Scanner Stopped Scanning Paper Money! Why?

A couple of months ago my scanner a Canon MP480 stopped scanning any recent banknotes I put into it. It worked fine until one day it scanned one side with no problem but then when I tried doing the reverse, it wouldn't do it. Now it won't scan the newer notes at all. I've put in an older note and it scans it fine. I tried adding the new note with the old note and it refuses to scan it.

Is there any way of overriding this?

 

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Probably there is a way past this... I don't know the fix though.

Is this the case with just Canadian or just US or just plain any newer notes?

Here is an older thread from this year with other equipment presenting problems due to the security features:

Scanning Banknotes

Maybe it's time for a new scanner, LOL!... I also had this thread of your's bookmarked:

Scanning Paper Banknotes - I Need Help

 

both Canadian and newer U.S. notes. It's something in the software but I'm surprised that it just started doing this recently.

I hate to have to pick up another scanner but I may have to. I'll see if I can find an oldie... it doesn't have to print... just scan.

 

Have you tried reinstalling the hardware and clearing any/all related caches for the scan software, graphics application caches, and so on...?

I'd try to reinstall the entire device and software if you can, before running out and buying another machine.

Of course if you've recently updated software and Canon included some sort of security thing to prevent scanning banknotes then maybe you need to revert to an earlier version of the scan software. Just some thoughts

 

I'll have my computer guru look into it. I know as much about computers as I do about Ethiopian birr coins. (how's that for an astute reference?)

Thanks for the tips, Chris.

 

There are security features that prevent scanning bills. This is due to the advancement in scanners and the quality of printers. Creates the opportunity to counterfeit easier so scanning is not permitted.

 

Not only that, but your printer -- especially a new one -- can send a message to the proper authorities. I kid you not. You are online now, aren't you?

Even an older printer (circa 2000+) will record a timestamp of your action to be accessed later as evidence. I learned this when I completed a law enforcement class in computer crime in 2002.

It creates a problem for the hobby, of course. We just have to live with it.

krispy, thanks for the links. I also followed the information about the EURion constellation. I forgot about that. I archived it on my computer in a couple of places.

 

Part of the problem (with non scanning of newer notes) is the presence of the Eurion Constellation markings. See the article below:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurion

(Referenced by krispy's post above)

Basically, it's a shape comprising of 5 rings (looking similar to the constellation Orion, hence its name!). Modern scanners and printers are programmed to reject scanning/printing items with this pattern. You can see it on modern US notes in the form of little yellow circles making up the pattern. On the $20, for example, the circles are, in fact, the zero in "20" (the above page shows an example highlighted).

To test, take either a $1 (doesn't contain this device) or an older (pre 2000) bill of another denomination and see if that scans.

Hope that helps ...

 

That's the same info given in the first link provided above in post #2, Scanning Banknotes.

Drop down to post #19 of that thread for an illustration/explanation of the markings.

The OP already indicated that it was the NEWER notes that were not scanning so scanning older ones doesn't sound like the problem. Likewise it's an issue with newer Canadian and US notes. I don't know much about newer Canadian security features but have heard of issues with foil(?) in some European notes that conflicts with scanning banknotes.

 

I would actually be a bit surprised if that was true. If you read the link I mentioned in post #16 of the referenced thread, it shows that the Eurion is not the cause of scanner failures, it is much more complicated than that. As stated in both that article and the Wikipeda article, Eurion is a device used in photocopiers. I tested this myself on my scanner, and was not able to get Eurion on its own to trigger the failure mode.

Dave

 

I believe newer versions of image manipulation programs such as Photoshop are also written to now recognize banknotes and they will not allow you to work with the images.

 

Again, as linked to in the second post of this thread, see Scanning Paper Banknotes - I Need Help (post #10), where I demonstrated an example of what happens in Photoshop when you open a scanned image file of a bank note that has advanced security features:

Additionally, another member demonstrated similar results (post #19) in the thread, Scanning Banknotes, as mentioned once earlier today in this thread regarding scanned notes with the Eurion Constellation opened in the graphics editing software, Photoshop.​

 

Welcome to the DMCA... yeah - I think it will work with Linux, but I'm not certain. Copiers and scanners are supposed to have technology to prevent scanning US Currency but the DRM features can be overdrive on the driver software...if you write it yourself

 

http://www.xsane.org/

 

:thumb:Thanks Ruben....

I'll look into this once my migraine subsides... too hard to think right now.

 

the secret service thinks your counterfeiting and sent a virus to your scanner software...lol

 

What defines "final use." Let's say I scan a $20 for my kid's school project but I'm pretty sure that my younger child will have the same project next year. It's a waste of time and energy to rescan it. What if I want to keep it in case my grandkids need it in twenty years?

Again, they're making legal actions illegal because they need more charges for when they catch real criminals and they want a cheap shot at you if they need to make your life hell as in "Hey you wrote a nasty letter to the President and we found this scan of money on your computer using our secret Microsoft backdoor to Windows. You're going to jail now."

 

Huh? I thought that I had posted a comment but either I hit the wrong button or the great computer ate it.

I just scanned a brand, spanking new $20 on my HP Scanjet 3500c without any problem and opened it in Paint Shop Pro as well as MS Paint with no problems or warnings.

 

For a year I had no problem scanning notes, it just started recently. The scanner works fine for everything else, it's just banknotes it no longer scans.

As suggested by others, it may have received an upgrade/update through the net which is stopping it from doing the notes.

 

To Counterfeit is Death

I became aware of the problem a few years ago when I was the editor of the MSNS Mich-Matist and tried to place a Detroit Depression Scrip note on the cover of the magazine. This note is very much based on US Paper Money design themes. So, there was that.

I just now scanned a USD50 on my 5-year old HP PSC 1610 All-in-One. The note scanned fully. I saved the JPG and opened it in MS Office Picture Manager and also in Paint. No problem. When I printed the image, I got this:

A little bit of the back of the note and then the notice to goto
http://www.rulesofuse.org but I will have to post that later... because now my mouse stopped working...