Cutting back on counterfeiting
via Slashdot:
Subject: Printing copies of currency
As an experiment I tried to copy an print one of the new $20 bills. Before you say I am breaking the law by doing so read the
web site referenced at the end of note. I fully intend to obey the rules. I was able to do a full scan at 1600 DPI using Photoshop CS (ver 8.0) and save the resulting image to the hard drive.
When I tried to print it on my Canon i850 only a small part of it would print regardless of the orientation or the size. Other
printing programs resulted in the same results. I was able to cut a small part of the image and print it. When I tried to cut about half the image Photoshop informed me that it was illegal and referred me to the web page below. It seems as though the printer and software vendors are stepping past what is legally required.
As per the legal requirement I have deleted the file that contained the image.
http://www.treas.gov/usss/money_illustrations.shtml
U.S. Currency
The Counterfeit Detection Act of 1992, Public Law 102-550, in Section 411 of Title 31 of the Code of Federal Regulations, permits color illustrations of U.S. currency provided:
1.. the illustration is of a size less than three-fourths or more than one and one-half, in linear dimension, of each part of the item illustrated;
2.. the illustration is one-sided; and
3.. all negatives, plates, positives, digitized storage medium, graphic files, magnetic medium, optical storage devices, and any other thing used in the making of the illustration that contain an image of the illustration or any part thereof are destroyed and/or deleted or erased after their final use.
