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minus-squareActualGrapesTasteGreen@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·4 days agoColor printers probably did this to hide that they were fingerprinting your pages.
minus-squarepivot_root@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 days agoEmpty yllow, sure. Cyan and magenta are just them getting greedy.
minus-squaredriving_crooner@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 days agoHow do people find up that printers do that?
minus-squareBaggie@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 days agoWikipedia says Dutch police who tracked down counterfeit money, which became public knowledge. It’s crazy stuff.
minus-squareTrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days 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.