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HP AND TROY-GROUP BATTLE COUNTERFEIT
HP
has partnered with security solutions company Troy Group to secure and
authenticate enterprise documents in order to curb fraud.The
announcement was revealed at the HP Imaging and Printing Innovation
Summit 2010, held in Istanbul, Turkey.The two companies have unveiled a
secure document printing solution that enables HP enterprise-class PCL5
LaserJet printers to print security features on information-sensitive
documents to detect whether a document has been tampered with.Detecting fraud
Marko
Tarkiainen, vice-president of managed enterprise solutions sales at HP
IPG Europe, Middle East and Africa, said that one of the biggest
challenges that enterprises face is securing and authenticating
financial information.According to HP, many large financial corporations
and government agencies expose their high-value documents to fraud
through unauthorised photocopying, alteration or
counterfeiting.Tarkianinen warned that plain paper documents are
completely exposed to these types of fraud and pre-printed security
paper offers some protection, but it’s expensive and labour
intensive.The solution prints a copy-evident pantograph, which reveals a
special pattern when any unauthorised copying or scanning occurs. It
can also print a watermark that prints user-defined data across the back
of each document to protect against alteration.“The HP and Troy
alliance has introduced a security action plan to help enterprise
customers plan to not only make sensitive data more secure, but can cut
print costs by 30%,” said Tarkianinen.“The HP and Troy secure document
printing solution enables organisations to print high value black and
white documents with anti-fraud security features.”He said that
any industry that is linked to paper communication needs to make sure
that its printed information is protected against counterfeit. He noted
that the solution is ideal for banks, government and intelligence
organisations.“Whatever you put on paper can be scanned and copied,”
said Tarkiainen, “Troy uses a special toner and if someone tries to copy
it or use a liquid to try and take out the text, the ink will melt into
the page, destroying the text and showing that it has been tampered
with.”
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