Abstract
The content of my talk at the last year meeting unintentionally differed somewhat from that of my proceeding ; in response to the request from the program committee for the present meeting, an outline of the last year talk is first recorded. The outline ends with four issues in concern ; (a) Change in the value of hardcopy as a tool for thought, (b) The future of digital image processing service for the photo-finishing market, (c) Prevalence of on-demand printing, and (d) Causes of the people's preference of conventional media to new digital prints. The present talk again deals with the same issues taking into account the changes in 1997.
