Document fraud is no longer the exclusive domain of professional criminals. Anyone with a little ingenuity a scanner, a printer and a home computer can tamper with your important documents.

Fraud wears many masks, and document security must deter counterfeiting and alteration.The most effective defense is layering paper-based and print-based security features.

There are several levels of security, such as:

• Paper-based features
  
  • Mill watermarks
  • Toner Retention
  • Chemical Sensitization
  • Security Fibers
  • Security Threads
    
• Print-based features
  
  • Copy-Void pantographs
  • Reflective flourescent security designs
  • Thermochromatic Ink
  • MicroPrinting
  • Warning Band, Security Alert, Warning Box & Padlock Icon
  • Alpha Lines cut & paste deterrent
  • Penetrating Ink numbering
  • Alter Alert Erasure-sensitive ink
  • Security background design
  • High-Resolution Borders

each offers increasing deterrence to effective reproduction, chemical alteration, and mechanical removal of critical data.

These features are available for financial use documents as well as certificates of vital records, titles, money orders and other documents requiring fraud deterrence.

Incorporating an appropriate number of these security features into value documents will not only provide deterrence to counterfeiting and alteration but will also demonstrate that you care in providing to your customers confidence and peace of mind.