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From: woody@chinacat.Unicom.COM (Woody Baker @ Eagle Signal)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: OCR font, check printing
Summary: they don't look
Message-ID: <1121@chinacat.Unicom.COM>
Date: 29 Mar 90 15:56:21 GMT
References: <1990Mar19.000741.13602@cs.utk.edu> <1990Mar26.163531.12949@alphalpha.com>
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In article <1990Mar26.163531.12949@alphalpha.com>, nazgul@alphalpha.com (Kee Hinckley) writes:
> In article <34896@news.Think.COM> barmar@nugodot.think.com.UUCP (Barry Margolin) writes:
> >I presume the signature was original, not copied.  Otherwise, what would
> >prevent me from photocopying a check multiple times in order to steal money
> >from the payer

I don't think that the banks do much checking (sorry for the pun) anymore.
I have friends who have had unsigned checks cashed by thier bank, checks signed
with the wrong name, and in some cases (over the phone no less ) have signed
the persons name to the check (on verbal over the phone confirmation!).

The bottom line, is that it is very easy to commit fraud with checks.  Laser
printing a signature or even a rubber stamp makes me very uncomfortable.

Cheers
Woody

p.s.  This has gotten WAY off Postscript......