Xerox Exploits Printer Flaws To Make Pseudo-Holograms

Red Wolf writes "A chance discovery by Xerox lets printers superimpose glossy images on regular printouts, creating the possibility for document authentication along the lines of holograms on credit cards. The new technology, called Glossmark, can use ordinary office printers to superimpose a glossy image on an ordinary printed document in a way that can't be photocopied or otherwise easily reproduced."

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Color laserjets?

[groove10]

From reading the article (yes I read actually read it), it would seem that only the "wax" type color laserjet printers have this ability. There was a Slashdot article a while back that dealt with color laser printers and alternatives to inkjets. The news.com.com article does specify the models or type of printers where this was discovered. Any other info on this?

I'm sure some hackers will try to do some mods on their printers to control this as well. {cough}fake holograms{/cough}

On another note, how cool a job do these "Xerox Scientists" have? I need to get a job where I can hardware hack like these guys.