Recently, it is becoming easier for anyone to counterfeit elaborate security documents using color-copy-machines, because of the development, the popularization and the decreasing prices of the high performance machines. Therefore, the security documents with holograms, optically changing inks, etc. have been popular. These optically changing devices have the features of changing image, color and luminosity depending on view-angles. However, the materials used for these devices have some problems, by way of example, the materials are very expensive, and the ways to transfer the materials on the substrate such as paper are restricted. To solve such problems, we have developed a new optically changing device with colored metallic off-set ink consisting of the metallic powder such as aluminum or brass. In this paper, we are going to present the image processing the details and the samples of the new device.
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