Most of my printing involves documents and legal briefs. There is some
color printing for brochures and stuff I find on the Internet. Can
someone recommend a color ink jet that prints laser-like text and is
reasonably fast.
HP printers have a good reputation for giving high quality text. Color
printing should be good as well. If ink cost is not the critical factor and
the very best photo printing of that import then you may be very satisfied.
--
Jan Alter bearpuf@verizon.net
or jalter@phila.k12.pa.us
"B. Schneier" <m.ps@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:Y9O8j.533$7I.158@trndny09...
> Most of my printing involves documents and legal briefs. There is some
> color printing for brochures and stuff I find on the Internet. Can someone
> recommend a color ink jet that prints laser-like text and is reasonably
> fast.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> BS
HP Deskjets for all around color printing
Some brand of color Laser - HP may not be the best here. Look at Okidata
B. Schneier wrote: Most of my printing involves documents and legal briefs. There is some color printing for brochures and stuff I find on the Internet. Can someone recommend a color ink jet that prints laser-like text and is reasonably fast.
On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 10:39:52 GMT, "B. Schneier"
<m.ps@verizon.net> wrote:
>Most of my printing involves documents and legal briefs. There is some
>color printing for brochures and stuff I find on the Internet. Can
>someone recommend a color ink jet that prints laser-like text and is
>reasonably fast.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>BS
Define reasonably fast. It's fairly inherant in ink jet
tech that if printing decent quality (not quick draft mode)
color brochures or internet "stuff", it'll be slow.
Unless you have a need to print very high quality color
photos, I suggest a median volume / quality / price, color
laser printer. When printing something like a brochure, use
semi-glossy coated paper (for lasers, it need not be an
absorbent coating on the paper like with inkjet paper, and
very high gloss inkjet paper cannot be used but you wouldn't
want to use it as that would be the opposite problem of
uncoated paper, being too glossy in light areas.
Laser picture output quality varies, read a few reviews of
models you might consider.
"B. Schneier" <m.ps@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:Y9O8j.533$7I.158@trndny09...
> Most of my printing involves documents and legal briefs. There is some
> color printing for brochures and stuff I find on the Internet. Can someone
> recommend a color ink jet that prints laser-like text and is reasonably
> fast.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> BS
"Fast" and "quality" do not always quarter in comfort.
Almost any inkjet is capable of excellent quality text with the right paper,
and almost any high-quality printer is capable of producing crappy text with
the wrong paper.
The latest Canon models, IP4500 being the cheapest, have a larger head and
are capable of speed and quality. They will use either dye or pigment black
depending your paper settings. (IP3500 has only pigment black and text
quality will suffer using high-res paper settings). The caveat being that
you need to select appropriate paper, and off-the-shelf 20# paper isn't it.
On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 14:42:07 -0700, "DanG" <nospam@q.com>
wrote:
>
>"B. Schneier" <m.ps@verizon.net> wrote in message
>news:Y9O8j.533$7I.158@trndny09...
>> Most of my printing involves documents and legal briefs. There is some
>> color printing for brochures and stuff I find on the Internet. Can someone
>> recommend a color ink jet that prints laser-like text and is reasonably
>> fast.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> BS
>
>"Fast" and "quality" do not always quarter in comfort.
>
>Almost any inkjet is capable of excellent quality text with the right paper,
>and almost any high-quality printer is capable of producing crappy text with
>the wrong paper.
Agreed, with an inkjet, but what do you consider a good
high-volume use paper for inkjet?
One of the benefits of a laser is that just about anything
you shove into it (besides very glossy paper the toner just
won't adhere to before it's fused to the paper, or certain
types of plastics that have a melting point too low... more
of a problem with older lasers that ran at higher fuser
temps than today's color lasers that use toner with more
waxy-whatever lower melting point), prints out sharp as a
tack. Basically it means you can buy bulk copy machine
paper which is far less expensive than many other types.
>
>The latest Canon models, IP4500 being the cheapest, have a larger head and
>are capable of speed and quality. They will use either dye or pigment black
>depending your paper settings. (IP3500 has only pigment black and text
>quality will suffer using high-res paper settings). The caveat being that
>you need to select appropriate paper, and off-the-shelf 20# paper isn't it.
>
The other option is what many people do, use a B&W laser for
text documents and (color) inkjet for pictures.
"kony" <spam@spam.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 14:42:07 -0700, "DanG" <nospam@q.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"B. Schneier" <m.ps@verizon.net> wrote in message
>>news:Y9O8j.533$7I.158@trndny09...
>>> Most of my printing involves documents and legal briefs. There is
>>> some
>>> color printing for brochures and stuff I find on the Internet. Can
>>> someone
>>> recommend a color ink jet that prints laser-like text and is
>>> reasonably
>>> fast.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>
>>> BS
>>
>>"Fast" and "quality" do not always quarter in comfort.
>>
>>Almost any inkjet is capable of excellent quality text with the right
>>paper,
>>and almost any high-quality printer is capable of producing crappy
>>text with
>>the wrong paper.
>
> Agreed, with an inkjet, but what do you consider a good
> high-volume use paper for inkjet?
>
> One of the benefits of a laser is that just about anything
> you shove into it (besides very glossy paper the toner just
> won't adhere to before it's fused to the paper, or certain
> types of plastics that have a melting point too low... more
> of a problem with older lasers that ran at higher fuser
> temps than today's color lasers that use toner with more
> waxy-whatever lower melting point), prints out sharp as a
> tack. Basically it means you can buy bulk copy machine
> paper which is far less expensive than many other types.
