From: "Rich Gauszka" 


"jeff"  wrote in message
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> Rich Gauszka wrote:
>> "jeff"  wrote in message
>> news:41a4aff1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>
>>>I was told awhile back that it was illegal to make a copier that had a
>>>high enough resolution to copy money.
>>>
>>>Looks like this was the solution to that problem.
>>
>>
>> There have been better solutions. Xerox has had copier/printers out for
>> quite some time that would refuse to copy money - granted this was on
>> their expensive models but I'd rather have that solution migrated
>> downwards than have the 'buried serial number' solution and it's
>> potential for misuse
>>
> The question being... how did they know it was money? And what was the
> potential for this being disablable?

It wasn't an item we could disable on the copiers we had. I guess they went
to the two prong counterfeit deterrent system several years ago

http://media.xerox.ca/news/default.asp?articleID=303

Over the past several years, Xerox has invested in anti-counterfeiting
technology designed to recognize a banknote and prevent the machine from
copying it. However, even where this is not possible, Xerox's Counterfeit
Deterrent Marking System will encode every sheet produced with a secret
mark that will allow the authorities to trace the machine on which it was
produced. Organizations with a Xerox colour copier linked to a network
could even trace the individual that made the copy.

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