features can therefore be inspired by banknotes.
In contrast to an uninteresting app or a plastic card, a voucher is a tangible symbol of value that you receive!
So let us print high-quality vouchers for you. You will benefit from the advantages mentioned above!
Certificates, diplomas, certificates
Whether certificates for completed training courses for individuals or certificates for awards for companies: In both cases, a lot of time, money and effort was invested.
The apparent authenticity and trust in a document is of great interest to both the issuer and the verified party. At the same time, any body to which the document is presented must be able to rely on it.
A high-quality printed certificate shows the high quality of the certified service and creates positive associations with the issuer!
Printing certificates, diplomas and documents with our security features helps you to create reliability. You can find more information about certificates here.
Vouchers, meal vouchers, tokens
Vouchers and tokens are vouchers without a festive gift character and often of a lower monetary value, such as meal vouchers or meal vouchers for servants, beer vouchers for Oktoberfests or generally beverage vouchers for public festivals. Such vouchers and tokens should also be protected against counterfeiting during printing. Smaller amounts and everyday applications are also at risk of counterfeiting, as often nobody suspects misuse here.
Inspection stickers and inspection findings
Printing stickers and test reports for the inspection and maintenance of technical systems guarantees their safety and functionality. In addition secure yourself with regard to official requirements.
For more information, please also take a look at our topic of inspection stickers.
Packaging and labeling of branded products
Product piracy is a major problem these days. Printed security features on the packaging or on seals and closure labels can make counterfeiting attempts much more difficult. They can also emphasize the high quality of the product and create psychological incentives to buy.
Simsa protects your valuable products and services against counterfeiting attempts! Contact us to work out the optimum solution for your application.
Admission tickets & tickets
Especially at events, the crowds at the entrance can be very large. The staff at the entrance are then often overwhelmed with precise checks.
Forged tickets are a loss of earnings and at the same time a risk of closure by the authorities due to overcrowding.
You should therefore have tickets printed with highly visible anti-counterfeiting features. In addition to helping the ushers, this also deters potential copiers.
Scratch cards
Having scratch cards printed is an attractive form of competition.
Scratch cards with codes or encodings hidden under the scratch-off fields are also popular. These codes can be used to gain access to websites or to activate software or online services.
For more information, please also see our topic Scratch cards.
Certificates of authenticity
Printed certificates and stickers confirm the authenticity of goods from the luxury segment or limited editions of art objects.
In addition to the printed counterfeit protection, the price of the purchased status symbol is often to be justified. The designs are therefore often very high-quality with lacquer effects, gold or silver metallization, embossing or hologram effects.
Parking authorization & entry authorization
Whether it’s a printed ID card behind the windshield or a sticker directly on the windshield:
Checking access and parking authorization is safe and easy even without a barrier system.
Numbered or personalized printed on request.
