Printing with a color laser printer on ink jet photo paper ?

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Hi there,

What about printing with a color laser printer on ink jet photo paper ?

Is it safe for the printer ?

Best regards,

Clarence
 
Clarence said:
Hi there,

What about printing with a color laser printer on ink jet photo paper ?

Is it safe for the printer ?

Best regards,

Clarence
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Clarence
Generally it is not safe, coated papers have a habit of sticking to the fuser
with expensive repairs to follow. You should only use coated papers that are
specifically recommended for lasers. Same applies to transparencies.
Tony
 
It is not recommended and can be downright bad for the printer, and
there is no advantage.

Some coating used on inkjet papers can:

1: melt or singe when they are heated on the laser fuser
2: can transfer or coat and make slick some parts, like the transfer
drum or belt
3: may not allow the toner to stick properly to the paper and cause the
toner to transfer to the wrong parts of the printer
4: cost a lot more than equivalent laser papers designed for laser/color
laser printing

So even if the paper doesn't cause damage, why bother?

Art
 
Arthur said:
It is not recommended and can be downright bad for the printer, and
there is no advantage.

Some coating used on inkjet papers can:

1: melt or singe when they are heated on the laser fuser
2: can transfer or coat and make slick some parts, like the transfer
drum or belt
3: may not allow the toner to stick properly to the paper and cause the
toner to transfer to the wrong parts of the printer
4: cost a lot more than equivalent laser papers designed for laser/color
laser printing

So even if the paper doesn't cause damage, why bother?

Art
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Thanx Arthur :-)
 
Clarence said:
Hi there,

What about printing with a color laser printer on ink jet photo paper ?
Is it safe for the printer ?
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Don't do it. The coating can come off and knacker the printer - or parts
thereof.

Get some proper laser paper. For matt output I quite like Xerox's 100gsm
Colortech, which is readily available in A4 and A3. For glossy I've
used a fair bit of HPs soft glossy paper, Data Copy have recently
brought out a 160gsm glossy laser paper which is quite nice, they have a
similar matt one at IIRC 135 gsm which I have yet to try.
 
Don't do it. The coating can come off and knacker the printer - or parts
thereof.

Get some proper laser paper. For matt output I quite like Xerox's 100gsm
Colortech, which is readily available in A4 and A3. For glossy I've
used a fair bit of HPs soft glossy paper, Data Copy have recently
brought out a 160gsm glossy laser paper which is quite nice, they have a
similar matt one at IIRC 135 gsm which I have yet to try.
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Thx a lot for your help :-)
 
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