[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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