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Xerox Exploits Printer Flaws To Make Pseudo-Holograms

Posted by timothy on from the bug-to-feature-while-you-wait dept.

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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  1. How is this secure..... by yoduh · · Score: 1, Redundant

    how is this secure if everyone and their baby's daddy's momma can print up whatever they want. tickets to the superbowl - $0 credit card used to buy $9,000 Plasma TV - $0 fake id - $0 the fact that you made them up on a printer at work - priceless

  2. Unless... by Kr3m3Puff · · Score: 1, Redundant

    photocopied or otherwise easily reproduced. ...unless of course you have a Glossmark printer.

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