[Novalug] Maybe OT: Please recommend an inkjet color printer
Bonnie Dalzell
bdalzell@qis.net
Tue Oct 21 17:17:38 EDT 2008
as to archival - black and white lazer is considered archival because
the carbon is bonded to the paper. however for an archival print you
also need to use acid free paper - high rag paper is also good to use.
to determine how permanent a particular lazer printer may be do a test
print and tape it image side out to a window that gets a lot of sun. you
can put a pirce of black paper across part of the print - examine it after
6 months or so and see what sort of fading you have.
photo prints themselves are not really archival - however a process
called dye transfer used in conjunctrion with photos is the most
durable.
for day to day color use a lazer is the least expensive these days
but the image can show regular areas of regular banding. a shingle mask is
a combination of software and hardware to reduce this
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6764162.html
in my experience banding this is more common in lazer prints than in high
quality ink jet prints. it is most commonly noticable in large areas
of smooth tone - not in textured areas. this is why a lot of the sample
images printed for printer sales examples are very detailed textured type
images, not smooth tones or with gradual gradients.
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