Print that can’t be copied.
Engraving, holographic foil, heat-sensitive ink, a chemical watermark in the paper, and custom anti-copy pantographs — produced in-house, in a secure facility. Materials that prove they’re the real thing.
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Five ways to make it hard to fake.
Each works on its own. Together, on one piece, they put the result out of reach.
EngravingWorks on any stock
Engraving presses the image into the paper from a steel plate, leaving fine, raised lines no copier or inkjet can reproduce. It’s why currency and certificates are engraved. Unlike most security features, it works on any stock — light text weight to heavy card — which makes it the most versatile protection we offer.
Holographic foil
A foil element that changes image or color as it catches the light. Easy to recognize, extremely hard to reproduce.
Heat-sensitive ink
Ink that reacts to the warmth of a touch — press a thumb and the mark shifts, then returns. A check anyone can run without a tool.
Chemical watermarkIn the paper itself
A true watermark formed in the stock, made to your design. Hold it to the light and it’s there; a photocopy can’t carry it.
Custom anti-copy pantograph
A fine background pattern engineered so a hidden word — like VOID — appears the moment someone photocopies the piece. The original looks clean; the copy exposes itself. Best suited to text-weight pieces — documents, letterhead, and coupons.
Most printers can’t do this at all.
Security printing takes equipment and experience most shops don’t have. We’ve run it for decades, and every step stays in-house — a secure facility under 24-hour surveillance, handled only by the people printing your job. The work that makes your brand hard to copy never leaves our hands.
Where it earns its place.
Security on packaging and labels, so a counterfeit can’t pass as yours.
Features stop a coupon being photocopied, altered, or reproduced at scale. Pantograph and heat-sensitive ink shine here.
Secure documents and instruments where authenticity is the entire point.
Certificates and records that have to be checkable in the hand.
Credentials and records where a copy can’t be allowed to pass.
The value of counterfeit goods in global trade in 2021 — about 2.3% of world trade. Cosmetics and medicines are among the fastest-expanding counterfeit categories.SOURCE · OECD–EUIPO, Mapping Global Trade in Fakes 2025
Counterfeit coupons and misredemptions cost U.S. retail more than $100 million a year, and 90% of CPG brands call coupon fraud a major concern.SOURCE · Inmar Intelligence
In one 2021 case, a single home operation printed counterfeit coupons indistinguishable from the real ones — because ordinary coupons carry no security features. The fix is printing they can’t copy.REPORTED · 2021 counterfeit-coupon case
Every feature you add raises the bar.
A counterfeiter might fake one security feature. Two or three on the same piece — engraving, a holographic foil, a chemical watermark — and the time, cost, and skill it takes climb past the point of being worth it. Because we run the full range ourselves, we can layer them on a single piece. Most shops can offer one, if any.
Want a private watermark? It’s available now — printed online on our 25% cotton paper. Transcript security paper is available too.
Tell us what needs protecting.
Send us the piece and the risk you’re guarding against — we’ll recommend the right combination of features.
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