Installed at the company's Runcorn, Cheshire operation, the mono high-volume machine can print up to 144ppm at a resolution of 4,800x 600dpi.

According to Peter Andrew, group sales and marketing director at Tall Security Print, the investment extends the company's "comprehensive offerings of securely printed documents".

He added:  "We’re also using it to develop our existing offerings, such as the bureau service, which provides printing, personalisation and mailing of cheques on customers’ behalf."

In December last year, the company completed a 7.5m ballot paper print run for the recent South Sudan referendum.

The job, which was completed in a 12-day timeframe, was delivered on 22 December ahead of the vote in January.