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US firm tackles ink cartridge piracy

Wednesday 04 July, 2007

A San Francisco firm is aiming to reduce ink cartridge piracy by using new technology to make it harder for printers to use off-brand and counterfeit products.

The move by Cryptography Research could benefit users of ink products such as Lexmark printer cartridges, Canon printer cartridges and Epson printer cartridges.

Cryptography Research will develop new chips that could ultimately lead to helping printer manufacturers protect their main source of profit, reports CNET News.com.

According to the website, two of the most common ways printer companies are ripped off are when used cartridges get refilled and sold as new and when cartridges get illegally replicated through reverse engineering.

"We're not saying we can end piracy, but our system is designed to recover from failure," said Kit Rodgers, the company's vice president of business development.

Cryptography Research indicates that solving complex data security problems is its speciality.

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