Re: [abcusers] Re: Antialiasing

2002-06-16 Thread Phil Taylor
A bit off-topic, but >By special request from the police (mainly the FBI but probably equally >popular with cops from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe) these things also have >steganographic encoding of the copier identity in every image they make. > >Remember when we used to snigger at the Soviets for re

Re: [abcusers] Re: Antialiasing

2002-06-15 Thread Jack Campin
> He described it as a "high quality" photocopier. It must have been > a really high-tech one that rasterised the image. It also must have > had the page horizontally aligned to high precision because it managed > to lose staff lines. By special request from the police (mainly the FBI but probabl

Re: [abcusers] Re: Antialiasing

2002-06-15 Thread Laurie (ukonline)
it himself, personally, ... So I learnt something about photocopiers! Laurie - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2002 12:49 PM Subject: [abcusers] Re: Antialiasing Laurie wrote: >One favourite trick of ink-jet

[abcusers] Re: Antialiasing

2002-06-15 Thread DavBarnert
Laurie wrote: >One favourite trick of ink-jet printers is to develop a blocked >jet and this can do horrible things to horizontal lines of >staffs. You tend to notice them at gigs when you suddenly >realise the music is unreadable. Top or bottom lines are deadly, >but the in-between ones are