NEWS: Digital Freeman Founded on New Hampshire Seacoast!

[polyanarch]

Man in costume robs bank

Argh!  Shiver me timber, and hand over the booty!

[Michael Fisher]

-Wear a disguise when purchasing.? Don't make any sudden movements!? AND STAY CALM!!!? ? lol

Man in costume robs bank

Man in costume buying a printer shoots man in a costume robbing the store.  News at 9!

[Michael Fisher]

How to decode personal information from a color printout:
http://www.eff.org/Privacy/printers/docucolor/

Now try not to panic when you see this image:

[ken]

It seems like the vast majority of color laser printers have this technology built into them. Here is the current list of printers that we no for certain whether they do or don?t have this ?feature?.
http://www.eff.org/Privacy/printers/list.php

[exp] = EFF looked at printer output under a blue light
[mfr] = manufacturer said printer prints tracking codes;
[press] = press report said printer prints tracking codes.


Brother

yes

    * HL-4200CN [exp]

Canon

  yes

    * CLC 1000 [exp]
    * CLC 2400 [exp]
    * CLC 4000 [exp]
    * Color imageRUNNER C3100CN [exp]
    * Color imageRUNNER C3200 [exp]
    * Color imageRUNNER C3220 [exp]

Del
  yes

    * 3000cn [exp]
    * 3100cn [exp]
    * 5100cn [exp]

Epson AcuLaser
  yes

    * C900 [exp]
    * C1100 [exp]
    * C1100 [press]
    * C1500 [exp]
    * C1900 [exp]

HP Color LaserJet
no

    * 2250ln [exp (??)]
    * 4500 [exp]
    * 4500dn [exp]
    * 4500n [exp]
    * 4550 [exp]
    * 4550n [exp]
    * 5M [exp]
    * 8500 [exp]
    * 8550 [exp]
    * 8550dn [exp]
    * 8550gn [exp]

HP Color LaserJet
yes

    * 1500l [exp]
    * 2500 [exp]
    * 2500n [exp]
    * 2550l [exp]
    * 2550n [exp]
    * 2600n [exp]
    * 2680 [exp]
    * 2840 [exp]
    * 3500 [exp]
    * 3500n [exp]
    * 3600dn [exp]
    * 3700 [exp]
    * 3700dn [exp]
    * 3700n [exp]
    * 4600 [exp]
    * 4600dn [exp]
    * 4600hdn [exp]
    * 4600n [exp]
    * 4650 [exp]
    * 4650dn [exp]
    * 4650dtn [exp]
    * 5100cn [exp]
    * 5500 [exp]
    * 5500atn [exp]
    * 5500dn [exp]
    * 5500hdn [exp]
    * 5550 [exp]
    * 5550dtn [exp]
    * 9500 [exp]
    * 9500hdn [exp]

IBM
unclear

    * Infoprint Color 1454 [exp] {dithering algorithm?}

Konica/Minolta
unclear

    * DialtaColor CF 2001 [exp] {dithering algorithm?}

Konica/Minolta
yes

    * Bizhub C350 [exp]
    * CF1501 [exp]
    * Colorforce 8050 [exp]
    * Desklaser 2200 [exp]
    * DialtaColor CF 2001 [exp]
    * Ikon CPP500E [exp]
    * Magicolor 2210 [exp]
    * Magicolor 2300 DL [exp]
    * Magicolor 2430 DL [exp]
    * Magicolor 3300 [exp]
    * Magicolor 7300 [exp]

Kyocera
  yes

    * FS-C5016N [exp]

Lanier
yes

    * LD238C [exp]
    * LP125cx/LP126cn [exp]

Lexmark
no

    * C720 [exp (??)]

