Hang onto the ink jet... (and the driver too)
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For most consumer level inkjets, it seems most imagine processing (print description language processing, rasterization, etc.) is actually done on the host computer with the printer just basically being told put a dot here with this much color.
Thus, it could be possible for this tracing technology to be retrofitted to an existing printer via a driver upgrade. (Oh you're having print problems? May we suggest the new driver...)
If the serial number were still tied to the printer it would require some bi-directional communication. But that already exists in most printers host based UI functions.
But then if you think about it, this type of computer based processing opens up all sorts of other serial number sources. How about Pentium III serial numbers, ethernet MAC addresses, etc? (And haven't we seen these things already happen before, but only with digital documents?)
Thankfully, if somebody would probably do a software hack if this really happened.
Supposedly there is a program that lets you do Swing development using VJ++. It's called 2lkit for VJ++ and it's at: http://www.2lkit.com/ I haven't had to chance to try it yet (just heard about it), but it seems interesting. Maybe Rational should buy these guys. =)
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For most consumer level inkjets, it seems most imagine processing (print description language processing, rasterization, etc.) is actually done on the host computer with the printer just basically being told put a dot here with this much color.
Thus, it could be possible for this tracing technology to be retrofitted to an existing printer via a driver upgrade. (Oh you're having print problems? May we suggest the new driver...)
If the serial number were still tied to the printer it would require some bi-directional communication. But that already exists in most printers host based UI functions.
But then if you think about it, this type of computer based processing opens up all sorts of other serial number sources. How about Pentium III serial numbers, ethernet MAC addresses, etc? (And haven't we seen these things already happen before, but only with digital documents?)
Thankfully, if somebody would probably do a software hack if this really happened.
How's that for paranoia? =)
Supposedly there is a program that lets you do Swing development using VJ++. It's called 2lkit for VJ++ and it's at:
http://www.2lkit.com/
I haven't had to chance to try it yet (just heard about it), but it seems interesting. Maybe Rational should buy these guys. =)