JURA Security Prepress Solutions

Jura's solutions for security prepress systems, including high and commercial security prepress and design.

 

High Security Prepress

 

Software solutions, offset and digital intaglio platemaking, and prepress quality control for high security prepress systems.

 

Software Solution

 

Design, Proof – Jura’s non-traditional concept & functional design software provides the right solution for the special demands to produce preliminary designs for high security documents, to achieve the final security realization of complex structures at the maximum level and to accelerate and simplify the process. Additionally, the software allows to quickly and easily check if the functional layout meets the certain requirements of the incorporated machine readable and other features, at any stage of the design workflow.
The offset design software includes the flagship graphic design application to create up-to-date graphic artwork of all kinds of security documents at top level, applying high-resolution screening, high-precision vector graphics, special colorization, copy-protection and more.
For intaglio design Jura provides “The 21st Century Digital Toolset” for hand engravers and graphic artists to create resolution-independent vector art combined with the advantages of the latest intaglio plate making technology.
The quality control software is optimized for the designers to inspect the complete high security graphic design artwork – in respect to all details and printability – on the computer screen before printing.

Offset Platemaking

Front End, Wet CTP, Dry CTP – Jura’s imposition software generates high resolution plate-ready TIFF files for CTP machines containing the complete arrangement of imposed design artworks.
Jura’s prepress quality control system for the QC division includes a software for inspecting digital security design artwork materials – in respect to all details, step-and-repeating and printability – before the printing production.
Jura offers the most modern high resolution CTP output devices – over 10 thousand dpi – producing wet, waterless and dry offset plates for high security prepress systems. These machines have been developed in cooperation with Kodak and EskoArtwork.

Digital Intaglio Platemaking

Front End, DLE® – Jura’s state-of-the-art direct laser engraving technology (developed with OeBS) became the standard in the production of intaglio printing plates since 2005. The full 3D control on attributes of design elements allows to develop novel security features and unique effects which cannot be reproduced with other technology.

 Prepress Quality Control

QC, Print-ready plates – Jura’s 3D prepress quality control system for the QC division includes a software for inspecting digital security design artwork materials – in respect to all details, step-and-repeating and printability – and an ultra-high accuracy measuring system for 3D checking of intaglio and dry offset plates at final stage before the printing production.
The system also features 3D scanning for digitizing and reproducing existing intaglio plates, enhanced 2D scanning to digitize printed graphic security documents for further processing in high security graphic design software, and allows to compare printing plates and their printouts.

Commercial Security Prepress

Software solutions, offset and digital intaglio platemaking, and prepress quality control for commercial security prepress systems.

 

Software Solution

Design and Proof – Jura’s non-traditional concept design software provides the right solution for the special demands to produce preliminary designs for standard security documents, to achieve the final security realization of complex structures at the maximum level and to accelerate and simplify the process.
The offset design software includes the standard graphic design application to create up-to-date graphic artwork of standard security documents, applying quick and easy-to-use security design methods with infinite possibilities.
For intaglio design Jura provides features and design tools to create resolution-independent vector elements combined with the advantages of the intaglio plate making technology.
The quality control software is optimized for the designers to inspect the complete standard security graphic design artwork – in respect to all details and printability – on the computer screen before printing.

Offset Platemaking

Front End, Wet CTP and Dry CTP – Jura’s imposition software generates high resolution plate-ready TIFF files for CTP machines containing the complete arrangement of imposed design artworks.
Jura’s prepress quality control system for the QC division includes a software for inspecting digital security design artwork materials – in respect to all details, step-and-repeating and printability – before the printing production.
Jura offers the most modern high resolution CTP output devices – over 6 thousand dpi – producing wet, waterless and dry offset plates for high security prepress systems. These machines have been developed in cooperation with Kodak and EskoArtwork.

Digital Intaglio Platemaking

Interface and ICLES™ – According to the highest demands of modern security printing on quality in connection with individual security features the newest intaglio cylinder laser engraving technology transfers very fine elements and novel security features ? which cannot be transferred by manual stylus gravure – onto the cylinder.

Prepress Quality Control

QC and Print-ready plates – Jura’s prepress quality control system for the QC division includes a software for inspecting digital security design artwork materials – in respect to all details, step-and-repeating and printability – at final stage before the printing production.

Security Design Solutions

Graphic security design, security training in design, software, hardware and system, and security features.

Security Design

Jura Design Studio is a department of Jura with deep experience and knowledge in graphic security design, offering their expertise and services in all steps of the security prepress workflow, from preliminary design to print-ready materials including producing offset and intaglio plates. Jura’s team of experts also collaborates in incorporating patented high resolution applications into existing banknotes and other high security products for graphic protection.

 Security Training

Jura offers basic or advanced level of design training courses for security printing houses to build-up or improve their design capabilities. Jura’s team will lead the clients to importance of security design which meets artistic beauty, security and productivity.
For designers and engravers, Jura offers educational courses of its proprietary security design software series on different levels. This enables the clients to create all types of graphic security design in a completely digitalized way, to fulfill the whole security prepress workflow for both of offset and intaglio.
Jura offers a user training course of hardware equipment used in its security prepress systems to attain enhanced print quality, higher productivity and solider security.
Jura also offers a system workshop course for clients to build up comprehensive understanding of the most effectively planned security prepress workflow, related to great design, print quality and successful production. Participants will achieve in-depth study about various solutions given by software & hardware system.

Security Features

Jura offers versatile patented high-resolution security features for strong and hidden protection of banknotes against any kind of reproduction, tampering, counterfeiting.
Jura’s new unperceivable protection for long lifetime security products without personalization - such as banknotes and other high security documents - contains special structures implemented directly in the graphic design artwork and a smartphone app for checking the genuineness of the document quickly and easily, no internet connection needed.

Security Document IDentification Workshop

In cooperation with Keesing Technologies, Jura offers an intensiveworkshop. This workshop has a duration of 30 hours, spread over 5 days. Our aim is to make the participants aware of the role, meaning, limits and advantages of a wide range of security features. During the workshop, participants will acquire the knowledge and skills needed to verify ID documents effectively. Furthermore, the course promotes new ideas about developing efficient methods and knowhow for daily document checking.

Learning outcomes of the Security Document IDentification Workshop

By the end of the course participants are able to:

·         Distinguish various printing technologies and techniques

·         Identify different forgery methods

·         Understand the importance of security features

·         Make suggestions for effective improvements of security documents

·         Differentiate between document reading and document verification

·         Authenticate ID documents

·         Establish whether the person presenting the ID document is its rightful holder