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minus-squareActualGrapesTasteGreen@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 months agoColor printers probably did this to hide that they were fingerprinting your pages.
minus-squarepivot_root@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoEmpty yllow, sure. Cyan and magenta are just them getting greedy.
minus-squaredriving_crooner@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoHow do people find up that printers do that?
minus-squareBaggie@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoWikipedia says Dutch police who tracked down counterfeit money, which became public knowledge. It’s crazy stuff.
minus-squareTrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoOriginally? Meaning decades ago when they first started doing this, it was probably discovered through a patent search.
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Color printers probably did this to hide that they were fingerprinting your pages.
Empty yllow, sure.
Cyan and magenta are just them getting greedy.
How do people find up that printers do that?
Wikipedia says Dutch police who tracked down counterfeit money, which became public knowledge. It’s crazy stuff.
Originally? Meaning decades ago when they first started doing this, it was probably discovered through a patent search.