Hattix t1_j8qkmql wrote on February 16, 2023 at 6:01 AM

Reply to comment by COMPUTER1313 in TIL that back in 2013, Xerox had scanners that would randomly change numbers after scanning a document. by COMPUTER1313

No it wouldn't.

The use of the aggressive JBIG2 setting was not default. You had to change it yourself on the MFD's interface, where there was a warning saying that this setting could cause character substitution errors.

ImNrNanoGiga t1_j8r57zs wrote on February 16, 2023 at 10:37 AM

https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/13/08/10/1241249/xerox-confirms-to-david-kriesel-number-mangling-occuring-on-factory-settings

What about this then?

Shishire t1_j8raxy5 wrote on February 16, 2023 at 11:50 AM

It ultimately turned out that it did it even on the highest setting, so that the only way to actually get a clean scan was to scan to TIFF.