by DPS Magazine Staff
Part three of three
Functions like dynamic perforation addresses a specific and, according to Eddy Edel, VP of product management, BlueCrest, underappreciated fraud vector—the pre-printed check. “Traditionally, operations producing payment documents ordered pre-perforated, pre-printed check stock in advance. That stock exists as a physical asset in a warehouse—and a physical asset that can be stolen, misused, or misappropriated.”
Dynamic perforation eliminates that vulnerability. “With an inline perforation unit connected to the print stream, perforation happens on demand, only when the production file calls for it. A run of ten thousand statements might include only fifty documents with a remittance check attached. The perforation unit activates for those fifty pieces and remains idle for the rest. The check stock itself never exists as a pre-printed, pre-perforated blank—it is created at the moment of production and only in the quantity required,” shares Edel.
The same print pass applies all security features to the check—MICR encoding, security backgrounds, void pantographs—using the same inkjet infrastructure that produces the rest of the document. Edel explains that this means check security can meet the same standards as dedicated check printing, but within a single inline workflow that requires no separate secure stock management.
Edel believes the broader principle here applies beyond checks, “smart finishing equipment reduces the surface area for fraud by collapsing multi-step processes into a single, monitored, file-driven workflow. Every step that previously required handling pre-printed materials, or manual handoffs between production stages, is a potential point of compromise. Inline production under file-based control removes those handoffs from the equation.”
Check out our feature article, Security in Transactional Printing, which published in our September issue. Additionally find parts one and two of this web series.
Oct2026, DPS Magazine
