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WYSIWYG – what’s that?! Well, you pronounce it "whiz-e-wig", and it’s an acronym used in the image duplication industry. It stands for What You See Is What You Get. What it refers to is the principle of perfect reproduction – you want to be able to reproduce exactly what you print or copy. This has always been the goal of printing technologists – to get the perfect reproduction.

Printing in the modern age is as simple as a mouse click. In seconds, all your effort can be paid off in a beautiful, crisp rendering of your work on fresh new paper. But it may surprise you to know just how complicated this process actually is.

Like many things in the modern era, print cartridges are often used but rarely understood. When they break down, most of us scratch our heads in confusion.

If we’re really technically inclined, we may give the printer a good smack to see if we can intimidate it into printing off a few more pages.

Have you seen the latest in projectors? Have you checked out the newest multimedia projectors? It’s totally amazing what they can do now. You can hook them up to computers, DVDs, VCRs, HDTVs – there are all kinds of electronic possibilities. And there are so many models to choose from now, each with their own “exclusive” feature. If you’re considering buying one, you’ll definitely need to shop around. But as you shop, you’ll also need to know what you’re shopping for.

The purpose of photocopiers is to create a clear picture – a picture that’s an exact duplicate of the original. Look at the word – photocopy. Photo – picture of. Copy – duplicate. So, as we said, a photocopy is a duplicate of the original picture. But how could an exact copy be created? What kind of technology would it involve? Would it surprise you that the technology behind photocopying is based on two natural phenomena?

The amazing thing about how photocopiers work is the nature of these phenomena. These principles are: