[Year 12 IPM] colour printers

[Mike Brookes]

Hi back
I will admit that a $10,00 colour laser printer will probably produce 
better results than a $200 colour inkjet on normal plain photocopy paper 
for text and spot colour graphics, but as soon as you shift to properly 
coated gloss paper the laser
is completely outclassed by the inkjet for continuous tone photographs.
The dyes or pigment particles in the ink used in inkjets is much finer 
than the toner particles used in laser printers so inkjets are capable 
of finer detail and finer tone gradations.
Current photo quality inkjets are capable of producing results on 
appropriate glossy paper indistinguishable from silver halide prints and 
I would like to see the laser printer that can produce 2m by 33cm 
panorama prints like my trusty Epson 1290 regardless of price.

Mike Brookes
Chief cook and bottlewasher Copperfield College + photography nut

Robert Ruzbacky wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> In the Potts book pg 9, it says "The quality of the printout from a colour
> laser printer is far superior to an ink-jet printer..."
> 
> What do others make of this statement?
> 
> My graphics art teachers disagree with this statement (as well as myself)
> as some made the comment that the colours don't always come up correctly
> on a colour laser printer (in terms of tones).
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Robert
> St Aloysius College
> (former IPM list lurker :-))