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Annoying printers
On 09/30/2018 12:58 PM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
[snip] When a toner costs as much as a whole inkjet, no way.* Then you have fuser, drum, ..... A Toner cartridge lasts a lot longer than an ink cartridge, and it doesn't dry out which it the cause of much waste. For those other parts, it could be years before you need a new one. -- 85 days until the winter celebration (Tue Dec 25, 2018 12:00:00 AM for 1 day). Mark Lloyd http://notstupid.us/ "Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful." [Seneca the Younger (4? B.C. - 65 A.D.)] |
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On 09/30/2018 01:04 PM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
[snip] to mention the ****ing annoying animations they insist on putting into dialog boxes.* I don't need a cartoon to tell me paper is going into the printer, I can ****ing see it for myself! The Animation is a separate process that doesn't depend on the thing it's supposed to be monitoring. The first time I discovered that was doing a download using MSIE. I had physically disconnected the internet cable and that stupid animation kept going. [snip] -- 85 days until the winter celebration (Tue Dec 25, 2018 12:00:00 AM for 1 day). Mark Lloyd http://notstupid.us/ "Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful." [Seneca the Younger (4? B.C. - 65 A.D.)] |
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On 09/30/2018 11:41 AM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
Why is it, that in the 21st century, printers never do what you tell them to?* They forget you want landscape, they forget the number of copies, they refuse to cancel a job you've sent, they try to use colour ink for a black and white image and take 5 times longer, they can't feed a piece of paper without jamming it, the nozzles clog up every five minutes, the ink cartridges are stupidly small, and they **** about for ten minutes doing god knows what, spinning the roller and moving the cartridge back and forth for no reason before they get to work! I now have an Epson inkjet that refuses to print anything black (colors are all OK), even after several cleanings and a new black cartridge. A new printer probably can't use the same cartridges, so more waste. Mostly I use the laser, which never has ink clogs. -- 85 days until the winter celebration (Tue Dec 25, 2018 12:00:00 AM for 1 day). Mark Lloyd http://notstupid.us/ "Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful." [Seneca the Younger (4? B.C. - 65 A.D.)] |
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In article , Wolf K
wrote: Presumably if it was a monochrome photo, the printer would reproduce it even if it did use colour ink. Yes, but it will have a colour cast. Even when setting properties to grey-scale there may be a colour cast, because the paper also affects the final result. IME, the colour cast may take a day or two to appear. either you're using incredibly bad inks or you're doing something else wrong. All things considered, it's amazing we get the generally high quality true. |
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In article , Mark Lloyd
wrote: A Toner cartridge lasts a lot longer than an ink cartridge, and it doesn't dry out which it the cause of much waste. For those other parts, it could be years before you need a new one. that depends on the size of each and recent inkjet printers rarely clog. |
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In article , Mark Lloyd
wrote: Buying almost any laser printer is the better choice. not necessarily. for photos, it's a much worse choice. My current Brother laser printer won't print photos on glossy paper, but it does a decent job on plain paper. it's not as good as what an inkjet can do, even if it's not a photo quality inkjet printer. |
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In article , Wolf K
wrote: Buying almost any laser printer is the better choice. not necessarily. for photos, it's a much worse choice. What you want to print the photos for? If it's for sales promotion, a laser printer is best. false, and photos is only one example, not the only example. What are your criteria for good-better-best? For a sales brochure or flyer, cost is a major factor. FYI, I receive snail-mailed flyers frequently, laser printed in-house by the vendors, and with near-photo-quality images, which are more than good enough to illustrate the products. You need a lupe to see the dots. Way better than letter press with half tones back in the Golden age. inkjet printers have a wider colour gamut and can be calibrated for a colour managed workflow, regardless whether they're a photo printer or not. they can also accept a wider range of media, including directly printing on cd/dvds. laser printers are suitable for text. colour laser (which can get expensive) is suitable for simple graphics where colour accuracy doesn't matter. laser printers also have a more limited range of acceptable media. if this mythical sales brochure includes photos of products, inkjet is definitely the better choice so that the product is accurately shown. If it's for sharing snapshot size prints with family and friends, a photo-quality printer is certainly better. a photo-quality inkjet printer is not required to be better than laser. If it's for larger, archival quality prints for sale, a high-end "giclee" printer is better still. not necessarily. "It ain't necessarily so." Of course. You persist in parsing generalisations as universals. Only way to score a "win", I guess. Your problem, not mine. backpedaling. |
