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Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution

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On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 15:26:45 +0100,  wrote:

> On 2017-04-20 13:26:03 +0000, "James Wilkinson Sword"
> <imvalid@somewear.com> said:
>
>> On Sat, 15 Apr 2017 22:55:48 +0100,  wrote:
>>
>>> On 2017-04-15 20:55:25 +0000, "James Wilkinson Sword"
>>> <imvalid@somewear.com> said:
>>>
>>>> On Sat, 15 Apr 2017 21:49:08 +0100,  wrote:
>>>>> On 2017-04-15 18:48:14 +0000, "James Wilkinson Sword"
>>>>> <imvalid@somewear.com> said:
>>>>>> On Wed, 12 Apr 2017 05:41:19 +0100,  wrote:
>>>>>>> On 2017-04-12 03:44:10 +0000, Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> said:
>>>>>>>> On 04/11/2017 04:43 PM, Savageduck wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [snip]
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> For many good photo printers you will usually find 6 or more inks. My
>>>>>>>>> Epson uses 8 UltraChrome K3 inks; Photo Black, Light Black, Light Light
>>>>>>>>> Black, Yellow, Vivid Magenta, Vivid Light Magenta, Cyan, Light Cyan, and
>>>>>>>>> when using matte paper Photo Black is exchanged for Matte Black. The
>>>>>>>>> newer photo printers user 10 tanks.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Is light black like dark white?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Perhaps the "Light Light Black" would be closer to that description,
>>>>>>> but I have never made a print isolated to that ink, so who knows. I
>>>>>>> have never thought of it as a "dark white". However, printing a
>>>>>>> graduated grey scale using the three blacks; Black, Light Black, and
>>>>>>> Light Light Black produces a smoother grad, and gives better shadow to
>>>>>>> light transitions, especially with toning in B&W prints.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That idea can be seen in this shot:
>>>>>>> <https://www.dropbox.com/s/c79h3ryxhxp2tu9/DSC_3427-Edit-2.jpg>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I just printed that on photo paper at max quality (it took 5 minutes)
>>>>>> with 4 inks.  It looks perfect (well as good as the image on the
>>>>>> screen).  Either it's jpeg compressed too much, or I can see artefacts
>>>>>> from your CCD.  If you look for example in the top left corner, you can
>>>>>> clearly see where the shades of grey change.  If you zoom in, it looks
>>>>>> like JPEG artefacts (blockyness).
>>>>>
>>>>> You might have noted that image is a resized, 666KB 1476 x 980 JPEG
>>>>> intended for the purpose of illustrating a gradient on screen, not for
>>>>> the production of a print.
>>>>
>>>> It doesn't illustrate it very well, as it's low quality.
>>>>
>>>>> So whatever you printed was hardly at "max
>>>>> quality" regardless of the number of inks used,
>>>>
>>>> It certainly was, the printer was set to the highest setting of 5.
>>>>
>>>>> or the time it took
>>>>> your printer to grind out a print. I would never use that particular
>>>>> file for printing, and I was not about to post a link to a 73MB 4288 x
>>>>> 2848 PSD which is what I have printed from.
>>>>
>>>> So why not link to something that's a decent test?  I've got broadband
>>>> you know, I can download a large image....
>>>
>>> Think about it. Why would anybody care to share a full quality image
>>> file with a stranger.
>>
>> To make your point.
>>
>>> I have no problem posting image files for
>>> illustrative or demo, but those are going to be resized and somewhat
>>> compressed.
>>
>> Why?
>
> Think about it, perhaps the answer will come to you.

Are you one of those capitalist morons that thinks photos are worth a lot of money?  If I wanted to pinch a photo, there are plenty on google and p2p.

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Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-15 19:48 +0100
  Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2017-04-15 13:49 -0700
    Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-15 21:55 +0100
      Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-15 17:03 -0400
        Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-15 22:47 +0100
          Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-15 19:10 -0400
            Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-22 18:31 +0100
      Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2017-04-15 14:55 -0700
        Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-20 14:26 +0100
          Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2017-04-20 07:26 -0700
            Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-20 15:31 +0100

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