cannot print banknotes with windows xp

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George Orwell

I want to remove the hidden filter of Windows XP that doesnt let me to print images of banknotes (scanned too).

I tried to print them with many utils (Photoshop, Windows Paint etc.) but I obtain only a white paper.

How to get rid of this limitation?
 
George,
In many countries what you propose is illegal, and many countries' banknotes are being designed to defeat photocopying/scanning.

Also many photo/printing/scanning programs are designed to prevent this also, which would include MS Paint. XP probably does not have anything to do with this.

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I want to remove the hidden filter of Windows XP that doesnt let me to print images of banknotes (scanned too).

I tried to print them with many utils (Photoshop, Windows Paint etc.) but I obtain only a white paper.

How to get rid of this limitation?
 
George Orwell said:
I want to remove the hidden filter of Windows XP that doesnt let me to print
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images of banknotes (scanned too).
I tried to print them with many utils (Photoshop, Windows Paint etc.) but I obtain only a white paper.

How to get rid of this limitation?
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This is a fearure that is built into new printers, scanners and software. You
must use
older technology to print the new banknotes.
 
On Sun, 28 Mar 2004 14:39:58 -0800, Ray R wrote:

=>This is a feature that is built into new printers, scanners and software. You
=>must use
=>older technology to print the new banknotes.

And if you do, the printed output will not look like the
originals.

Tough shit, eh?
 
George said:
I want to remove the hidden filter of Windows XP that doesnt let me to
print images of banknotes (scanned too).

I tried to print them with many utils (Photoshop, Windows Paint etc.)
but I obtain only a white paper.

How to get rid of this limitation?
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Several ways, including obtaining legal specimen images from the central
bank of the country whose currency you wish to print. Almost all
central banks will provide specimen electronic images specifically for
this purpose on request.

Alternatively, you could spend a few minutes editing out the digital
watermark which is present on all of the newer banknotes issued by the
central banks. Details of the watermark characteristics are available
on the net if you are prepared to search for them. You will, of course,
have to overcome the same blockage which prevents the image from being
scanned in or opened by newer image processing applications, such as
Photoshop CS.

Finally, you could just scan and print old banknotes which have no
digitally embedded watermark. For most legal uses this would be a
perfectly acceptable alternative, but for many illegal uses it would, of
course, not be.
 
George Orwell said:
I want to remove the hidden filter of Windows XP that doesnt let me to
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print images of banknotes (scanned too).
I tried to print them with many utils (Photoshop, Windows Paint etc.) but I obtain only a white paper.

How to get rid of this limitation?
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Probably the easiest way to overcome the problem is to go into a bank and
buy some printouts.

They should cost you multiples of ?5 each and will be doublesided as well.
 
Henry said:
print images of banknotes (scanned too). but
I obtain only a white paper.

Probably the easiest way to overcome the problem is to go into a bank and
buy some printouts.

They should cost you multiples of 5 Euros each and will be doublesided as well.
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Probably the easiest way to overcome the problem is to go into a bank and
buy some printouts.
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If you can't make it into the bank....

I can scan and print them for you! Just send me some originals and I'll send
you prints by return.
 
lol.... good one...

Mango
CWatters said:
If you can't make it into the bank....

I can scan and print them for you! Just send me some originals and I'll send
you prints by return.
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You of course do appreciate the intentional reproduction of any currently valid
in circulation U.S. currancy is a felony criminal offense under the US Penal
Code don't you? I believe it's termed forgery or counterfitting. And it
really does not matter whether you use XP Home or not. Has Treasury knocked on
your door yet? They probably will you know. They really don;t have a sense of
humor on stuff like this.

This is not an April Fools joke but I do find it amusing.

David N.
 
David Napierkowski said:
You of course do appreciate the intentional reproduction of any currently
valid
in circulation U.S. currancy is a felony criminal offense under the US
Penal
Code don't you? I believe it's termed forgery or counterfitting. And it
really does not matter whether you use XP Home or not. Has Treasury
knocked on
your door yet? They probably will you know. They really don;t have a
sense of
humor on stuff like this.