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In article , Wolf K
wrote: Presumably if it was a monochrome photo, the printer would reproduce it even if it did use colour ink. Yes, but it will have a colour cast. Even when setting properties to grey-scale there may be a colour cast, because the paper also affects the final result. IME, the colour cast may take a day or two to appear. either you're using incredibly bad inks or you're doing something else wrong. I'm using same brand ink as printer. A variety of papers. it shouldn't be changing at all. that is *not* the norm. |
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"nospam" wrote:
inkjet printers have a wider colour gamut and can be calibrated for a colour managed workflow, regardless whether they're a photo printer or not. they can also accept a wider range of media, including directly printing on cd/dvds. I don't own an inkjet but have seen many cases where the ink runs on a print if it gets wet. Are models available where the ink is permanent? laser printers are suitable for text. colour laser (which can get expensive) is suitable for simple graphics where colour accuracy doesn't matter. laser printers also have a more limited range of acceptable media. And the ink won't run. if this mythical sales brochure includes photos of products, inkjet is definitely the better choice so that the product is accurately shown. Not if a postman has to deliver them on a rainy day. |
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On Mon, 1 Oct 2018 08:55:29 -0500, Mark Lloyd
wrote: On 09/30/2018 12:58 PM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote: [snip] When a toner costs as much as a whole inkjet, no way.Â* Then you have fuser, drum, ..... A Toner cartridge lasts a lot longer than an ink cartridge, and it doesn't dry out which it the cause of much waste. For those other parts, it could be years before you need a new one. Yes. As a general rule, ink-jets are less expensive to buy than laser printers, but they cost more per page to operate. In the long run, most people are financially ahead with a laser printer. Ink-jets have often been compared with Gillette razors. Gillette sometimes gave away the razors, but made their money selling blades for it. |
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In article , Ken Blake
wrote: A Toner cartridge lasts a lot longer than an ink cartridge, and it doesn't dry out which it the cause of much waste. For those other parts, it could be years before you need a new one. Yes. As a general rule, ink-jets are less expensive to buy than laser printers, but they cost more per page to operate. In the long run, most people are financially ahead with a laser printer. maybe so, but many people want the highest quality, not the cheapest option. for photos, laser is an incredibly bad choice, no matter what any cost advantage might be. in some cases, using a print shop is even more cost effective than laser or inkjet, particularly with large format prints, where the cost of the printer is quite high and very hard to justify for a home user. don't assume everything is letter-sized b/w text output. Ink-jets have often been compared with Gillette razors. Gillette sometimes gave away the razors, but made their money selling blades for it. same for laser printers. |
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In article , Apd wrote:
inkjet printers have a wider colour gamut and can be calibrated for a colour managed workflow, regardless whether they're a photo printer or not. they can also accept a wider range of media, including directly printing on cd/dvds. I don't own an inkjet but have seen many cases where the ink runs on a print if it gets wet. Are models available where the ink is permanent? for dye-based inks, it might run if it gets wet immediately after printing, but once it dries (minutes), it won't. pigment-based inks don't need additional dry time. very few people print something and then get it wet, so its not actually a problem. laser printers are suitable for text. colour laser (which can get expensive) is suitable for simple graphics where colour accuracy doesn't matter. laser printers also have a more limited range of acceptable media. And the ink won't run. modern inkjet prints don't run in normal use (and most abnormal use for that matter). if this mythical sales brochure includes photos of products, inkjet is definitely the better choice so that the product is accurately shown. Not if a postman has to deliver them on a rainy day. even then, since the mail will be in a mailbox and not sitting outside in the rain. or try using an envelope. |
