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Re:Getting debug access on a Brother printer over Telnet by vessenes on Thursday October 29, 2026 @11:39AM (#50290808)
Do laser printers include tracking dots? I thought that was a color printer thing.
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Re:Getting debug access on a Brother printer over Telnet by sixothree on Thursday October 29, 2026 @11:55AM (#50291100)
We know about the yellow tracking dots.
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Re:Getting debug access on a Brother printer over Telnet by DaSHacka on Thursday October 29, 2026 @05:22PM (#50296231)
I used to assume the same, it's apparently just laser printers and actually not inkjets with the tracking dots. Supposedly the resolution of inkjet printers is too low to embed discreet tracking identifiers that wouldn't be noticeable in the final print.
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