Paul on Fri, 14 Feb 2020 15:18:04 -0500 typed
in alt.windows7.general the following:

The chicanery with printers, is amazing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counte...tates_currency

"Albert Talton, was sent to prison for counterfeiting the United States
one hundred-dollar bill and the United States twenty-dollar bill.

Produced over 7 million dollars in counterfeit US currency using
a standard inkjet printer, and was convicted and sent to prison
in May 2009."

They figured it out, when he was caught smiling at the cash
when buying new cartridges for the printer. Nobody ever
smiles when buying ink :-)

EURion Constellation. An anti-counterfeiting trick which causes
modern color copiers to fail when you try to photocopy banks notes.


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