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Standard Register Awarded Patent for Document Security Feature

Patent is for a chemically reactive security ink

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

Standard Register announced today that it has been awarded a patent for a chemically reactive security ink that helps mitigate or reveal certain types of document fraud by preventing the chemical alteration or “washing” of secure documents. The chemically reactive ink masks a warning word or message printed on secure documents. When a check, receipt, label or other item is chemically altered or “washed,” the special ink is removed to reveal a hidden word or message. The reactive security ink de...

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