>
>
>
>>
>>The latest Canon models, IP4500 being the cheapest, have a larger head
>>and
>>are capable of speed and quality. They will use either dye or pigment
>>black
>>depending your paper settings. (IP3500 has only pigment black and text
>>quality will suffer using high-res paper settings). The caveat being
>>that
>>you need to select appropriate paper, and off-the-shelf 20# paper
>>isn't it.
>>
>
> The other option is what many people do, use a B&W laser for
> text documents and (color) inkjet for pictures.
I think Schneier wants what he says he wants, and it could
be productive to review what he says. I noticed this thread
went over pretty quick to laser printers, without recognizing
a key difference from inkjets, that laser printers, even the
most modern ones, use a fuser step in copy printing and this
fuser has to boost power requirements sharply. The inkjet
has no fuser thus runs without that peak power need of the
laser printer's fuser. Until he says something else, as far
as I'm concerned he's asking about inkjets *for this reason*
and so laser printers are probably off his track. Maybe
someone could reply to him, asking, well, *could you use* a
laser printer in your application? And if he responds 'Yes,'
then the thread could go into laser printers. But for now I
see no reason at all to be talking about other than inkjets.
Cheers -- Martha Adams [comp.periphs.printers 2007 Dec 15]
Most of my printing involves documents and legal briefs. There is some color printing for brochures and stuff I find on the Internet. Can someone recommend a color ink jet that prints laser-like text and is reasonably fast. Thanks in advance, BS
"Fast" and "quality" do not always quarter in comfort. Almost any inkjet is capable of excellent quality text with the right paper, and almost any high-quality printer is capable of producing crappy text with the wrong paper. The latest Canon models, IP4500 being the cheapest, have a larger head and are capable of speed and quality. They will use either dye or pigment black depending your paper settings. (IP3500 has only pigment black and text quality will suffer using high-res paper settings). The caveat being that you need to select appropriate paper, and off-the-shelf 20# paper isn't it.
I own both an HP and a Canon. The HP does a better job of business printing while the Canon prints better photos. Beaware that many posters to this group will claim they have Canon printer or an Epson printer and some will claim they have an HP printer. But they do not. They do not know what kind of printer they really have.
When you unpack a printer of a certain brand it comes with ink carts. Thats when you have that particular brand. Many here put who knows what crap in their printer so they no longer have the printer they purchased.
measekite <inkystinky@oem.com> posted the following
nonsense in news:Ln09j.4340$Vq.3768@nlpi061.nbdc.sbc.com:
> Be aware that many posters to this group will claim
they
> have Canon printer or an Epson printer and some will
> claim they have an HP printer. But they do not. They do
> not know what kind of printer they really have.
Pinch me; no one can possibly say anything this stupid!
>
> "kony" <spam@spam.com> wrote in message
> news:6il8m3pjckva5u5css8n3lv8k1ob62s40v@4ax.com...
>
>> On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 14:42:07 -0700, "DanG" <nospam@q.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> "B. Schneier" <m.ps@verizon.net> wrote in message
>>> news:Y9O8j.533$7I.158@trndny09...
>>>
>>>> Most of my printing involves documents and legal briefs. There is some
>>>> color printing for brochures and stuff I find on the Internet. Can
>>>> someone
>>>> recommend a color ink jet that prints laser-like text and is reasonably
>>>> fast.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>>
>>>> BS
>>>
>>>
>>> "Fast" and "quality" do not always quarter in comfort.
>>>
>>> Almost any inkjet is capable of excellent quality text with the right
>>> paper,
>>> and almost any high-quality printer is capable of producing crappy
>>> text with
>>> the wrong paper.
>>
>>
>> Agreed, with an inkjet, but what do you consider a good
>> high-volume use paper for inkjet?
>>
>> One of the benefits of a laser is that just about anything
>> you shove into it (besides very glossy paper the toner just
>> won't adhere to before it's fused to the paper, or certain
>> types of plastics that have a melting point too low... more
>> of a problem with older lasers that ran at higher fuser
>> temps than today's color lasers that use toner with more
>> waxy-whatever lower melting point), prints out sharp as a
>> tack. Basically it means you can buy bulk copy machine
>> paper which is far less expensive than many other types.
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> The latest Canon models, IP4500 being the cheapest, have a larger
>>> head and
>>> are capable of speed and quality. They will use either dye or pigment
>>> black
>>> depending your paper settings. (IP3500 has only pigment black and text
>>> quality will suffer using high-res paper settings). The caveat being
>>> that
>>> you need to select appropriate paper, and off-the-shelf 20# paper
>>> isn't it.
>>>
>>
>> The other option is what many people do, use a B&W laser for
>> text documents and (color) inkjet for pictures.
>
>
> I think Schneier wants what he says he wants, and it could
> be productive to review what he says. I noticed this thread
> went over pretty quick to laser printers, without recognizing
> a key difference from inkjets, that laser printers, even the
> most modern ones, use a fuser step in copy printing and this
> fuser has to boost power requirements sharply. The inkjet
> has no fuser thus runs without that peak power need of the
> laser printer's fuser. Until he says something else, as far
> as I'm concerned he's asking about inkjets *for this reason*
> and so laser printers are probably off his track. Maybe
> someone could reply to him, asking, well, *could you use* a
> laser printer in your application? And if he responds 'Yes,'
> then the thread could go into laser printers. But for now I
> see no reason at all to be talking about other than inkjets.
>
> Cheers -- Martha Adams [comp.periphs.printers 2007 Dec 15]
>
>
I find Canon printers give near laser results when used in conjunction
with good quality paper. Not coated paper, just good quality paper.
What inkjet printer prints the best text? 
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