Canon I860 problem

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I have been calling Canon's help line and I spoke to a supervisor who told
me that inkjets don't allow for highlighting. He recommended I buy a laser
printer. If anyone has had success with highlighting on Canon I860 printers.
Please let me know the details. I really like the printer and don't want to
return it. I have alot of homework assignments that I need to use a yellow
highlighter on. Also, I'm doing a research paper and wanted to print out all
the info I can find and then just highlight the info I want to use. It keeps
me organized. I'm begging, please I'm desperate for help. If noone knows
then please could you recommend a printer that does allow highlighting
without smearing the ink?


Michael C.
 
I believe that all ( or almost all ) INKJET printers will smear with a
highlighter

The only solution might laser. OR UNDERLINE like we used to do BEFORE
highlighters where invented ..
 
lordmajax said:
I have been calling Canon's help line and I spoke to a supervisor who told
me that inkjets don't allow for highlighting. He recommended I buy a laser
printer. If anyone has had success with highlighting on Canon I860 printers.
Please let me know the details. I really like the printer and don't want to
return it. I have alot of homework assignments that I need to use a yellow
highlighter on. Also, I'm doing a research paper and wanted to print out all
the info I can find and then just highlight the info I want to use. It keeps
me organized. I'm begging, please I'm desperate for help. If noone knows
then please could you recommend a printer that does allow highlighting
without smearing the ink?

Michael C.
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I just tried it and it seems fine to me. I printed in draft mode on
Office Depot "ink jet" paper (24lb) and used Sanford highlighters. The
tip of the highlighter starts to get just a little black from the ink
but it looks fine on the page. If I press harder on the highlighter it
does want to smear more. It also seems to smear more in standard mode.
Try draft mode and see if that suits your purpose.
 
The solution is to buy the "dry" hilighters, instead of the wet ones. No
smearing. Cheaper than a laser printer.
 
I don't have a sanford highlighter but I'll get one and try it. Before with
other highlighters they would get black on the tip too but the ink was not
readable. Anyone else have any help to add? There was a person here that
said that matte paper worked fine for him/her but they never responded to my
subsequent e-mails.
 
On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 03:06:06 GMT, lordmajax wrote:

=> If noone knows
=>then please could you recommend a printer that does allow highlighting
=>without smearing the ink?
=>
=>
=>Michael C.

You've been told more than once: IT AIN'T THE PRINTER! It's
the interaction of ink and highliter. The highliter
dissolves the ink. No inkjet printer's output is proof
against this, but some ink + highliter combinations do less
smearing than others. (Heed the other posters' advice.) For
that matter, most newspapers and magazines use ink that
will smear when highlited.

BTW, you would study more effectively if you made
point-form notes of what you read, rather than highliting
text. The only advantage of highliting is that while you do
it you focus on the meaning of that part of the text, which
helps some. But making summary notes requires that you
understand the relationships between different parts of the
text, which helps a great deal. It takes a while to get
good at making summary notes, but once mastered, it
improves all manner of reading and listening.
 
He recommended I buy a laser printer.
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Yup, lasers are pretty much immune.

You can pick up a cheap one for ~200.00 (or less) these days.

I think I saw one in Toronto for 169.99CDN or about 110.00USD
 
I didn't read your message before I posted the last one. I will try that. Do
you have any recommendations on a particular brand?
 
I didn't read your message before I posted the last one. I will try that. Do
you have any recommendations on a particular brand?
 
First of all. I want constructive criticism. DON'T YOU DARE TELL ME HOW TO
STUDY Wolf Kirchmeir. STOP REPLYING TO MY MESSAGES. Now that I've said what
I wanted to say, could someone tell me what options I have. I would hate to
just throw away the printer. My friend has a cheap hp and another has a
cheap epson and their highlighting works fine. There's no reason why this
printer shouldn't highlight. I've tried different highlighters but I can's
afford to buy new ink cartridges. I notice that the heavier the paper the
less the ink smears. That is, until I get to about 108 brightness and then
smear city. Any help?
 
I have 2 recommendations for highliters....Avery Smearsafe highliters and
Sanford 'Bible' Highliters - the later is a dry highliter designed so as not
to bleed through thin pages such as those found in most Bibles.

Jeff H
 
Man that brings back memories. That's right, my 1st couple of years were
underlining text in the textbook with a pen and ruler. About my third year
they invented the yellow highlighter. What a difference. Later they added
pink then green then.....
 
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