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Thread ID: 39547	2003-11-10 04:23:00	Laser Printer	JJJJJ (528)	Press F1

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190573	2003-11-10 04:23:00	I have just bought a Panasonic KXP7100 Laser Printer. I am a bit disappointer by the colour of the print. It is only a darkish grey. Not as black as the newspaper print or a book. Is it supposed to be like this? I have adjusted the slider to full black and maximum contrast. I would like it darker. Have I done somethong wrong. I am still useing the starter toner. Will fitting a new one help? Thanks, Jack.	JJJJJ (528)
190574	2003-11-10 04:30:00	It should be black at the default settings Jack, and no, unless Panasonic have decided to abandon their reputation the toner cartridge that came with it should be fine. Have a read of the manual and try printing their test page, that should produce good results. If it doesn't, time to talk to the retailer. Cheers Billy 8-{)	Billy T (70)
190575	2003-11-12 02:00:00	Sounds like a bad toner cartridge ?	kiwibeat (304)
190576	2003-11-12 02:06:00	It sounds like the toner. Take it back to wherever you bought it from and complain - a black and white laser should print everything from black through to white, not from dark grey through to white.	somebody (208)
190577	2003-11-12 03:16:00	*cough* Sorry somebody, but no inkjet or laser printer can print white . That can only be done using white inks on a dark background . When a laser printer produces *white* print it does so by uniformly colouring the background, leaving the complete absence of toner to produce the letters . Colour printing is a subtractive process using the complementary colours CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow & black) . Black print is characterised by total absorption of all colours of light that fall on it, leaving nothing to reflect to the eyes . Similarly red print absorbs all colours except red, blue absorbs all colours except blue, and so on . Computer monitors and TVs use an additive process using the complementary colours RGB (red, green, blue) where white light is . 59 G, . 3 R & . 11 B, and black is the absence of any light output at all . It amuses me to read reviewers of LCD & Plasma screens waxing lyrical about the screen's ability to produce "vivid blacks" when the blackest the screen will ever be is the colour it is when turned off . The same applies to TV screens, which are dark grey/green when off . Even reviewers for IDGs new mag FFWD fall into that trap . Cheers Billy 8-{) :)	Billy T (70)
190578	2003-11-12 03:26:00	Sorry, my wording wasn't exactly the greatest . What I was trying to say was that laser printers should print black black onto white paper . There's no excuse for a laser printer supposed to print 'black", to be printing a grey, even on the darkest setting . I've seen even old/cheap laser printers print black black onto white paper, so there's no excuse for a newer model to be printing only a darkish grey .	somebody (208)
190579	2003-11-12 03:45:00	Billy T . I think your point was made in the first paragraph and I am sure most people were able to understand what somebody was trying to say . You might need to get something done about that *cough* which you seem to be afflicted with as it seems to appears in many of your posts .	Jim B (153)
190580	2003-11-12 07:57:00	It is an innocent cough Jim :D It means no harm. I don't think someone took offence though, and certainly none was intended. As for the rest of the post, my mind fills up and occasionally spilleth-over. I was just struck by the incongruity of a B&W laser printing white and it caled to mind an earlier post many moons ago when a user wanted to print white on black paper. From there I meandered to an article in FFWD and the rest is history (as they say). Cheers Billy 8-{) :8}	Billy T (70)
190581	2003-11-12 08:22:00	Billt T. No need to apologise mate, your info above was most informative to me, Thanks. As to the *Cough* Lemon juice, Honey & Whisky works for me. Hic PJ :D	Poppa John (284)
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