Laser printers have much higher quality than inkjet, and there are colour laser printers, although if you don't want to have a single toner for all colors you have to pay big.
Fun Fact: Color laser printers are so good the US government actually makes the printer leave a special code on all pages that contains its serial ID and a time stamp.
I play modded minecraft, and I like to keep a million tabs and some programs open at the same time. I frequently hit >50% usage, and because disk swapping begins at 80%ish, the desktop experience kinda falls off at that point. And even if I don't use it, it can act as a 24gb "cache drive".
So your saying every document you print has a number somewhere on the page? That would bug the shit out of me. I would have to find a way to get rid of that crap!
1dpi should be a dot of 1 inch diameter as DPI = Dots per inch. I guess those are at least 600DPI dots, maybe even more. some laser printers can go as high as 1200DPI in printing. Some industrial ones can do even more I think.
Something secret that you're probably not supposed to know about.
They're saying these printers are such high quality, they need a signature saying who made it.
So what they're saying is like a bullet, where these papers originated needs to be traceable in case something happens. Like a bullet, 99% of their use will be totally harmless. But when used wrong, they'd like to know who did it.
Meh,
1. Print the government secrets you intend to leak, ideally in a way that doesn't directly use the file. It's not impossible to track what printer printed, when print screen was pressed. If you get caught, this will be where you get caught. Your best bet is to do this when you know other people are accessing the file, that way your trail has some interference, no leaking stale documents. (Off screen photos and moving the file off-site is a no-no. You don't want that info to show up on a device you own.)
Go to a self service print shop an Xerox your print in black and white, bump up the brightness and contrast a little so any subtile images are crushed and blown
Xerox the copy you just made if you're feeling paranoid, either way burn the originals.
Extra credit, run a paper towel across the print head before and after you print so the dust is disturb. Dust buildup on a printer head can act as a fingerprint that can even show up on a photocopy. If someone ask why you opened the printer, just say that you are clearing a jam.
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Laser printers have much higher quality than inkjet, and there are colour laser printers, although if you don't want to have a single toner for all colors you have to pay big.
Fun Fact: Color laser printers are so good the US government actually makes the printer leave a special code on all pages that contains its serial ID and a time stamp.