Treasury during a time they were testing color copiers for their ability
to reproduce currency. One of the common ways of spotting a fake is to
look for the threads in the paper, tiny little strings running
throughout the paper money is printed on. You can hold one of the old
$20's up to the light and see the shadow of the threads on the other
side.
Xerox had a copier that could _exactly_ reproduce the threads, up to the
point where you could hold it up to do a light test. The inks were
unerasable, meaning you could not soften them using a eraser from a
number 2 pencil (another way of spotting fake currency). Experts were
unable to tell the difference, and Xerox had to kill the copier line.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Schuster, Steven [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 10:26 AM
To: CF-Community
Subject: RE: Hidden code in Adobe prevents copying money.Microsoft said
no hidden 'features' in Windows.
Well, here is the problem with this...
Just last week in KY somebody passed around several bogus $100.00 that
were
done in this exact manner. Of course the FBI, et al. were called in.
Personally I'd rather have the restriction than deal with getting funny
money.
We are talking currency fraud here, not homeland security. They already
track paper types and inks for this very reason.
Stephen E. Schuster
PeopleSoft Administrator
2000 Ashland Drive
Ashland, KY 41101
Office Phone 606.920.7447
Cell Phone 606.831.4590
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