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On 2-Oct-2018 8:05 am, nospam wrote:
In article , Ken Blake wrote: A Toner cartridge lasts a lot longer than an ink cartridge, and it doesn't dry out which it the cause of much waste. For those other parts, it could be years before you need a new one. Yes. As a general rule, ink-jets are less expensive to buy than laser printers, but they cost more per page to operate. In the long run, most people are financially ahead with a laser printer. maybe so, but many people want the highest quality, not the cheapest option. for photos, laser is an incredibly bad choice, no matter what any cost advantage might be. in some cases, using a print shop is even more cost effective than laser or inkjet, particularly with large format prints, where the cost of the printer is quite high and very hard to justify for a home user. Yes, I agree. I stopped buying printers years ago. For the very few times I need a printer it's easier - and much more cost-effective - to go to one of the local print shops where they have the best and most recent printers and the expertise to advise me which printer is best for my job. For a few dollars it removes all the problems with blocked ink-jets, expensive toners and stuck paper which I used to have to deal with ... don't assume everything is letter-sized b/w text output. Ink-jets have often been compared with Gillette razors. Gillette sometimes gave away the razors, but made their money selling blades for it. same for laser printers. |
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On Mon, 01 Oct 2018 15:31:07 +0100, Wolf K wrote:
On 2018-10-01 09:55, Mark Lloyd wrote: On 09/30/2018 12:58 PM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote: [snip] When a toner costs as much as a whole inkjet, no way. Then you have fuser, drum, ..... A Toner cartridge lasts a lot longer than an ink cartridge, and it doesn't dry out which it the cause of much waste. For those other parts, it could be years before you need a new one. Jimmy is confusing cost of acquisition with cost of ownership. No I'm not. I've used inkjets and lasers at work and the lasers cost more to buy and more to run. Plus they only print in black, unless you use the very expensive colour lasers. Even these days, with laser costing a fraction of former price, lasers are still cheaper than ink-jets in most cases. However, things are changing. Epson and Canon are now offering inkjets with large tanks (300ml or thereabouts) instead of cartridges. This cuts the ownership cost enormously: I estimate that by the time I've used up the ink in my Epson ET 3600, I will have saved around $1500 to $2000 compared to a cartridge printer. The printer cost $300. Cartridge printers cost anywhere from $50 to $150, depending on what's "on sale this weekend only". I fitted a continuous ink system to my inkjet, it costs me 1p per ml. The real cartridges were 13ml, but cost £3 for refills, and £10 for genuines. So at least 24 times cheaper. |
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On Mon, 01 Oct 2018 20:56:38 +0100, malone wrote:
On 2-Oct-2018 8:05 am, nospam wrote: In article , Ken Blake wrote: A Toner cartridge lasts a lot longer than an ink cartridge, and it doesn't dry out which it the cause of much waste. For those other parts, it could be years before you need a new one. Yes. As a general rule, ink-jets are less expensive to buy than laser printers, but they cost more per page to operate. In the long run, most people are financially ahead with a laser printer. maybe so, but many people want the highest quality, not the cheapest option. for photos, laser is an incredibly bad choice, no matter what any cost advantage might be. in some cases, using a print shop is even more cost effective than laser or inkjet, particularly with large format prints, where the cost of the printer is quite high and very hard to justify for a home user. Yes, I agree. I stopped buying printers years ago. For the very few times I need a printer it's easier - and much more cost-effective - to go to one of the local print shops where they have the best and most recent printers and the expertise to advise me which printer is best for my job. For a few dollars it removes all the problems with blocked ink-jets, expensive toners and stuck paper which I used to have to deal with ... Most people have many uses for a printer and need it done now, not the next day. |
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