Learn All About Your Printer and Its Toner Cartridges
Wondering what printer steganography is? You can look to sites like wikipedia.org to find out more information about your printer and the codes imbedded into everything that you print through this technology. Printer steganography is created by colored toner cartridges and leaves behind a small, almost imperceptible yellow stamp revealing the encoded serial number of the printer along with a date and time stamp.
Only some of the larger printer manufacturers use this technology and you can find out if your printer does by referencing online resources. You won’t be able to tell that your colored prints have this stamp on them by looking at them with the naked eye but you can check online to see if your model printer does in fact leave behind this code on every color print that you create. For security purposes you may want to avoid one of these printers if you do not want anyone to be able to trace where a print came from or see when it was created.
Basically, the yellow dots of toner that are left behind by printers with this technology are barely visible and they contain encoded information so that the average person would not be able to decipher the codes. If you are just looking for a printer for at home basic printing needs you shouldn’t worry about whether or not it leaves behind this mark. Many people that own these models don’t even notice the dots on their prints and have no idea the technology exists.
Not all printer manufacturers use this technology and it is easy to find a printer that does not use printer steganography on any of their models. But if you are avoiding buying a printer just because you are worried about the yellow dots of toner ruining your print, rest assured that they will go completely unnoticed by the naked eye.