HP Indigo Secure and Jura Install First Digital Secure Press

HP Inc has installed its newly imported HP Indigo 6K Secure Digital Press in Nepal, for the local production of tax stamps and other secure documents. This marks the first installation of the press, which was launched in 2021.

The press combines a set of digital features originated by Jura, which can create multiple security layers and variable elements in one pass. This includes the application of unique identifiers in multiple locations on a label, package, or tax stamp, for a full authentication and track and trace solution.

The press is built upon HP Indigo’s proprietary liquid electrophotography (LEP) digital colour printing technology and uses the largest set of inks available to the security digital printing industry (including HP Indigo’s spot colour, silver, digital-colour-shifting, Invisible UV’s, MICR and tagged inks).

With this technology, Nepal will generate an estimated savings of NPR 9 billion ($75 million) a year, said Bikal Paudel, Executive Director of Nepal’s Security Printing Centre, as noted in local media.