Lexmark
yes

    * C510 [exp]
    * C720 [exp]
    * C912 [exp]

Minolta: see Konica/Minolta Oki/OkiDATA
no

    * C5150 [exp]
    * C5150n [exp]
    * C5300 [exp]
    * C7200 [exp]
    * C7350 [exp]
    * C9300 [exp]

Ricoh: see also Savin Ricoh
yes

    * Aficio CL 3000 [exp]
    * Aficio CL 6010 [exp]
    * Aficio CL 7000 [exp]
    * AP 206 [exp]

Samsung
no

    * CLP-510 [exp]
    * CLP-500 [exp]
    * CLP-550 [exp]

Savin
yes

    * C3210 [exp]
    * CLP35 [exp]

Tektronix: see Xerox/Tektronix Toshiba
  yes

    * eStudio 210c [mfr]
    * eStudio 310c [mfr]
    * eStudio 311c [mfr]
    * eStudio 211c [mfr]
    * eStudio 2100c [mfr]
    * eStudio 3100c [mfr]
    * eStudio 3511 [exp]
    * FC15i [mfr]
    * FC15 [mfr]
    * FC22i [mfr]
    * FC22 [mfr]
    * FC25Pi [mfr]
    * FC25P [mfr]
    * FC70 [mfr]

Xerox
  yes

    * DocuColor 12 [exp]
    * DocuColor 40 [exp]
    * DocuColor 2045 [exp]
    * DocuColor 2000 [mfr]
    * DocuColor 6060 [mfr]
    * DocuColor 6060 [exp]
    * WorkCentre M24 [exp]
    * WorkCentre Pro all models [press]
    * WorkCenter Pro 40 [exp]
    * WorkCenter Pro C2636 [exp]

Xerox/Tektronix Phaser
no

    * 560 [exp]
    * 740 [exp]
    * 750 (Z750V) [exp]
    * 750P [exp]
    * 780 [exp]
    * 850DP [exp]
    * 860DP [exp]
    * 6100 [exp]
    * 6200 [exp]
    * 6200DP [exp]
    * 6250DP [exp]
    * 7700 [exp]
    * 8200DP [exp]
    * 8200DX [exp]

Xerox/Tektronix Phaser
unclear

    * 8400B [exp?] {dithering algorithm?}
    * 8400DP [exp]
    * 8440DP [exp?] {dithering algorithm?}
    * 8400DX [exp]
    * 8400N [exp]

[polyanarch]

So there are no B&W laser printers with this type of technology?  Say, like HP?

[Dreepa]

Probably a good idea to buy these things with cash. Try not to leave your name.? If you have to leave a name , claim you're Seth Cohn.

Shorty Dawkins here and I need a new printer.

[Kat Kanning]

Aren't you too tall to be taken for a "Shorty"?

[AlanM]

Aren't you too tall to be taken for a "Shorty"?

Hey, no one is too tall, or shorty to be Shorty Dawkins. Shorty is us, or we are him.

[Dreepa]

Aren't you too tall to be taken for a "Shorty"?

I say ' Yeah I am shorty... I know I am 6 foot 5 but compared to my dad, I am shorty'.

They usually laugh and I get my color printer at a discount.

[polyanarch]

I tell people my name is "slim"

I get the same reaction...

[AlanM]

I tell people my name is "slim"

I get the same reaction...

I knew a man who was 6' 6", weighed 350 lbs or more, and everyone called him Tiny. 

[polyanarch]

Hey, that's my shrinkage stripper name!

[Michael Fisher]

How to decode personal information from a color printout:
http://www.eff.org/Privacy/printers/docucolor/

Now try not to panic when you see this image:

I believe the last column identifies the manufacturer.  The government has admitted it can find the manufacturer and serial number by a color laser printout.

[Michael Fisher]

It seems like the vast majority of color laser printers have this technology built into them. Here is the current list of printers that we no for certain whether they do or don?t have this ?feature?.
http://www.eff.org/Privacy/printers/list.php

[KBCraig]

I'm not enough of a geek to understand them, but I do know there are such things out there as digital watermarks contained within images, that can't be seen by the naked eye, but which can reveal and prove theft of copyrighted works.

It seems to me that an enterprising geeky type could create an overlay for all documents that would ensure either random pattern yellow dots, or dots filling all the code spaces. If they want to read little yellow dots, give 'em lots of dots!

You have your mission... ;-)

Kevin