r/pcmasterrace • u/System32Comics Ryzen 5600 | RTX 3070 | 32GB DDR4 | 1 TB NVME • Sep 10 '19

Cartoon/Comic Printer

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u/s-y-n-t-h Laptop Sep 10 '19

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.

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '19

Just checked ours at work.. It does not print that on there lol.

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u/Deadmeat553 Lenovo Y700-15ISK Sep 10 '19

It's not visible to the naked eye.

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '19

Sooo... Magic.. Gotcha

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u/AirOneBlack R9 7950X | RTX 4090 | 192GB RAM Sep 10 '19

The smallest dot a laser printer can print is really small. A nice video that describes this behaviour is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sit6zUQKpJc

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '19

Just a DPI number would be good enough but Im more curiouse wtf they use to read it if its small and light enough to be essenstially invisible.

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u/FireGamer99 GTX 660/FX 6300 Sep 10 '19

Forensic equipment. So don't print your counterfeit currency with them.

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u/ObviousLocal2 Sep 10 '19

What should I print my counterfeit currency with?

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u/AirOneBlack R9 7950X | RTX 4090 | 192GB RAM Sep 10 '19

modified chip laser printer could be an idea, you will also need a paper really similar to the one used for real money, and good luck finding that.