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| Thread ID: 70465 | 2006-07-04 10:25:00 | What do you guys think of this printer? | Renmoo (66) | Press F1 |
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| 468526 | 2006-07-06 10:34:00 | "Oops, sorry for not clarifying my query. Whenever a document is printed, there are always myriads of horizontal lines right from the top until the end of it. This issue was normally easily solved by cleaning the printer head. However, that technique doesn't seem to work lately. I have tried cleaning the interior of the printer using some (a) wet cloth, but that doesn't work either. The printer has been used for 3 years ++." Good clear writing, Jameskan, esp: "myriads of horizontal lines" "Actually, your description of the purpose of printers is not dissimilar to that of the human race i.e. we are born to spread disorder, disaster and death across the planet, briefly enhancing consumerism and conglomerate profits as we pass by, then to die and leave somebody else to mop up the trail of effluent we leave behind us and our leaking fluids, then dispose of the carcass." Brilliant and inspired, Billy T |
zqwerty (97) | ||
| 468527 | 2006-07-06 10:45:00 | Makes one wonder why some bother being here,with such a jaundiced view of the human race. | Cicero (40) | ||
| 468528 | 2006-07-06 11:03:00 | This is how I make my living, Grey is not just less ink on white paper. Well, I did read your post, but since a monochrome printer can produce a very good greyscale, I guess you might just have to explain to me and anybody else who might be interested what else it uses besides varying levels of black toner or ink on white paper. