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Re: HP printers and currency anti-copying measures
From: Darren Reed <avalon () caligula anu edu au>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 17:43:26 +1100 (Australia/ACT)
Cripes, why don't they just print money that won't scan ? You can buy paper that if you photocopy/scan will come out with "illegal copy" all over it. I'm sure they could do the same for currency if they tried. Of course another method is to create a well lit environment, get a <bignumber> mega-pixel digital camera and generate an image that's equivalent in quality to what you would get from a scanner for reproduction purposes. Well, maybe affordable digital cameras with the requisite resolution are still a few years away... But there's only one commonly used currency in the world that is worth targetting and is really vulnerable here, any more... the US dollar (please don't write about how cool the new $20 is, I've seen it and have joked about it with Americans when comparing it to the AUD$20 note and other currencies) - British Pounds, Australian Dollars, the list goes on, are all made using plastic printing technology that's moved on from being vulnerable to someone at home with a scanner and some paper. Darren
Current thread:
- HP printers and currency anti-copying measures Richard M. Smith (Jan 17)
- Re: HP printers and currency anti-copying measures Andre Oppermann (Jan 19)
- RE: HP printers and currency anti-copying measures Larry Seltzer (Jan 19)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: HP printers and currency anti-copying measures Kevin E. Casey (Jan 19)
- Re: HP printers and currency anti-copying measures mightye[removethis] (Jan 20)
- Re: HP printers and currency anti-copying measures Sami Haahtinen (Jan 21)
- Re: HP printers and currency anti-copying measures Darren Reed (Jan 22)
- Re: HP printers and currency anti-copying measures Sasha (Jan 21)
- Re: HP printers and currency anti-copying measures mightye[removethis] (Jan 20)