fig3 illustrates an attempted reproduction of the non reproducible document 10 as shown in the figure the non reproducible document 10 is positioned on a glass plate 18 such as the face plate in a standard photocopying machine the holographic layer 14 is pressed against the upper surface of glass plate 18 and a light source 20 is positioned beneath the plate 18 ordinarily light 22 is generated by light source 20 passes through glass plate 18 and is reflected from the surface of the conventional document to be copied with the reflected light being picked up by image receiver 24 as shown in fig3 the holographic layer 14 produces scattered light rays 26 which are not picked up by image receiver 24 thus document 10 is rendered unreproducible through standard optical processes although shown in fig3 as a scattering process the holographic layer 14 may be formed to directionally reflect the light generated by light source 20 in other words the light generated by light source 20 could be reflected or deflected in a user selectable direction this would allow the user to either reflect light completely away from the image pick up 24 or direct all of the light into the image pick up 24 thus obscuring the reflected image and deterring reproduction of the document the degree of scattering or the specific angles of reflection of the light generated by light source 20 may.