This is not an April Fools joke but I do find it amusing.

David N.
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David,

Actually, I am reasonably sure this thread IS tongue-in-cheek. Especially
since 'George Orwell' is obviously a pseudonym. (I was *occasionally* awake
during English Lit class.)

-- Jay
 
David said:
You of course do appreciate the intentional reproduction of any currently valid
in circulation U.S. currancy is a felony criminal offense under the US Penal
Code don't you?
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You of course do appreciate that you are talking complete and utter
bollocks don't you.

Any US currency, whether in circulation or not, can be reproduced
provided that the reproduction meets the criteria laid out in this US
Treasury document:
http://www.treas.gov/usss/money_illustrations.shtml

Next time you feel the urge to publicly demonstrate that you are a total
****wit try to do so with claims which can not be refuted so readily.
 
Actually, I am reasonably sure this thread IS tongue-in-cheek. Especially
since 'George Orwell' is obviously a pseudonym. (I was *occasionally* awake
during English Lit class.)
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DUH. :-) but it's not really a joking subject you know. AND the use of a
pseudonym by itself does not necessarily mean that it WAS sent as a joke you
know?

Treasury's sense of humor is infinately less than mine and that's not a joke.
Just a word to the wise is all.


David N.
 
You of course do appreciate the intentional reproduction of any
currently valid in circulation U.S. currancy is a felony criminal
offense under the US Penal Code don't you?
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As the writer would appear to be in Italy* (yes, people who don't live in
the US CAN access the Internet!), I suspect that they're not shaking in
their boots.

*Italy: an independent nation, outside the USA and, therefore, not
governed by the laws of the US (I bet The Shrub's working on it though).

Jon.
 
David Napierkowski said:
DUH. :-) but it's not really a joking subject you know. AND the use of
a
pseudonym by itself does not necessarily mean that it WAS sent as a joke
you
know?

Treasury's sense of humor is infinately less than mine and that's not a
joke.
Just a word to the wise is all.


David N.
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You are absolutely right. The federal gov't. has no sense of humor when it
comes to counterfeit currency. So I hope GO has well covered his Internet
tracks; otherwise, the Secret Service will undoubtedly be paying a visit via
GO's ISP.

-- Jay
 
As the writer would appear to be in Italy* (yes, people who don't live in
the US CAN access the Internet!), I suspect that they're not shaking in
their boots.
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Actually, it's from "mixmaster.it" which is in Italy, but is an
anonymising ("Cypherpunk") remailer, so he could be anywhere. If you
want to anonymise, it's good practice to loop via several different
countries.

It is quite legal, even in the US, to scan and even print images of
currency, basically if it's not double-sided and/or the same size.

What is very disturbing is that this DRM was inserted into many
products with no notification to the customers, and that like most
technical security barriers only barely inconveniences real criminals
while harassing innocent users.

A bit of Googling discvers a patch that is purported to fix this:
<http://www.frankw.net/blog/archives/tig-apcb.zip>
or look for "Adobe_Photoshop_CS_Banknote_Patch" on BitTorrent.

Use at your own risk...
 
David said:
You of course do appreciate the intentional reproduction of any currently valid
in circulation U.S. currancy is a felony criminal offense under the US Penal
Code don't you? I believe it's termed forgery or counterfitting. And it
really does not matter whether you use XP Home or not. Has Treasury knocked on
your door yet? They probably will you know. They really don;t have a sense of
humor on stuff like this.
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When I was last in the US I was given a tour of a police station and
shown some forged bank notes - they were appalling, they had been
scanned in badly and printed on a cheap inkjet and the ink had run and
they were out of focus. I suppose the more worrying aspect is that
someone evidently thought they could successfully pass them off as
genuine.
 
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