Especially when we were little, we fantasized about the idea of photocopying money to become rich, or we wondered why banks did not print more banknotes in times of crisis to distribute them to citizens and help them get through difficult times.
Although the second question is answered by understanding how the economy works and assimilating that the injection of money generates an artificial demand that causes an increase in prices, when it comes to photocopying money, it is assumed that when you reach an age, it does not make sense.
Obviously, A real invoice is made of special materials and is impossible to reproduce by printing it on paper, so most people never stopped trying it. However, the world is full of curious people and social media content creator Arun Maini put to the test this fantasy that we all had at some point.
And Maini wanted to know what happens if you photocopy money, or rather he wanted to know the result, and that’s why he took all kinds of bills to do the test. As the video shows, he first tried to photocopy a dollar, but when he pressed the Print button, The machine jumped with a message indicating an error.
He then tried other currencies, such as the pound sterling, but again printer jumped with print canceled message. So, to make sure your printer is working, took a ticket from the Monopoly board game and tried to print it. To his surprise, this time the printer yes it worked and makes a photocopy of the ticket.
Why can’t tickets be printed?
After this experience, the user investigated the matter and found out that there was a reason why no printer could photocopy real bills. And regardless of the country they belong to or the value of the said bill, They all have specific models designed to prevent counterfeiting.
Most of them are invisible to the human eyebut the scanners of all printers in the world are able to detect them and They directly block printing. For example, euro banknotes have what is called the EURion constellation, because of its similarity to the Orion constellation, but it is camouflaged and that is why you do not see it.
Besides the fact that this cannot be done on any printer, it is also not recommended to try it because Photocopying banknotes is a serious offence that can lead to serious legal consequences.. That’s why we’ve already explained to you here what’s happening and we don’t recommend trying it yourself.
