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From: kenny@m.cs.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Xerox Method of Making P. C. Boards
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Date: 24 Jan 89 20:21:00 GMT
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rzh@lll-lcc.llnl.gov writes: 

>[...] copy machines frequently distort in one, or both, dimensions.
>Is this loss of 1:1 scale a problem??  It can be very difficult to
>notice in copying the printed page, but bothersome when copying things
>that need to be at the right scale (e.  g.  maps).

That's the reason that I was discussing output from a premium laser
prnter, and mentioning that I was twiddling scale factors to keep
everything within tolerance.  Making the transparency with ThermoFax
wouldn't mess up the aspect ratio, because ThermoFax is a
contact-printing process.

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