When is a copy not a copy

MrWizard wrote:
frist and fore most is the mode used
copy mode is a photo copy

That's what I thought- but on those models, copy is not a photo copy- it's a scan and print, instead.

frist and fore most is the mode used
copy mode is a photo copy
but 'optical code reading' aka conversion to text or pdf , is pre publishing 'coding' mode

if you are using the pc & scanner you have to pay cclose attention to the 'scan' mode and proof read the document

a fax/facsimile is by definition a transmitted photo copy and Not a conversion to another format

but if you 'text scan' it instead of photo copy it,, you might not be sending a correct copy

Based on the way the commercial copiers at work operate, I'm guessing this is happening because the copiers are now using scanning technology rather than copy technology the old copiers used (remember they were originally called photo copiers). Most of the new copiers are copy, scan and fax combination machines. The machine scans the document and then depending on which selection you make will print a copy, scanned document file or fax the document.

In working with scanners, even the most recent ones will once in a while change letters. The colors of the original ink or paper or defects in the paper will confuse the scanning software and it will best guess.

The advantage to copies made by scanning the document and the capability to save it as a digital file as well as print it; allows for changes to a document where the old copies were images and could not be changed.

If the new copiers are using this same scanning technology you can expect errors.

So now-a-days a copy is not a pretty picture, it's a bunch of bytes.