1. A system for reading an identifier from an object having a portion of a fractal image imparted thereon, comprising: an imaging apparatus for imaging a portion of a fractal image from the object, the fractal image repeating in the direction of continuous travel of one or more objects through a printing location, at least the portion of the fractal image being printed to each of a plurality of objects, including the object, as the plurality of objects reach the printing location; and a comparator for comparing one or more expected attributes of the imaged fractal image with one or more corresponding actual attributes of the imaged fractal image.