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by namibj 2916 days ago
The bad thing was that it used lossy compression when copying. That was the problem.
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No. The bug was when using the "Scan to PDF" function. It happened on all quality settings. Copying (scanning+printing in one step, no PDF) was not effected.
I remember differently, but I don't want to pull up the source right now.

I did check some of the sources, but was not able to find the one I remember which had statistics on it.

The xerox FAQ to it does lead me to consider that I might be confusing this with some other incident though, as they claim that Scanning is the only thing that is affected.

https://media.ccc.de/v/31c3_-_6558_-_de_-_saal_g_-_201412282...

I'd believe him more then any other source.

He did his presentation in english at FrOSCon 2015, can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=95&v=c0O6UXrOZJo