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Print 2.0...and Barcode 2.0?

I just received the updated (5th) edition of "The Bar Code Book" for work on track and trace, security labels, etc. The author has jumped to Trafford, an on-demand printer, http://www.trafford.com/ , and the author notes in his forward, "Very...

Published 03-26-2009 9:17 PM by StevenSimske

Filed under: variable data printing, security, VDP, customization, print-on-demand, print on demand
A Weapon to be Used Against Us?

A former UK colleague of mine once asked me, "How much confidence do you have in my programming abilities?" Well, he was a pretty good programmer, so I said, "Plenty." "Good," he replied, "because my code is helping...

Published 03-23-2009 3:43 AM by StevenSimske

Filed under: Outsourcing, espionage, national security, military, Counterfeits, airplanes
Getting a feel for Label Requirements

Label and packaging folks, especially, take note-- A Braille standard has been proposed by the IADD for pharma packaging. This was actually a key discussion point at the recent Graphics of the Americas "Brand Protection" conference. Sure, there...

Published 03-19-2009 2:39 PM by StevenSimske

Filed under: pharmaceuticals, packaging, Pharma, IADD, label, Braille
Princeton ACM/IEEE Talk, April 16

I've been invited to speak to the Princeton area ACM/IEEE Computer Society meeting on April 16. The full invitation: PRINCETON ACM / IEEE-CS CHAPTERS APRIL 2009 JOINT MEETING Security Printing and Imaging: Stopping Counterfeit Products Counterfeit...

Published 03-17-2009 3:49 AM by StevenSimske

Filed under: security printing, anti-counterfeiting, security, brand protection, ACM, Princeton ACM, IEEE, Princeton
Label liabilities, or when is more information simply noise?

We live in the age of data, not information. Which is to say that the amount of digital data doubles every 18 months. But there is not necessarily a smarter set of people assimilating, digesting, diagnosing, learning from this data. Facebook, Twitter...

Published 03-11-2009 3:24 AM by StevenSimske

Filed under: labels, FDA, labelling, drug label, Sleater Kinney, Police, Wyeth
How Important is Security? Be a Puppet Master and Find Out

You're reading a blog on security printing and imaging, which is the art of adding security data to printed material for later reading and proof of authenticity. Obviously, you already believe security is important, or you'd be YouTubing, Tivo...

Published 03-09-2009 2:05 AM by StevenSimske

Filed under: security, John Hughes-Wilson, espionage, surveillance, The Puppet Master
HP Anti-Counterfeiting Site

Those of you interested in seeing how a big brand (in this case, HP) advertizes its anti-counterfeiting overt deterrence, please take a look at: http://www.hp.com/sbso/product/supplies/whybuy_fraud.html?jumpid=ex_R295_go/anticounterfeit/supplies Please...

Published 03-09-2009 12:30 AM by StevenSimske

Filed under: Counterfeiting, deterrents, anti-counterfeiting, security, brand protection, brand name, copy prevention, tamper-evidence, unique ID, HP, HP inks, anti-copy, HP toners
Graphics of the Americas Brand Protection Conference, Day 2

Richard Romano provides an overview of the second day of the recent Graphics of the Americas Brand Protection conference, Day two, at the following link: http://members.whattheythink.com/home/090302-richard-romano-graphics-of-the-americas-day-two.cfm...

Published 03-09-2009 12:18 AM by StevenSimske

Filed under: security, brand protection, conference, Graphics of the Americas, Brand Protection Graphics of the Americas

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Print 2.0...and Barcode 2.0?

A Weapon to be Used Against Us?

Getting a feel for Label Requirements

Princeton ACM/IEEE Talk, April 16

Label liabilities, or when is more information simply noise?

How Important is Security? Be a Puppet Master and Find Out

HP Anti-Counterfeiting Site

Graphics of the Americas Brand Protection Conference, Day 2