Social media users were stunned this week to learn what happens when you try to reprint money using a photocopy machine.
Many modern photocopiers make it physically impossible to photocopy legal tender in its original format.
Any banknotes that have the EURion Constellation on them can be detected by photocopiers.
‘I didn’t know this,’ wrote one Australian Instagram user on Monday.
Another commented: ‘Wow no way! I’m trying it.’
Social media users have been baffled over why they can’t re-print money using a photocopy machine
Others claimed they were able to achieve the feat, with one commenting, ‘You need to either move it so the sensors can see the note or put a bigger piece of paper on top’.
‘I just did it no issues,’ claimed another Instagram user.
The machines are programmed to refuse to print copies to prevent counterfeiting.
The EURion constellation is a pattern consisting of five circles arranged like the constellation of Orion.
It is visible on notes and easily picked up by printing machines.
Any currency notes that have the EURion Constellation on them can be detected by modern photocopiers. Machines are programmed to refuse to print copies to prevent counterfeiting
Daily Mail Australia attempted to photocopy a 50 dollar note, as well as a 10 dollar note, with the printer failing to deliver a full copy of the notes
Daily Mail Australia attempted to photocopy a 50 dollar note, as well as a 10 dollar note, with the printer failing to deliver a full copy of either bill.
While some printers won’t re-print the cash, some machines shut down completely.
Meanwhile, applications like Abobe Photoshop refuse to print banknotes.
It comes after radio hosts Kyle Sandilands and Jackie ‘O’ Henderson were left baffled during their show on Monday when they tried to photocopy money.
Radio hosts Kyle Sandilands and Jackie ‘O’ Henderson were left baffled during their show on Monday when they tried to photocopy money
The KIIS FM stars were surprised to learn that it is impossible to scan and print money using a digital printer.
Newsreader Brooklyn Ross revealed the act won’t work, but Kyle, 52, refused to believe it.
‘The machine would still, it copies anything,’ Kyle said.
‘But have you done it?’ Brooklyn asked, before the radio shock jock replied: ‘No, but it copies anything.’
Kyle placed a five dollar note on the scanner, directly under a warning symbol that instructed not to photocopy stamps or cash
Jackie sceptically added: ‘Maybe it doesn’t. Maybe it detects it and goes… Uh-uh.’
Kyle dismissed the claim as ‘ridiculous’, before ordering his producers to try and print money in the office.
After several attempts, Intern Pete scrambled before alerting the hosts that their printer would receive an error message and not photocopy the currency bill.
‘It comes up with a warning that says… It won’t even print. It says, ‘cannot scan original.”
The results confirmed the printer refused to scan and print the money. A warning sign popped up that read: ‘Cannot copy this original’
Kyle was left red-faced. ‘It appears that the photocopier will not scan…’ he said, embarrassed
But Kyle refused to back down and be proven wrong, leaving the studio room and attempting the scan and print for himself.
He placed a five dollar note on the scanner, directly under a warning symbol that instructed not to photocopy stamps or cash.
‘He hates being proven wrong,’ Jackie said.
The results confirmed the printer refused to scan and print the money, and Kyle was left red-faced.
‘It appears that the photocopier will not scan…’ he said, embarrassed.
