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Re: Original vs. Copy: Printed Lego Items
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Mon, 16 May 2005 17:19:31 GMT
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Ross Crawford wrote:
Oooops, just realised the catalog is probably colour, and all colour
copiers are digital (AFAIK). So yes, you can probably tell with
enough magnification.

I'm pretty sure there are non-digital color copiers. I have a color
photocopy hanging in my office that was made at least 20 years ago, and with
the tools available here in the office, I can't see any pixelation. I guess
it could be digitial, but if so, it's a pretty high resolution.

Note that there's no reason a color copy has to be digital. The copier can
still make three (or 4) scans for each color through a filter imaging each
scan onto the drum and printing that color ink in the same way a B&W copier
works for it's single pass with black ink.

What's impressive is how good the copy still looks today. I'm pretty sure
it's a thermal wax print (it feels waxy) which should have good color
retention. It's hung unprotected enough that the white border at the edge of
the paper has yellowed quite a bit, but the reds and yellow are still quite
vivid.

Frank



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  Re: Original vs. Copy: Printed Lego Items
 
(...) Oh, and that suggests a way to identify a copy. If it's waxy, it's almost certainly a copy. Frank (20 years ago, 16-May-05, to lugnet.general)

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  Re: Original vs. Copy: Printed Lego Items
 
(...) Oooops, just realised the catalog is probably colour, and all colour copiers are digital (AFAIK). So yes, you can probably tell with enough magnification. ROSCO (20 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.general)

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