I actually tried that - scanning and printing money on a normal office scanner/printer combo from HP. Euros worked fine, as did Scottish pounds. So unless the A

I actually tried that - scanning and printing money on a normal office scanner/printer combo from HP. Euros worked fine, as did Scottish pounds. So unless the ATM I used to withdraw cash was loaded with fake notes, it doesn't seem to be true in general. Maybe it's only done on devices with really high DPI? I mean nobody would get deceived by a grainy 600DPI simple image of a banknote printed on standard office paper.