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Taking Advantage of Digitally-Captured-Signature (DCS) Technology for Everyday Casework: The Example of the Handwriting Laboratory of Cyprus Police Cover

Taking Advantage of Digitally-Captured-Signature (DCS) Technology for Everyday Casework: The Example of the Handwriting Laboratory of Cyprus Police

Open Access
|Jan 2026

Figures & Tables

Figure 1

Different versions and visualizations of the same signature.

Table 1

List of interoperability of Wacom Inking Pens and digitizers.

PRODUCT NAMECOMPATIBILITY WITH STU 430COMPATIBILITY WITH STU 530COMPATIBILITY WITH STU 540COMPATIBILITY WITH DTU1031XCOMPATIBILITY WITH DTU1141BCOMPATIBILITY WITH PHU-111
Bamboo Slate Pen
UP-3708-00B-2
YesYesYesYesYesYes
Bamboo Slate Finetip Pen
UP-3708-01B-2
YesYesYesYesYesYes
Clipboard Pen
UP-3709-00A-2
YesYesYesYesYesYes
Bamboo Spark
UP-3703
YesYesYesYesYesYes
KP13300D Ball Point Pen BlackNoNoNoNoNoNo
KP13200D Fine Tip PenNoNoNoNoNoNo
Figure 2

Designation of biometric data collection area on a PDF, using Wacom’s CLB create application.

Figure 3

Paired smart device screen during sample collection with the PHU-111. The image of the DCS captured appears on screen in the corresponding area in real time.

Figure 4

Juxtaposition of the two versions of the sample—one is physical (i.e. the paper used for the sample collection) and one is digital (in the form of a PDF that includes all the visual information but also includes encrypted the biometric data captured from the collection areas).

Figure 5

Cyprus map with designation of the different CID areas.

Figure 6

Paper and Biometric sample collection workflow.

Figure 7

Portable equipment kit.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.69525/jasqde.311 | Journal eISSN: 1524-7287
Language: English
Page range: 1 - 1
Submitted on: Sep 4, 2025
Accepted on: Nov 16, 2025
Published on: Jan 12, 2026
Published by: American Society of Questioned Document Examiners
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2026 George Chrysanthou, Stavros Nicolaou, Andreas Neophytou, Maria Pafiti, Nikolaos Kalantzis, published by American Society of Questioned Document Examiners
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.