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Invisible Variable Data
Hidden variable data, including the holder's name or date of birth, or the document number. This data can be viewed with a special decoding...
Integrated lens
An integrated decoding lens, in the form of a film or a transparent window, for example.
Intaglio
A printing technique that uses engraved or etched printing plates to create a relief image on the substrate. Intaglio may be recognised by the...
Inkless intaglio
Perceptible relief created by means of relief embossing on a polymer substrate. The image thus created looks/feels like traditional intaglio.
Identigram Laminate
An optically variable feature composed of grids that diffract light. This allows various images and effects to be generated, including colour changes (shifts) and...
Invisible Constant Information
Hidden data that remains constant, for example a country name, a document type or an image. This data can be made visible with the...
Intaglio Contrast Effect
ICE – Intaglio Contrast Effect
An image printed with special inks by intaglio over the metal coated area of the polymer banknote. The element has an optically variable...
Hot Foil
An inkless printing technique whereby foil is stamped onto a substrate under high pressure, using a heated stamp.
HoloID
A synthetic material containing an optically variable feature composed of grids that diffract light. This allows various images and effects to be generated, including...
Hologram
An optically variable feature composed of grids that diffract light. This allows various images and effects to be generated, including colour changes (shifts) as...
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