which inkjet?
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Although I purchased the HPDeskjet, I have a Canon 486 Notejet laptop at work
with a built-in Canon ink-jet printer. It's been my observation that the
quality of ink for the Canon printers is superior to that in the HP cartridges.
Also, I find that the HP cartridge/head leaks (every so slowly) and dries. I
find that after not using the HP injet printer for a few weeks I have to remove
the cartridge and clean it (ever so carefully) before I can use it again, and I
have to run a few test copies before the ink starts flowing evenly too. I have
not had this problem with the Canon ink jet (bubble jet or whatever) printers.
Anyhow, there is definatly a difference in clarity of the ink used by both
vendors, with Canon the winner. FYI- my testing used plain laser printer
quality papers. But because I wasn't aware of how quickly these ink cartridges
can dry out when I purchased my printer I now feel it was a mistake to get an
ink jet printer. For only a little more money I should have purchased the low
end laser printer. It's faster, cheaper to operate, gives a much better
quality of print (which by the way won't bleed if it gets wet), can print on
almost any type of paper (glossy, smooth, textured, etc.), and the TONER
CARTRIDGES DON'T DRY OUT.
Thanks for the information, I'll certainly bear it in mind and the comment
on the laser. However they will not do colour at my price:-)
Epson have just brought out a competitor to the HP and Canon which looks
very good, I think it is the 800 but am awaiting details. Any one any
knowledge?
MikeJ <on AP in Aus>
Color (or colour in your case) printing capabilities is nice to have, however I
need it so infrequently that higher quality laser print was my choice. On
those rare occasions where I absolutely need color, I print my PostScript
output onto a floppy diskette and take it to one of the dozen print and
duplication service shops around town for them to print on either a nice color
inkjet printer, or thermal wax transfer or color laser printer. Anyhow, good
luck.
For Amiga users I would not recommend buying an Epson printer. From what
I've seen/heard it's nothing really new and their current b/w Stylus can't
keep up with current b/w ink jets from other manufacturers. Driver support
is not existing (of course old Epson drivers do work… but far from being
fast/good).
And I personaly wouldn't believe that marketing hipe of 720 dpi or 600 dpi
from manufacturers. This is not the dot resolution, it's rather the
movement precission of the print head. No ink yet I have seen so far is
really able to print dots smaller than 360dpi.
For instance, the current Canon BJC 600 can print dots that are halve the
size of HP's 600 dpi claimed Deskjet. Thus Canon's output is much sharper
even without 600 dpi…
— Wolf Faust, Am Dorfgarten 10, 60435 Frankfurt, Germany —
Thanks for the very useful comment on the relative merits of printers and,
also important, the availability of good drivers for the Amiga.
Greetings for the solstice:-); about zero Celcius here in Canberra
tonight.
MikeJ <on AP in Aus>