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[–] joyjoy@lemmy.zip 51 points 1 month ago (4 children)

It's because it has to print a unique watermark by federal law. 

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 31 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yep. Quit screwing around with color inkjet and get a cheap B&W toner machine.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Fuck inkjet. If someone gave me one I'd go Office Space on it and throw the remnants away so it can never harm someone else.

[–] Grimtuck@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

PC LOAD LETTER!?!?

[–] PineRune@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I thought yellow was mainly used for that, and cyan was used to enrich/enhance the deepness of the black or something. I remember something about blues being combined with black ink for that reason at least. Either way, screw inkjets, all my homies use laser.

[–] Bubs@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago

From everything that I've heard and seen, you are correct.

The hidden dot pattern is yellow - It's the easiest color to hide. I've always heard that cyan is used to improve the black too.

[–] BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Bit of a clarification, tracking dots is not a specific federal law, it is worse. Printer manufacturers voluntarily agreed to this deal with the US government and also agreed to keep it a secret.

[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

That's an American thing, isn't it?