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Laser or injet?

Sep 29, 2004 1:44AM PDT

I do print text and photos. For expample my curriculum has also my picture. I?m planning to buy a color printer and alhough I know the pro/cons between a laserjet and an inkjet printer, I do not know wich technology will give me better quality

Adolfo

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Re: Laser or injet?
Sep 29, 2004 2:01AM PDT

Today's inkjets print great output. The lasers are fine too, but are better for low cost per page and not photos. To get even "ok" photos you need HP's RET or 1200DPI or both to get a "decent" (my standards) photo.

I'm unsure where you live, but here the printers have example printouts you can touch and feel.

Bob

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Re: Laser or injet?
Sep 29, 2004 2:24AM PDT

thank you, but what?s a hp?s ret?

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Re: Laser or injet?
Sep 29, 2004 2:35AM PDT

RET is HP's enhancements...

http://www.seyboldreports.com/SRDP/dp5/DP05-05.htm

Let me share that you could have found a faster answer with more examples on google.com with just HP and RET. Do you research this stuff or are you not doing that?

The reason I ask is that some want fish and some want fishing lesons. I'm still undecided if I need to change, but for today I'm thinking that fishing lessons are best.

Bob

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Re: Laser or injet?
Sep 30, 2004 12:33AM PDT

Thank you very much and appreciate your time. Your answers where very very good.
If you ask about the fish or the net, I always prefer the net, however the ineternet connection that I have is very very slow. I did some research but with no luck (with no nerves left!!) before asking you.
Thank you anyway

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Fishing Lessions
Sep 30, 2004 2:27AM PDT

are ok but fished on google for hrs sometimes to get and maybe never an answer that i could get on here in 10 mins.Learned a lot in the past from you Bob but now losing out with your lessions.Agreed good golden nuggets found on Google but too many tons of sand to dig through.Bob

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Re: Laser or injet?
Sep 29, 2004 4:32AM PDT

Without naming printer brands, you may consider the following and it might give you a better understanding between an inkjet and a laser printer (I noted though that you know the pros and cons in between).
Laser printer
1. Fast printing.
2. More expensive.
3. Uses toner (like what a photocopying machine is using), which is more expensive than ink.
4. Very good in printing text and photos too, but the higher resolution you select, the greater toner use.
5. Prints does not last long (I only heard of this, but I am not sure of it).
Inkjet, the reverse of the laser jet, except that it uses water soluble ink rather than toner.
If your budget will allow, why not buy an inkjet for printing text and a photo printer for printing photos, but still, the printer Bob referred prints nice photos, you can even increase print resolution for better details but it is more expensive than other printers.
Still one thing to consider in buying printers, do consider that the printer must print the exact or nearest color what the display or monitor shows.

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Re: Laser or injet?
Sep 30, 2004 6:09AM PDT

You never really said what your needs are. So a simple
answer from a former photographer(exacting requirements when they apply). If you want to print mono(black only)
type, there are some good low-cost laser printers out now. If you also want color, the price of color laser
goes WAY up, even more for photo quality. Inkjet
technology is such that you can get a very good photo quality printer anywhere from $80US to about 800. Depends on requirements of color fidelity and whether you want 2 cartridge(1 color/1 black) or 6(or more). Needless to say, most color inkjets nowdays are suffcient for normal office applications. Cost depending on speed needed. chuck