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Just when you thought it was safe to make copies, you then find out that Big Brother can track where and when the copy was made! I knew this was true for color systems but was a little alarmed when this report stated it SOP for most digital copiers.
I always knew the codes were in color systems, however my perception of this report is that the codes are also in monochrome systems. Whats your take on the report?
I did not see anything in this report that pointed me towards thinking that this is occurring in B&W equipment. Not that it can't, or isn't but I did not pick this up from the report.
I know that back when I was servicing Canon CLC300's about 15 years ago the machines did this. They were supposed to overwrite the entire page with a dark green back ground on any page that the electronics thought was currency, but this was notoriously unreliable. You could almost always copy dollar bills without a problem, but if you laid a color photo from the front page of the Sunday paper on the glass you had about a 75% chance of invoking the blocking. I've been told newer equipment will actually lock itself up if you try enough times and you have to call for service to get the lockout code reset. But since I'm no longer carry a tool bag I cant verify this.
I was told in the mid 90's that our corporate office regularly received calls from the treasury department asking where a certain serial number was so they could go haul away somebody for copying cash.
The system writes data in single pixel patterns using yellow toner. Although it would be easy enough to use the same system with B&W devices its a bit harder not to notice that your output has a pattern of black dots overprinted on it.
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Art - the embedded codes were/are in the Canon color systems...it started to help stop color counterfeiting...
and remember, this has been out there for over a decade...
This is a great "fear" report.
good catch!
I always knew the codes were in color systems, however my perception of this report is that the codes are also in monochrome systems. Whats your take on the report?
I did not see anything in this report that pointed me towards thinking that this is occurring in B&W equipment. Not that it can't, or isn't but I did not pick this up from the report.
I know that back when I was servicing Canon CLC300's about 15 years ago the machines did this. They were supposed to overwrite the entire page with a dark green back ground on any page that the electronics thought was currency, but this was notoriously unreliable. You could almost always copy dollar bills without a problem, but if you laid a color photo from the front page of the Sunday paper on the glass you had about a 75% chance of invoking the blocking. I've been told newer equipment will actually lock itself up if you try enough times and you have to call for service to get the lockout code reset. But since I'm no longer carry a tool bag I cant verify this.
I was told in the mid 90's that our corporate office regularly received calls from the treasury department asking where a certain serial number was so they could go haul away somebody for copying cash.
The system writes data in single pixel patterns using yellow toner. Although it would be easy enough to use the same system with B&W devices its a bit harder not to notice that your output has a pattern of black dots overprinted on it.
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