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What inkjet printer prints the best text?
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 |
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What inkjet printer prints the best text?
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 or "B. Schneier" 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 |
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What inkjet printer prints the best text?
For text printing:
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. Thanks in advance, BS |
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What inkjet printer prints the best text?
The Canon iP4500 inkjet printer does a remarkably good job printing
text with its 2nd black pigment cartridge that is committed to that task alone. It's also pretty fast. Cost is about $120, but additional ink cartridges are expensive, indeed, and need changing frequently. But if I did a LOT of text printing with some color illustrations, I think I'd agree with Measekite and look at the Okidata printers, especially the 6100n that is now discounted by some sellers to about $600 (from almost $900). It's built like a tank, won't require replacing the toner anywhere near as often as an inkjet printer, and will last years longer than the Canon inkjet that will last 2-4 years, tops. Good luck with your choice. On Dec 15, 5:39 am, "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. Thanks in advance, BS |
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What inkjet printer prints the best text?
On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 10:39:52 GMT, "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. 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. |
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What inkjet printer prints the best text?
"B. Schneier" 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. |
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What inkjet printer prints the best text?
On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 14:42:07 -0700, "DanG"
wrote: "B. Schneier" 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. |
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What inkjet printer prints the best text?
"kony" wrote in message ... On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 14:42:07 -0700, "DanG" wrote: "B. Schneier" 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] |
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What inkjet printer prints the best text?
DanG wrote: "B. Schneier" 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. 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. |
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What inkjet printer prints the best text?
Martha Adams wrote:
"kony" wrote in message ... On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 14:42:07 -0700, "DanG" wrote: "B. Schneier" 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. -Taliesyn |
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