Secret Spy World Of Inkjet Printer Tracking!

One conspiracy theory is that printer ink cartridges might be monitoring all printing activities. Inkjet cartridges may not be the secret weapon of the government, but the truth is that the inkjet printer can have left behind a spy trail.

It was a secret well kept that came to light only recently. In an effort to prevent counterfeit printing of paper money or official certificates, secret technology was invented over twenty years ago. It was then possible to track back the source of a fake document printed on advanced printing machines, making it very easy to trace the original forger.

Only one thing is known about the method of detection: it was based upon microscopic dot patterns encryption. This information is still classified. You can still see if the printer has the capability to secretly encode pages of printed text by carefully inspecting the page with a bright, strong light. If you look closely, you will notice a faint pattern of yellow dots on the entire surface.

The tiny yellow dots are encoded with date and time stamps, which allows government agencies or other security agencies to trace back the original printer who created the page. Despite the fact that the code is kept secret, reports were made about it in the 2004 and 2008 periods.

It is probable that the primary intention was to have the ability to track serious, large-scale forgery operations using the limited technology printers available at the moment. The mass market has seen a dramatic drop in the cost of colour laser printers. The fact that the tracking technology is available to all printers, regardless of price or size, was not anticipated. According to research, top-brand colour laser printers for the home market have yellow dots encryption technology.

It is impossible to trace back any single page printed using a “yellow dot” laser printer. In recent years, however, tracking technology has made significant advances. It’s possible that the original yellow dots will be replaced by a new generation of sophisticated, hard-to-detect encryption tracking sensors.

It is therefore unlikely, but not impossible, that any modern office or home-based business would have an ink printer capable of printing the original yellow dots tracking technology.

Source: Kelvin Graham