"Stripes" and "strips" may not be the same.  One CCD 'strip' could
capture three scan 'stripes' for each scan line via three different color
filters.  Problem is that we don't know today what the HP writer meant by
the term stripes in 1997-98.

Bob Shomler

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> Don't confuse a tri-linear array (R-G-B) with 3 strips.  The 3 lines of
> the tri-linear CCD all look at the same strip.
>
> By the way, I misspoke about the Horizon, it had 3 5,000 element CCD's
> (not tri-linear, three pass, three strips), the IMagiTex scanners had 5,
> 5,000 element CCD's (monochrome, one pass, five strips).
>
> Mr. bill
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>>Laurie Solomon wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Bob,
>>>
>>>First, thanks for the information; but second, please elaborate.  I do not
>>>understand what is meant by "There are, in fact, three stripes. Each having
>>>greater than 2400 photo sites" in the quote:

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