Web Press

The Web Press was installed at the BEP in 1991. Its purpose was to demonstrate that integrated web-fed systems could produce currency more efficiently and less expensively than existing sheet-fed presses. The web press printed both sides of a note in a single pass and delivered 10,000 sheets in a 35 minute span. Due to the inability of the web press to sustain long continuous runs, it was discontinued in 1996. A currency note that was printed on a web press (referred to as a web note) can be identified by two distinct physical characteristics. First, the plate location or check number is non-existent on the face of the note. And secondly, the plate number on the back of the note is located at the top of the letter "E" in the word "ONE".