Counterfeiting With High Resolution Inkjets

Makarand writes "Thanks to the availability of low cost high quality inkjet printers, crooks are now able to produce currency indistinguishable from the real banknotes, at least under dim lighting conditions like that in a bar or a nightclub. The term "digifeiters" is being coined for counterfeiters that use cheap high-resolution printers to produce fake currency. Unlike costly color xerographic copiers that come inbuilt with features to detect security details on banknotes and stop currency copying, no cheap printers come with such feature. An anti-digifeiting system for cheaper printers may consist of printer driver software capable of recognizing data patterns indicating currencies of several countries." I wonder what GimpPrint would think of being forced to print or not print certain documents based on their contents.

Comments

One of the funniest Beavis and Butthead episodes

[Anonymous Coward]

Was when they visited the photocopy place and tried to copy dollars, then tried to pay the copy guy with their printed money. Ahh, I miss that show.

Wonka Dollars

[Hayzeus]

You heard me -- chocolate banknotes, with nougat and sprinkles.

Try counterfeiting those.

Re:Wonka Dollars

[scrod]

Counterfeiting has never sounded so delicious!

Surprised it's profitable

[aonifer]

I'm surprised they can turn a profit, what with having to spend $80 to replace jammed ink cartridges every three minutes.

Re:Surprised it's profitable

[discogravy]

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Make really fine banknotes

[Rosco P. Coltrane]

print it on glossy photo paper, not on cheapo recycled office paper.

Even funnier

[AtariAmarok]

"Was when they visited the photocopy place and tried to copy dollars, then tried to pay the copy guy with their printed money. Ahh, I miss that show."They were using a xerox machine inside the 7-11 (or whatever), right in front of the clerk.

They were xeroxing nickels.

The spent 25 cents for each xeroxed nickel.

After they got a bunch, they raggedly tore the extra paper from around their fake paper "nickels" and tried to buy candy from the clerk.

Re:Plastic Notes work well

[Pentagram]

You're getting mixed up with credit cards. And stop hole-punching them.

Re:Plastic Notes work well

[cdrudge]

Well, since US currency is basically linen, maybe this might work? They say it removes almost every stain using the air we breath!

Re:Plastic Notes work well

[CuriousGeorge113]

To help assist counterfitters, the Australian Governmebt has equipped this page with pictures of all their currency with a printer friendly version

Nice to see the government goes that extra step to help out the cheaters and counterfitters.

Re:Plastic Notes work well

[EverDense]

The best bit is because Australia produces "polymer notes for Papua New Guinea,
Indonesia, Kuwait, Western Samoa, Singapore, Brunei, Sri Lanka and Thailand."
http://www.dfat.gov.au/facts/currency. html

If one of those countries pisses Australia off, they can mass produce the country's
currency, and drop it from aircraft. Making their economy tank in short order ;-)

Oh shit, I think I just revealed Australia's plans for World Denomination[tm].

Re:Plastic Notes work well-"petty" crime.

[Anonymous Coward]

"If you're a counterfeiter and you can't fool an iodine pen, you should consider going into another line of crime."

I would recommned congressman.

Re:Plastic Notes work well

[miracle69]

The reason we still have paper $1 currency is that we have resisted people telling us that a heavy pocket full of coins is " much better to use " than paper money. The government has tried to tell us that, but we know they always lie, and experience with several dollar coins over recent years has born that out.

I always thought it was because the powerful stripper lobby didn't like being pelted with dollar coins.