On 10/27/2010 9:59 AM, Michael A. Terrell wrote:

"DoN. Nichols" wrote:

On 2010-10-27, Michael A. wrote:

"DoN. Nichols" wrote:

On 2010-10-26, Michael A. wrote:

"DoN. Nichols" wrote:

On 2010-10-25, Gerald wrote:
On 25 Oct 2010 04:33:43 GMT, "DoN.
wrote:

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Colored inks do fade -- especially red. And the inks commonly
used for handwriting do fade too -- unless you are using India ink.

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And then there is the output from thermal printers!

Well ... yes -- but who publishes (or published) books using
thermal printers? :-) Presumably the Kindle would mostly be used for
books which you purchase and download, not for self publication. :-)


Check out http://www.lulu.com for self publishing.

I didn't see anything which suggested that the print was done
with thermal printing. (Of course, I did not have Flash or JavaScript
enabled -- but would not unless I *needed* their services. :-) And if
they wanted to use thermal printing, I would look elsewhere. :-)


Well, Laser printing is a form of thermal printing. ;-)

Well ... sort of. It is using the heat to melt the toner which
has been electrostatically attracted to where the print should be.


My first experince with thermal printing was in Jr. High school in
the mid '60s. I used heat sensitive foils to apply the Dewy decimal
numbers to lots of library books, with a wood burning tool and the
foils.

Damn! That was you doing that? Small world, it is



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