Secure Printing
Security paper, in-house printing and a record of every sheet.
Certificates, transcripts, licences, mark sheets, tickets and examination papers carry authority because they are difficult to reproduce. We source the security paper they are printed on, print them in-house, and follow every sheet from the press to the point of distribution.
Paper is specified around the document rather than sold from a menu of extras: UV fibre striping, visible fibre, security thread, watermark, microtext, anti-copy patterns, UV fluorescent print and embedded holograms. What the brief calls for is verified on delivery, before the first sheet is printed.
Printing, numbering, perforation, hologram application and packing all happen in-house under our own supervision. Every job closes with a reconciliation: printed, issued, spoiled and destroyed, counted and signed for.
What is included.
The work this service is scoped around. Anything outside it is agreed in writing before we start.
Security paper sourcing
Paper carrying the features the document needs, from suppliers who certify the batch.
Features verified on delivery
Fibre, thread, watermark and fluorescent print checked before printing begins.
In-house offset and digital printing
Printing, numbering and finishing kept in-house rather than subcontracted.
Hologram and foil application
Embedded holograms and foil applied under supervision and counted.
Numbering, perforation and die cutting
Serial numbers that follow a document through its life, not only the print run.
Print to distribution tracking
Stock, printed sheets and issued documents followed from the press onward.
Sealed packing and dispatch
Counted, sealed and dispatched with a signature at every handover.
Reconciliation and destruction records
A written account of what was printed, issued, spoiled and destroyed.
Scope it, price it, decide.
Tell us what you are trying to do. We come back with the options, what each one costs and the order we would do the work in.
- 8Security paper features sourced and verified
- In-housePrinting, numbering, holograms and packing
- Per sheetTracking from the press to distribution
- WrittenReconciliation after every job
The features, in plain terms.
Security paper is bought on the features the document needs. These are the ones we work with, alone or in combination.
- UV fibre striping
- Fibre striped into the sheet that only appears under ultraviolet light.
- Visible fibre
- Coloured fibre in the pulp, visible in daylight and checkable by eye.
- Security thread
- A thread inside the sheet that survives handling but does not copy.
- Watermark
- Formed in the sheet itself: it shows in transmitted light, not on a scan.
- Microtext
- Text too small to read unaided, which fills in when it is copied.
- Anti-copy pattern
- Fine line patterns that break into a visible warning when scanned.
- UV fluorescent print
- Elements invisible until the document is checked under UV.
- Embedded hologram
- A metallised mark that shifts with the viewing angle and cannot be reprinted.
From paper to distribution.
One chain of custody from the mill to the counter, with a record at each step.
- 01
Specification
We agree the features the document needs and the supplier who can certify them.
- 02
Delivery and verification
The paper is counted, checked and recorded against the job before printing.
- 03
Printing and finishing
Printing, numbering, hologram application and packing, supervised in-house.
- 04
Tracking and handover
Sheets followed to distribution, sealed and signed for, then reconciled.
On the press floor.
Paper verified and counted against the job before printing
Feature checks on printed sheets
Printing and finishing kept in-house
Related work we take on.
The jobs that sit either side of the press.
Variable data and personalisation
Names, photographs, roll numbers and registration data printed per document.
Barcodes, QR codes and serial numbers
Machine-readable identity that matches the printed record.
Packing, sealing and dispatch
Bundle counts, sealed cartons and a signed handover on the way out.
Questions we are asked.
Which documents do you print?
Certificates, transcripts, mark sheets, admit cards, examination and admission papers, licences, permits, tickets and the security paper behind them.
Do you print, or only supply the paper?
Both. We source paper to the specification and print in-house, so the paper never leaves our custody between the mill and the finished document.
How do you know sheets have not gone missing?
Every sheet is numbered and counted at each step, spoiled sheets are recorded, and the job closes with a reconciliation report you can audit.
Also under Operations.
Tell us what you need to build, protect or automate.
A 30 minute call with an engineer, not a sales script. You leave with a clear next step, whether or not we work together.