Abstract
Being asked to distinguish between two or more inks that may have been used to alter a document is a common problem posed to the Forensic Document Examiner. In today’s modern laboratory, sophisticated instruments have been made available, such as the VSC- 4 and VSC2000, manufactured by Foster & Freeman, Worcestershire, England, that are specifically designed to aid in the differentiation of inks. However, the considerable expense may make these instruments unavailable to many government and private laboratories. The present study introduces a low cost ink differentiation system, comprised of simple commercially available components, and tests its ability to distinguish between various black inks.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.69525/jasqde.78 | Journal eISSN: 1524-7287
Language: English
Page range: 20 - 27
Published on: Jun 1, 2002
Published by: American Society of Questioned Document Examiners
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 2002 Steven G. Drexler, Geoffry Smith, published by American Society of Questioned Document Examiners
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.