Thread: Why flash?
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Old 03-20-2009, 10:31 AM   #16
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Originally Posted by mjh215 View Post
Actually what it is doing is reversing the screen, it isn't just a black flash but black and white. It is just the largest percentage of the screen is white so you mostly notice a black flash. The black text flashes white. As Jon stated this zeroes out the screen prior to drawing the next page. This is at least my understanding of it.
I think that depends on which device you have. Some of them flash black, some of them flash a reverse image... etc. It's not specific to the eInk screen, but more a controller/software choice depending on what brand of reader you have.
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