Inkjet -v- Laser for Photos ...and the winner is....

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Arthur Entlich said:
In general, stick with papers designated for laser or bond papers. Look
for settings for thickness and glossy versus matte or coated versus
bond, but you won't see the same number as for an inkjet printer.
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I'd recommend Xerox's Colotech range which offers both matt and glossy
paper in a good variety of thicknesses.
 
I think he might be speaking about the fact that Canon engines use a one
part toner with the developer mixed into the toner and both being used
to make the image (both are consumable). They developed a micro
particle developer that could be melted and fused to the sheet.

The other brands used a developer (megnetic/ceraminc particles) and then
a carbon black plastic (styrene) toner which coated the developer. As
the drum was charged the static pulled just the toner off the magnetic
particles, which remained for the most part behind stuck to the magnetic
roller.

Canon and HP made a toner that could be completely consumed, but this
toner was offered with the very first Laserjet printers, so it wasn't
something new to the HP LJ5.

The laser printer I regularly use today has separate toner and developer
(A Panasonic KX-P4420). The HP II I also own does supply a better
result, however.


Art
 
Arthur Entlich said:
The laser printer I regularly use today has separate toner and developer
(A Panasonic KX-P4420). The HP II I also own does supply a better
result, however.
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A Panasonic? Is it a Xerox engine then? I'm sure some (most?) Panasonics
are.
 
I have no idea... I thought Panasonic actually made it. I think it was
also branded as a Roland printer with a different model number.

I have a cheap Xerox "Workstation" (Laser printer/photocopier), and it
is actually made by Sharp.

I recently bought a DVD burner sold as a "retail plus" (which is just an
OEM packager). The drive was an IBM, but upon further research it was
actually an Hitachi made by LG. LG used to be called "Lucky Gold" but I
guess they realized that name didn't go over too well in North America
and Europe. Also, Lucky Gold developed a reputation for making very
cheap appliances from Korea.

Oh, did I mention the DVD burner failed out of box ;-) Maybe they still
make cheap appliances from Korea...

Art
 
Arthur Entlich said:
I have no idea... I thought Panasonic actually made it. I think it was
also branded as a Roland printer with a different model number.
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What I was thinking of is the is KX-P8000 (or PS8000) series, look
remarkably like the (pre Xerox) Tektronix Phaser 740.
I recently bought a DVD burner sold as a "retail plus" (which is just
an OEM packager). The drive was an IBM, but upon further research it
was actually an Hitachi made by LG. LG used to be called "Lucky Gold"
but I guess they realized that name didn't go over too well in North
America and Europe. Also, Lucky Gold developed a reputation for making
very cheap appliances from Korea.
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Someone at school had exactly the same scientific calculator as me,
except their had a little sticker over the Casio stamp on the back and
was thus rebadged as a Tandy (Radio Shack).

And my Viking memory card in the camera identifies itself to the
computer as a Toshiba.
 
No, there are 2 HP "5"s, a newer monochrome and an older color. I just
looked on eBay and there appears to be a 5, 5M, and 5L.

The toner cartridges are now listed at $5 with a lot of no bids. My
Phaser 540 is now at that state. I have a feeling that old model 5 is
a lot better than the 540 regarding mechanical robustness and photo
image quality.
 
I have a cheap Xerox "Workstation" (Laser printer/photocopier), and it
is actually made by Sharp.
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That is sometimes the case with some manufacturers, they build the premium
gear themselves, and contract a cheaper mass manufacture to make their
lower end line.
 
tomhoo said:
No, there are 2 HP "5"s, a newer monochrome and an older color. I just
looked on eBay and there appears to be a 5, 5M, and 5L.
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The Laserjet 5 is a monochrome printer, it uses almost an identical engine to
the Laserjet 4+ (also monochrome).
The Laserjet 5L is an entry level monochrome printer, very slow and quite
reliable. It shares nothing with the Laserjet 5 which is bigger and much faster.
The Laserjet 5M has nothing in common with either of the above being old colour
technology. I didn't know there were any still around.
I'm not being pedantic, it is important to note that HP (and other
manufacturers) often use model names that confuse. For instance the Laserjet 4,
laserjet 4L and the Laserjet 4P are entirely different printers aimed at
different markets with nothing in common except the HP name. The Laserjet 5si
is an A3 printer, very fast but getting old now and has no commonality with any
of the other printers that have a 5 in them.
Tony
 
Tony said:
The Laserjet 5M has nothing in common with either of the above being old
colour
technology.
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Ummmmm.....no, the LJ5M is a LJ5 that came from the factory with a
Postscript module and a JetDirect card that does AppleTalk.

the M stands for Macintosh.
 
Tony said:
The Laserjet 5si
is an A3 printer, very fast but getting old now and has no commonality with
any
of the other printers that have a 5 in them.
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But it does have plenty in common with the 4si--which itself has nothing
in common with the other printers that have a 4 in them.
 
Elmo P. Shagnasty said:
But it does have plenty in common with the 4si--which itself has nothing
in common with the other printers that have a 4 in them.
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And the LJ 8150 etc!
Tony
 
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