minus-squareEcoleo [he/him]hexbear26·2 years agoIt's because printers print tiny watermarks on every page so the FBI/Secret Service/all the three-letter agencies can track the page back to you if need be. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_Identification_Code link
minus-squareElChapoDeChapo [he/him, comrade/them]hexbear8·2 years agoSo how hard would it be to make your own printer DIY? link
minus-squarecawsby [he/him]hexbear11·edit-22 years agoYou can buy some color printers from before 2005 that don't have them. Black and white printers don't have them. There is a tool but it hasn't been updated since 2018. https://tu-dresden.de/ing/informatik/sya/ps/die-professur/news/geheime-daten-auf-dem-druckpapier-diplominformatiker-der-tu-dresden-entwickeln-verfahren-gegen-druckerueberwachung?set_language=en link
It's because printers print tiny watermarks on every page so the FBI/Secret Service/all the three-letter agencies can track the page back to you if need be.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_Identification_Code
So how hard would it be to make your own printer DIY?
You can buy some color printers from before 2005 that don't have them.
Black and white printers don't have them.
There is a tool but it hasn't been updated since 2018.
https://tu-dresden.de/ing/informatik/sya/ps/die-professur/news/geheime-daten-auf-dem-druckpapier-diplominformatiker-der-tu-dresden-entwickeln-verfahren-gegen-druckerueberwachung?set_language=en