Ink Jet Printer Streaks Photos

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I bought a HP ColorLaserjet 3500L and it prints really nice images with the
newfangled toner they are using. I was amazed that the prints at 81/2X11
looked almost as good as any inkjet print off my 7550. And it's much faster
with the inline cartridge system instead of bang and clunk rotating methods.
Consider that model too.

Steve m...

"Siggy" <iamsiggy@thisblueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Dave Head wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
> <snipped>
>>
>> Do they all streak, and people just put up with this? I'd get a
>> laserjet except for the hideously expensive price of the ink
>> cartridges, somewhere around $300 on some of them. Maybe just have
>> them printed commercially and quit worrying about doing it myself?
>> That might be the cheapest and most effective way to get good prints.
>>
> <snipped>
>
> Personally speaking, I am getting tired of inkjet printer nozzle foibles,
> and am changing to a High-Touch 730PS Dye-sub printer which does up to
> 6"x8" in size for my photos. Choice of Matt or Gloss finish and water
> resistant to boot. Costing about £300 new here in UK, and paper/ink ribbon
> cost £18 for 60 sheets of 6"x4" and £21 for 30 sheets of 6"x8". As we are
> nearly always dearer proportionally than USA prices, I've no doubt you
> will be even more pleasantly surprised.
>
> However, this is OT for this group, so suggest we leave it at that for
> now. ;-)
>
> Kind regards
>
> --
> Nigel_H
>

 

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Hi Steve,

Thanks for the tip. I am thinking laserjet too. Its just that they mostly are
extremely expensive to buy and operate. I see that a 3500L takes 4 ink
cartridges that each run $133. $533 to re-ink it is a major pucker factor.
Supposedly they last 4000 sheets, so that's 8 cents a picture, not too bad.
But I'd have a regular black and white printer to do non-photos, and use it a
lot, and hope these ink cartridges will last for several years while I use
other printers to do all but my very finest prints. But... its a thought.

Thanks again,

Dave Head


On Mon, 27 Jun 2005 22:09:25 GMT, "Steve m..." <Stevem5215@PLEASEno_spam_.com>
wrote:

>I bought a HP ColorLaserjet 3500L and it prints really nice images with the
>newfangled toner they are using. I was amazed that the prints at 81/2X11
>looked almost as good as any inkjet print off my 7550. And it's much faster
>with the inline cartridge system instead of bang and clunk rotating methods.
>Consider that model too.
>
>Steve m...
>
>"Siggy" <iamsiggy@thisblueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:Stzue.55130$G8.27640@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
>> Dave Head wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>> <snipped>
>>>
>>> Do they all streak, and people just put up with this? I'd get a
>>> laserjet except for the hideously expensive price of the ink
>>> cartridges, somewhere around $300 on some of them. Maybe just have
>>> them printed commercially and quit worrying about doing it myself?
>>> That might be the cheapest and most effective way to get good prints.
>>>
>> <snipped>
>>
>> Personally speaking, I am getting tired of inkjet printer nozzle foibles,
>> and am changing to a High-Touch 730PS Dye-sub printer which does up to
>> 6"x8" in size for my photos. Choice of Matt or Gloss finish and water
>> resistant to boot. Costing about £300 new here in UK, and paper/ink ribbon
>> cost £18 for 60 sheets of 6"x4" and £21 for 30 sheets of 6"x8". As we are
>> nearly always dearer proportionally than USA prices, I've no doubt you
>> will be even more pleasantly surprised.
>>
>> However, this is OT for this group, so suggest we leave it at that for
>> now. ;-)
>>
>> Kind regards
>>
>> --
>> Nigel_H
>>
>

 

