The dual VIS/NIR method is a new process in printing. This paper will attempt to broaden the application and research of new methods of marking cardboard packaging, as well as improve the protection and sale of products. The information system on packaging is a dynamic one, essentially based on two opposite variables, which creates the need for optimization. Legal norms obligate the producers to state certain information on products, such as information about the harmfulness of smoking or the risk of poison, and visibly display barcodes, which take up most of the space on the box. On the other hand, the graphic, trademark and design elements have to be balanced on the remaining surface of the packaging in order to achieve a clear and recognizable packaging of the product. The textual information is more important for informing the consumer about the product. Symbols on the graphic element of the packaging serve to enhance the memorization, protection and decoration of the product. In this article, the proposal is put forth for expanding the information on the packaging of drugs into the near infrared spectrum. Reading, writing and recognizing such data are performed with infrared cameras which the authors have developed over the past years [1]. A large number of security cameras have been set up in banks, schools, streets, restaurants, shops and private areas [2]. Information with hidden graphics can be found on clothes, ranging from military uniforms to the application in fashion on dresses in the textile industry [3]. The expanded information system with the INFRAREDESIGN® has found its application in the packaging of labels of new products, creating a new marketing system and a new way of informing customers, as well as a new way of protecting products [4], [5]. Hidden images with near infrared technology are expanded not only into the area of design, but also into the area of fine art [6]. The insisting
AbstractIn the article is presented the design for security graphics on packaging with invisible information. The color choice is underlined by the INFRAREDESIGN® theory. Individual solutions for joining two independent images are realized with digital printing and interpreted with computer animation. Separation of the dye is performed for the default response of the hidden drawing that is released by the infrared camera. Product recognition is with IRD process as a "visual information identity". Hidden graphics are designed with a protective line solution. Experiments have been carried out in the pharmaceutical field, on the packaging of drugs. Proving the authenticity of the content is carried out by recording the packaging and comparing it with the specimen that was recorded as photographs of the twenty light blockades in the visual and infrared spectrum.