Xerox, the same outfit looking to
extract information from your web browsing excursions, has now churned out a swank anti-counterfeiting procedure that purportedly allows a vanilla digital printer to "create personalized fluorescent marks on documents." Of course, these fluorescent signatures are commonly used to authenticate currency, and
Xerox is hoping that people warm up to the idea of slapping the same level of security onto documents ranging from licenses, certificates, or even personal checks. The method utilizes the "dry ink" found in xerographic printers to create the secure imprint, and curious users can spot the tell-tale sign when exposing the document to ultraviolet light. Of course, you should still be wary of that
dubious looking bizhub crammed over in the corner office, but if you're interested in Xerox's latest counterfeit squashing technology, you can snag it as part of the FreeFlow Variable Information Suite 5.0 software.
[Via
Gizmag]
posted Jun 1st 2007 5:07PM
This could be very useful for fake £20 notes ... muahahahaha
Probably related to their DocuColor tracking codes:
http://www.eff.org/Privacy/printers/docucolor/
People have been using this to produce FakeIDs for years. All you do is take one of the inkjet refill kits and fill the R/G/B with Pink/Green/Yellow from highlighters and then print out the patterns you need.
Filling inkjet printer ink tanks with highlighter refils isn't the same. The signatures referred to in the article are invisible, but fluoresce (emit visible light when exposed to powerful UV light). Highlighter ink does fluorescent, but is visible in ordinary conditions as well.
Hmm... I hae a feeling that if this were to be applied en mass, then someone would rise up to the challenge and come up with a way to "defeat" it.
But nonetheless, the average consumer dosen't really have a need for this...
And yes, we could all start printing fake pounds, euros, and yen...
(dollars aren't worth anything these days)
Well i cant find a usable way to use this technique what is it for???