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From: "Dave Head" <rally2xs@att.net>

| Hi Steve,
|
| Thanks for the tip. I am thinking laserjet too. Its just that they mostly are
| extremely expensive to buy and operate. I see that a 3500L takes 4 ink
| cartridges that each run $133. $533 to re-ink it is a major pucker factor.
| Supposedly they last 4000 sheets, so that's 8 cents a picture, not too bad.
| But I'd have a regular black and white printer to do non-photos, and use it a
| lot, and hope these ink cartridges will last for several years while I use
| other printers to do all but my very finest prints. But... its a thought.
|
| Thanks again,
|
| Dave Head
| | On Mon, 27 Jun 2005 22:09:25 GMT, "Steve m..." <Stevem5215@PLEASEno_spam_.com>

Laser Printers don't use ink. They use dry toner ;-)

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On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 13:56:12 GMT, "David H. Lipman"
<DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote:

>From: "Dave Head" <rally2xs@att.net>
>
>| Hi Steve,
>|
>| Thanks for the tip. I am thinking laserjet too. Its just that they mostly are
>| extremely expensive to buy and operate. I see that a 3500L takes 4 ink
>| cartridges that each run $133. $533 to re-ink it is a major pucker factor.
>| Supposedly they last 4000 sheets, so that's 8 cents a picture, not too bad.
>| But I'd have a regular black and white printer to do non-photos, and use it a
>| lot, and hope these ink cartridges will last for several years while I use
>| other printers to do all but my very finest prints. But... its a thought.
>|
>| Thanks again,
>|
>| Dave Head
>| | On Mon, 27 Jun 2005 22:09:25 GMT, "Steve m..." <Stevem5215@PLEASEno_spam_.com>
>
>Laser Printers don't use ink. They use dry toner ;-)

Seriously expensive dry toner...

 

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Dave Head <rally2xs@att.net> wrote:

>"Bigguy" <gtittley@remove.hotmail.com> wrote:
>>Use the 'genuine' paper and inks,

>Not sure what this means. Is FujiFilm printer paper "genuine"?

Some printers work best with their own brand of paper (e.g. "HP
photo paper" if such a thing exists). Don't know if that applies
to HP.

>>set printer to use the correct paper type,
>
>I'm not familar with any setting like this, but I just downloaded the manual
>(seem to have misplaced the paper one) so I'll look for such a setting in
>there.

In MS Windows, it's often under advanced settings in the print
setup options, when you're about to print.

>Maybe dirty. Will try cleaning 1st, as its also the cheapest.

I don't know how easy it is to clean HP print heads, but Epson
isn't all that "customer friendly". I figured out how to do it,
but only after managing to separate a flex cable from the PCB
when I took off the wrong bit. Oh well, the printer was a junker
anyway, but now I know..

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From: "Dave Head" <rally2xs@att.net>


|
| Seriously expensive dry toner...

I have administrated corporate LANs with *many* HP inkjets and Lasers. The toner for a HP
8150 is ~$250.00 US.

One must realize that the cost of printing is NOT in the initial cost of the printer but in
its maintenance.

Colour lasers have been *very* expensive for a long time and the cost has dropped
significantly in the past 6 years.

One must not just look at its initial cost but its Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).

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David H. Lipman <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote:
>From: "Dave Head" <rally2xs@att.net>
>|
>| Seriously expensive dry toner...
>
>I have administrated corporate LANs with *many* HP inkjets and Lasers. The
>toner for a HP
>8150 is ~$250.00 US.

>One must realize that the cost of printing is NOT in the initial cost
>of the printer but in its maintenance.

Yeah, and inkjet ink isn't particularly cheap either, for not that
many full page prints.

>Colour lasers have been *very* expensive for a long time and the cost has
>dropped
>significantly in the past 6 years.
>
>One must not just look at its initial cost but its Total Cost of Ownership
>(TCO).

How would you say a laser compares to inkjet in those terms, per A4
(8x11) printed photo page?

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From: "Ken Tough" <ken@objectech.co.uk>


|
| How would you say a laser compares to inkjet in those terms, per A4
| (8x11) printed photo page?
|
| --
| Ken Tough

I don't perform a Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) on printing. I just maintain, administer and
manage them.

Sorry :-(

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