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Re: Original vs. Copy: Printed Lego Items
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Date: 
Mon, 16 May 2005 17:25:30 GMT
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Frank Filz wrote:
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.

Oh, and that suggests a way to identify a copy. If it's waxy, it's almost
certainly a copy.

Frank



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(...) 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, (...) (19 years ago, 16-May-05, to lugnet.general)

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