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Photo Laser Paper for Dell CN3100 Color Printer?
I am trying to print color photos using my Dell CN3100 and not having
any luck with the so called Laser Photo Paper. I am using 58lb HP Laser Photo Paper PNQ6607A and the photo prints are awful. I believe the CN3100 has a FUJI print engine and performs three or four passes when printing to color media. I am guessing the results are so bad because the paper is getting to hot during the multiple passes. Can anyone recommend any photo-type paper of approx weight of 58lb that might work with this printer to print photos? If the printer firmware could be modified to add a delay between print passes, would it possibly solve the color photo paper print problem. I do not care if it takes longer to print, I just want the results to be good. In general, do single pass color laser printers work with this type of paper while multiple pass printers do not? BTW, when I print my color photos to standard paper the CN3100 prints look great. Any ideas or web/news group links would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Much In Advance Regards Ron |
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Photo Laser Paper for Dell CN3100 Color Printer?
Sorry the Dell Printer model is 3100CN.
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Photo Laser Paper for Dell CN3100 Color Printer?
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writes I've used Hp's Soft gloss paper before. I don't know if you have fivestar over there but they have a whiter glossy paper but its more flexible than the HP Soft gloss. Datacopy (I don't know if that's available over there either) has a rather nice 160gsm glossy laser paper. Today, I am awaiting the delivery of some Xerox Colortech Glossy (120 gsm). I quite like their normal (100 gsm) paper, so I will see how this comes, it is also available in a variety of thicknesses. Its turned up now, I fed a sheet through but it jammed in the fuser oil rollers, mind you it was cold straight from the post man. I'm going to shove some in one of the trays and leave it over night to warm up then try again. If it fails again I will have more glossy paper for my Phaser which takes it quite happily, or at least it takes the Datacopy 160 paper quite happily, which is thicker and has a similar texture. It is a quite a good paper mind you, nice and glossy, but as a result quite slippy, so the old Canon CLC 950 didn't like it. I don't know if my Xerox machine says so, but the QMS laser I had said it didn't want more than 200 pages a month of glossy paper fed through it. -- Timothy |
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Photo Laser Paper for Dell CN3100 Color Printer?
Typically, the designing and calibration of color laser printer is
based on common photocopy paper (70 ~ 80gsm, g/sq m2). When you increase paper thickness (weight), the toner will be transferred incompletely from OPC drum to paper that means the color saturation will be degraded (very white). 85Lb is around 300gsm. It is over weight too much! There does not have any specification or standard about thickness of photo paper. Corresponding to the paper thickness for photographic development is around 170 ~ 220gsm, Although apply 170 ~ 220gsm paper to laser printer for photographic printing, the color saturation of printing quality still is poor! How to overcome this limitation? The photo paper should have positive polarity on the surface to help toner transfer completely. Please refer to the website: How to print photography by laser printer! http://www.alibaba.com/catalog/11012...ml?f=myalibaba I had test with HP 2500/2550/3700/4600/5500, EPSON C900/1100/1900/3000/4000/4100, Xerox DC12 and 6060 based on 0.22mm, 153gsm, PP synthetic paper (0.22mm is equal to 200gsm of pulp paper made). Of course, my paper has positive polarity on the paper surface. Unfortunately, I live in Taiwan and can not buy Dell printer to do test so that I can not advise more information about the printing quality of Dell 3100cn. Basically, 3100cn offers 600dpi engine, 2400dpi output resolution, PCL6 and PostScript Level 3 printing language. It is possible to print satisfactory photography if toner is transferred completely. Currently, the operation of color laser printer is only two kinds that are one-pass and four-pass. Corresponding to the specification of Dell 3100cn, I think it is four-pass. Whatever one-pass or four-pass, it does not any connection with heating temperature. The heating temperature is determined by melting temperature of toner when paper passes through fuser. If the heat is accumulated inside printer, it is possible to make toner transfer abnormal. I faced this problem before when I tested with EPSON color laser printer. Particularly, the printer is compact designing. Slow down printing speed is a good idea! When I tested HP printer, I changed “paper type” from default “common” to “106 ~ 163 g/m2” and EPSON from default “common” to “thick (also is 106 ~ 163 g/m2)”. I have no idea about Dell “paper type”. Be careful! Slow down printing speed also has another problem that is possible to melt-down the coating material on the paper surface and make printer destroy. Any question about photography printed by laser printer, please do not hesitate to contact with me directly and my mail address is |
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