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[OM] Re: Urban Legend Heard at Wallyworld

Subject: [OM] Re: Urban Legend Heard at Wallyworld
From: John Hudson <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:00:50 -0300
This response does not answer my question. If the image is stored on the 
computer's hard drive will repeated printing degrade the image file on the 
hard drive?

jh

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob Harrison" <robhar54@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 6:13 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: Urban Legend Heard at Wallyworld


>
> Not to worry. This process can very simply be reversed by subsequently
> printing a corresponding "negative" version of the image, which
> restores the depleted pixels. AG forgot to mention that very important
> point.
>
> RH
>
>
> On Aug 18, 2008, at 2:02 PM, John Hudson wrote:
>
>>
>> So, if I open an image that is stored on the hard drive and then
>> print it
>> using RAM as the medium through which the image is conveyed to the
>> printer's
>> printing mechanism are you saying that the image stored on the hard
>> drive
>> will be gradually depleted?
>>
>> What will be depleted are the printer's reservoirs of inks but the
>> image on
>> the hard drive as well ?
>>
>> jh
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ken Norton" <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 5:50 PM
>> Subject: [OM] Re: Urban Legend Heard at Wallyworld
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Jan wrote:
>>>> Simply opening it and closing it without re-saving does no harm.
>>>> Otherwise, pictures on websites that are repeatedly viewed (which is
>>>> "opening and closing" them) would rapidly degrade.
>>>
>>> Ah, but there is a difference here.  Viewing an image doesn't
>>> degrade it.
>>> However printing does.  The printing process depletes each pixel of
>>> a bit
>>> of
>>> the density.  Displaying an image on a monitor is using "additive"
>>> colors
>>> whereas printing is "subtractive".  If you print an image enough
>>> times,
>>> you
>>> will have subtracted all the bits out of the image.
>>>
>>> Good grief, and I have to EXPLAIN all this to you guys?
>>>
>>> AG
>>>
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