how to implement the Eurion constellation security measure

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This week I learned that there is a hidden pattern on money (banknotes in particular), called the eurion constellation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EURion_constellation

I work for a company that handles electronic documents. And it'd be pretty cool to be able to embed this pattern in such a way that the resulting document can no longer be printed.

I have tried creating a PDF document that contains the constellation, but I must be doing something wrong. I was able to print and scan this PDF perfectly fine.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/uejiebty0kh9v7t/eurion.pdf?dl=0

Does anyone have experience with these hidden security features?

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From both the wikipedia article and the referenced patent application, it seems that EURion is intended to prevent copying, not printing or scanning; all references refer to color photocopying and photocopying machines. There might be another anti-counterfeiting method that will prevent printers from printing banknotes, but it doesn't seem to be EURion.

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