A. Go to any Office Supply or Copy Store with DIGITAL COLOR COPY MACHINES available for use by the public
B. Purchase two sheets of Resume Card Stock for 10 cents a sheet = .20
C. Copy both sides of Placard
D. Pay the 39 cents per copy = 78 cents
Total Cost per Forgery = 88 cents
Cut out with scissors, paste together, put under book overnight. Spray glue will permit immediate use. You now have a forgery that is impossible for a law enforcement officer or a parking enforcement officer to determine this forgery is not the actual issued placard.
Remember, an officer is looking for a placard, not a forgery. He or she is looking through a dirty window, often a tinted window, and a window with the sun reflecting off of the surface. Generally, if he enforces the Disabled Person(s) Parking Program at all, he is looking for a vehicle parked in a Handicapped/Disabled Parking Space absent a placard. Generally he or she is making this quick observation from a distance of 25-75 yards away, often from a moving patrol vehicle, watching for pedestrians, listening to his radio among other surrounding distractions.
The Handiplate placard has a blinking LED, easily permitting the officer to visually ascertain the status of the Placard. The Handiplate Placard if stolen, will cease to flash as programmed by the Dedicated Programmer, thus making it useless within hours. Today, if a Placard is stolen, it is never recovered and it is used until the Placard expires. The victim simply is issued another.
The Handiplate Placard cannot be a victim of forgery by use of a Color Copy Machine. How do you make a copy of a blinking LED?????
Advanced reprographic technology improved dramatically during the 1990s. The technology is expected to continue to improve into the next century. Some types of equipment can accurately reproduce the colors and fine-line detail of security documents and are seen as a threat to currency.
Market surveys indicate that as quality, affordability, and availability increase, advanced equipment is becoming the standard in offices, copy centers, and printing facilities. The color copier/printer of the '90s has been compared with the color television of the '70s, when color became the standard, rather than the exception.
Sophisticated copiers, printers, electronic digital scanners, color workstations, and computer software, which today can interface with each other, can present threats to currency. This equipment does not require extensive expertise to operate and is becoming widely accessible through copy centers, corporate offices, and even home use. For this reason, it is important to incorporate security features in U.S. currency that will be effective in countering this type of threat.
Advanced Full-Color Copiers
Advanced full-color copiers use a digital electrophotographic process to produce high quality plain paper copies. Some of these copiers interface with personal computers, allowing the user to scan an image directly into the computer or print an image from the computer.
Digital Scanners
Scanner equipment electronically scans an image or text from an original document and digitizes it into a computer-readable form. With the proper software, a user can display and edit an image on-screen, store it electronically, print the image in color or use it to make offset, letterpress or gravure printing plates.
Color Inkjet Copiers and Printers
Color inkjet copiers utilize scanner technology to digitize an image. They can produce good quality reproductions on plain paper, are widely available and inexpensive. The machines then can be used to scan an image into the computer or to output an image. A typical counterfeit note printed from an inkjet printer/copier can be detected fairly easily by properly examining the note for security features.