4 Aug
2005
4 Aug
'05
2:23 p.m.
>>>> "Patrick" == Patrick
Finnegan <pat at computer-refuge.org> writes:
Patrick> On Thursday 04 August 2005 15:46, Paul Koning wrote:
> >>>>> "Patrick" ==
Patrick Finnegan <pat at computer-refuge.org>
> writes:
> >>
> >> From my understanding, Hans could have made the calendars much
> >> cheaper
>
Patrick> if he had wanted to make some concessions in getting the
Patrick> calendars made. As it is, the pictures were taken with a
Patrick> very high quality digital camera (to satisfy Tony, high
Patrick> quality relative to what digital cameras can do ;), and he
Patrick> had actual lithographic plates made for printing the
Patrick> calendars, instead of having them digitally printed.
> Huh?
>
> Digital presses use offset, too. And "lithographic plates"
> (offset printing plates) these days are made by digital processes.
Patrick> Digital *printing* (which is what I said above) doesn't.
Patrick> Well, at least the last time I checked, my Color LaserJet
Patrick> didn't look or sound much like a printing press. :)
Digital printing is ambiguous. To some it means xerographic printing;
to others it means digital presses. Generically it means a device
where computer data goes in one end and paper with marks on it comes
out the other.
paul