On August 8, the Beijing Olympics torchbearer Zengwangmu of the Mount Everest exhibited the opening ceremony tickets for the Beijing Olympic Games before the "Bird's Nest" at the National Stadium.
At the Beijing Olympics, new printing technologies are widely used in various Olympic prints. Environmentally-friendly “green†printing materials such as paper and ink have been greatly promoted. PP paper, rice paper, and silk wa Variety, especially anti-counterfeiting technology and digital graphic arts, will be demonstrated in the Beijing Olympic Games and Paralympics. Especially applying RFID technology (Radio Frequency Identification Technology) to Beijing Olympic tickets is the first time in the history of the Olympic Games.
Olympic ticket embedded chip security
"The anti-counterfeiting technology for the tickets for the Beijing Olympics is definitely higher than the best ever made in Germany." In the press conference for the Beijing Olympic Games ticket release, technical workers will always compare the tickets for the two tournaments. The killer that gives technical workers confidence is the RFID technology (Radio Frequency Identification Technology) unique to the Beijing Olympic Games.
According to information released on the official website of the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee, such an anti-counterfeit chip is contained in the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing Olympic Games. This small chip contains the globally unique serial number and private information of the ticket purchaser. Ordinary tickets will also have such a 1 mm wide chip. When the audience enters the stadium with Olympic tickets, they can only enter the market by holding tickets at the ticket machine. The use of embedded chip tickets, this is the first time in the history of the Olympic Games.
In addition to small chips, the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee used more than 20 anti-counterfeiting technologies in the ticket production process. In 2004, tickets for the Athens Olympic Games were printed with 11 anti-counterfeiting measures.
The Beijing Olympic Games ticket has integrated multiple anti-counterfeiting technologies such as electronics and physics, including offset microtext, dynamic holographic window security lines, and holographic aluminum anti-counterfeiting technologies. With these anti-counterfeiting measures, the speed of authenticating tickets can be greatly improved at the time of the competition, and at the same time, the occurrence of large-scale scalping can be effectively prevented.
In addition, during the printing of the Olympic Games, security printing inks were selected and advanced materials were used. Even if the tickets were inadvertently drenched in water, they would not affect their use. According to the main designers of the tickets for the Olympic Games, there is a special place on the tickets that is Fuwa.
Olympic commemorative banknotes eight anti-counterfeit protection body
The Beijing Olympic commemorative banknotes have eight anti-counterfeit protection bodies. From the perspective of technical content and anti-counterfeiting, the 10 yuan denomination Olympic commemorative banknote has adopted glorious light variable denomination figures, anti-counterfeit watermarks, hollow identification of holographic positioning, two-color connection shaped number, pearl pattern, engraving gravure printing, light-variable holographic window security line , Offset microtext eight top printing technology, in addition to watermark security and engraving gravure printing, the other six items for the first time in our country's legal currency.
Particularly worth mentioning is that the 5.5mm wide light-changing holographic window security thread technology inlaid on the left side of the back side of the Olympic commemorative banknotes has extremely high technical content and difficulty. On the left side of the ticket surface, there is a 5.5 mm wide light-changing holographic window security thread. On both sides of the security thread are miniature text “BEIJING2008†with a holographic pattern “10†in the middle. When looking at the change angle, the colors on both sides of the security thread alternate between green and magenta.
Seven Craft Printing Olympic Games Book
During the Olympics, a series of national ritual books reflecting the culture of the Chinese ceremony and jade culture - the Chinese and English Olympic Knowledge Series "Chinese Ancient Jade Collection Illustration" will be presented to political leaders and sports delegations from all over the world. Compared to general books, there are up to seven printing processes.
According to the China News Network, the book is accompanied by 108 pictures of fine ancient jade and more than 50,000 characters of well-written texts, both in Chinese and English. The "gold inlaid jade" is the biggest feature of this book, which is also the highest level of decorative jade. "Full version of gold, gold seal" process is the book's framing techniques. The full page of the book is "Gold Shop" or "Gold Floor", which means that each page is evenly printed on gold. The gold on the paper is a picture of jade, which fully expresses "Jin Baoyu." From the appearance point of view, the book is "a gold rush", closing like an entire "gold", which greatly increased the "Jin Baoyu" component.
When the book was printed, technicians used “specialized fundsâ€â€”specialized to modulate the ink color, striving for stability to the maximum extent, to bring out golden symmetry, and to minimize subtle changes such as chromatic aberration. In another process of printing, this book is printed in whole oil. The above process is used in a series of books, which is extremely rare in China's publishing industry.
Hu Jun, deputy general manager of color printing at Beijing Yachang, said that the pattern of the book is divided into four-color printing, the fifth color is gold, the sixth color is black, and the seventh color is the overall oil printing, which protects books. , Visual bright, increase the role of run-degree.
A printing industry official stated that this is equivalent to the imperial kiln porcelain of the royal imperial kiln factory. Because the production cost is too high, the general printing factory cannot reproduce it, and it has played a security role.
Instant Printing of Olympic Gold Stamps
As long as Chinese athletes win gold medals at the Beijing Olympics, 48 ​​hours later, stamps and souvenir covers with their avatars will be printed and distributed. This is the "Olympic Gold Medal" special stamp to be issued by China Post. It is the first set of stamps introduced in the history of stamps in China.
It is understood that the "Olympic Gold Medal" special stamp will be announced immediately when the Chinese sports delegation wins the first gold medal at this Olympic Games and will cease to be used after the Olympic Games are over. China National Philatelic Corporation specially purchased the copyright for the approach shooting company designated by the official Olympic organization, and promised that within 48 hours after the gold medal was generated, it would send the philatelic products to the sales points in major cities in China. Several printing companies, including the Beijing Stamp Factory, the Henan Post and Telegraph Printing Factory, the Shenyang Post and Telegraph Printing Factory, and Jiangsu and Guangdong, will make every effort to ensure that the stamps will be printed.
In addition to stamps, a souvenir cover will be issued this time. The photos of venues that use the athletes' exciting moments and gold medals as the design elements are used as the design elements, and the photos of the personalized stamps use photos of the athletes' award winning moments.
The Olympic Stadium Traffic Map "Tear is not bad"
At the first anniversary of the countdown to the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, the “Beijing Olympic Stadium Tourist Traffic Map†(area) was formally published. "Beijing Olympic Stadium Tourist Traffic Map" is authored and published by Beijing Maple Publishing House authorized by Beijing Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games. It is divided into "City Hall", "Environmental", "Humanities", "Technology", "Traffic", and "Results". "The six series, and the maps of these Olympic venues have "tear or not" features.
The reporter saw the "Beijing Olympic Stadium Tourist Traffic Map" (a venue) in a Xinhua Bookstore in Beijing. For the first time, it adopted green PP (polypropylene) paper in the printing of domestic large-scale maps, which fully embodies the concept of “Green Olympicsâ€. PP paper has a popular name called "Tear is not bad," allowing readers to tear, the map will still be intact in the hands, to avoid the problem of damage to ordinary maps more than a few times, virtually extended the life of the map. In addition, this map is also waterproof, even if the rain soaked, the map is still intact. What is the environmental protection function of PP paper? This type of paper is produced by mixing polypropylene and calcium carbonate. The source of raw materials and the manufacturing process do not cause environmental changes and damage. The product can be recycled after use.
Olympic award certificate
According to the practice of the Olympic Games, in addition to the gold, silver and bronze medals awarded to the top three athletes, the top eight winners must also be awarded prize certificates. The design of the Olympic certificate uses ancient Chinese craftsmanship with a history of more than 2,000 years, traditional rice paper craftsmanship and auspicious clouds. The inner core of the certificate is made of enamel. The specially designed amulet is used around the certificate for decoration. The back of the certificate is made of rice paper, and the overall design conveys a profound and strong Chinese cultural charm.
The rice paper required on the inside pages of the Olympic award certificate is provided by a Xuan Paper factory in Anhui Province. According to the person in charge of the Yixian Xuan Paper Factory, which supplies Olympic paper, the biggest advantages of Xuan Paper are long-term preservation, resistance to aging, discoloration, low insects, and long life. Therefore, in addition to painting poems, Xuan Paper is the best paper for writing diplomatic notes and keeping senior files and historical materials.
It is reported that this Xuan Paper has become an internal page of the Olympic award-winning certificate. It is of great significance for extending the time for the preservation of the certificate and carrying forward the national traditional culture.