Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 UW 5/3/83; site uw-beaver Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!laser-lovers From: laser-lovers@uw-beaver (laser-lovers) Newsgroups: fa.laser-lovers Subject: Re: Using Laser Printer as a Copier? Message-ID: <1952@uw-beaver> Date: Tue, 16-Oct-84 14:06:21 EDT Article-I.D.: uw-beave.1952 Posted: Tue Oct 16 14:06:21 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 17-Oct-84 06:48:51 EDT Sender: daemon@uw-beave Organization: U of Washington Computer Science Lines: 14 From: Brian ReidA combination laser printer and copier is a lot like a combination automobile and speedboat--it will likely require too many engineering compromises. My friends who understand the black magic of xerographic reproduction tell me that when you tune a reprographic device for optimum performance in laser imaging, it is substantially sub-optimal for copying, and vice versa. Also, I am told, the better-quality laser printers use a write-black technology, while copiers must use (by definition) a write-white technology. Now what I really want is a laser printer with enough oomph to be a printing press, something like the fabled Xerox Dover.