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I know some of the high-end color laser equipment embeds a micro-code of the
printer's serial number, in the image...so it can be traced back to a
particular printer. This was started several years ago.

Bill Crocker

"John Abbot" <> wrote in message
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> Is it true that some bubblejet and laser printers will no longer print
> currency notes (ie printers now contain software that recognises when a
> counterfeit banknote is being printed)? Is this just in the US, or is it
> worldwide?
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Sounds like this means that the value of older printers won't decline so
fast making it less costly for honest people to trade up to the latest
printers... Just dump the old one on eBay and buy the latest.

"Bob Niland" <> wrote in message
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> >> "John Abbot" <> wrote
> > Doc" doc..net <@> wrote:
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> >> Is it true that some bubblejet and laser
> >> printers will no longer print currency notes
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> Not clear if any of these have hit the
> market yet.
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> > Definitely one of the better urban
> > myths I've heard recently!
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> Not a myth. Here's a recent link:
> http://www.hpl.hp.com/news/2003/july...unterfeit.html
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> Whether this will make it to market
> and/or be effective, I couldn't say.
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> If it does, don't be surprised if there
> are some visible and unwanted artifacts
> in perfectly legitimate images.
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> Do you suppose webzine and magazine printer
> tests will soon include banknote images in
> their datasets?
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I find that amazing that the machine would take it as I usually have to try
3-4 (real) dollar bills, straighten them, etc before a vending machine will
recognize and accept one.

"Charlie Self" <> wrote in message
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> Charlie Self
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> Bob Hope
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George responds:

>I find that amazing that the machine would take it as I usually have to try
>3-4 (real) dollar bills, straighten them, etc before a vending machine will
>recognize and accept one.
>
>"Charlie Self" <> wrote in message
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>> Joseph Meehan states:
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><<<SNIP>>>
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>> Recently (last week), I saw that someone had been reproducing dollar bills
>and
>> running them through soft drink machines. Doing the bills in B&W, at that.

Hey, as Will Rogers once said, "All I know is what I read in the papers."

Charlie Self

"Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle."
Bob Hope

"Charlie Self" <> wrote in message
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> Hey, as Will Rogers once said, "All I know is what I read in the papers."
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> Charlie Self
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I seem to recall a newspaper announcement of the results of a
presidential election that was proven wrong later in the day.

--
Joseph E. Meehan

26 + 6 = 1 It's Irish Math

Really? Surely you can get around this with Tipp-Ex?

"SimonG Ltd." <> wrote in message
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> "Michalkun" <> wrote in message
> news:Xns941B90E7FA890michalkunyahoocom@130.133.1.4 ...
> > "John Abbot" <> wrote in
> > news::
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> > > Is it true that some bubblejet and laser printers will no longer print
> > > currency notes (ie printers now contain software that recognises when
a
> > > counterfeit banknote is being printed)? Is this just in the US, or is
> it
> > > worldwide?
> >
> > I don't think so. It would be a waste of money.
> > I heard though that good copy machines can prevent copying things with
> > copyright signs, etc.
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> This technology has been present in colour photocopiers for quite a few
> years . . . . .
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"John Abbot" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Is it true that some bubblejet and laser printers will no longer print
> currency notes (ie printers now contain software that recognises when a
> counterfeit banknote is being printed)? Is this just in the US, or is it
> worldwide?
>
Well, if you try and counterfeit US bills you'll find the green running out
pretty quickly.

John Abbot writes:

> Is it true that some bubblejet and laser printers will no longer print
> currency notes (ie printers now contain software that recognises when a
> counterfeit banknote is being printed)?

No.

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Bob Niland writes:

> Not a myth. Here's a recent link:
> http://www.hpl.hp.com/news/2003/july...unterfeit.html

It reads like disinformation to me. The very measures discussed are
invalidated for the reasons described earlier in the same article.
Trying to build printers that refuse to print currency images or
misprint them deliberately is an exercise in futility, for reasons the
article itself makes clear.

> If it does, don't be surprised if there
> are some visible and unwanted artifacts
> in perfectly legitimate images.

Don't be surprised if sales of HP equipment drop in consequence.

> Do you suppose webzine and magazine printer
> tests will soon include banknote images in
> their datasets?

That would be illegal, in most jurisdictions.

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Michalkun writes:

> I heard though that good copy machines can prevent copying things with
> copyright signs, etc.

Where did you hear this?

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