I don't see this as a problem. Even if you do counterfeit money. If you were a smart criminal (if there is such a thing) you would buy (or steal) the printer, not register it, do your thing, then destroy it. It's really not a big deal I don't think. Just a way to catch the more ignorant and less schooled of the Crime World. But, governments do like to waste money on a false sense of security.
So, don't counterfeit money, don't print death threats to the President (or King and Queen), or ransom notes on printers, unless you want to take a chance of getting caught. And if you were doing any of those three things, then you deserve the affectionate title of "Dumbass".