Talk:Optical printer

Optival vs Contact Printing
"As in any analog process, every optical 'pass' degraded the picture, just like a photocopy of a photocopy (although the degradation can be greater with contact printing than with optical printing).[7]"

The "can" in "can be greater..." is a little ambiguous. A quick read might give the impression that optical printing is generally better (although I don't think the the editor meant it this way).

According to the cite, only when contact between the elements is compromised does the quality fall below that of optical printing.

So I changes it to read:

"As in any analog process, every optical 'pass' degraded the picture, just like a photocopy of a photocopy. Properly performed contact printing generally creates less degradation, however, under certain conditions the degradation can be greater with contact printing than with optical printing.[7]"