The VSC 400 is a mid-range system designed for the verification of passports, visas and ID cards and for the general examination of suspect or questioned documents. It offers many of the features of the VSC6000/HS in a more compact format.

Operated via desktop PC or laptop computer the VSC400 provides questioned document examiners with extensive facilities for examining security features used to protect travel documents including passports and visas, banknotes, certifcates of authenticity and all other security documents. Multi-spectral examinations of documents are made under UV, visible and near IR illumination with live on-screen images provided by a scientific grade high resolution imaging system with motorized zoom and high magnification.

Comprehensive facilities for examining:

• UV activated fluorescent inks under short, medium and long wave UV

• Tampering and photo-substitution under high magnification

• Anti-Stokes security features using intense IR lighting

• Retro-reflective features with coaxial lighting

• Surface features under oblique lighting

• Watermarks with transmitted light

• OVDs using sequential multi-angled lighting

• Suspected alterations using differential infrared absorption and fluorescence

• Embedded Invisible Personal Information (IPI) and Invisible Constant Images (ICI)

• ICAO coded data

• E-Passports

• Multiple Laser Images (MLI)

• Latent images

• 1D and 2D barcodes