To: cypherpunks@toad.com E >The new models, the 350 and 550 do indeed have a currency recognition E >feature based on color. I was talking to a serviceman--interestingly, E >as with all crippling features, this one creates problems, as certain E >images become uncopiable if the color they use is upsetting the canon. E >The service man said that often the offending object may be copied E >simply by placing a sheet of acetate between the imaging area and the E >sheet to be copied. E > E >I used to be skeptical of this feature--someone here conjected that E >it would be based on color. they were right. Smart. E > E >Jay But what color? So does this mean I have to go to all the trouble of buying a Canon copier in Canada or the UK and importing it? Not all currency is the same color. DCF --- WinQwk 2.0b#1165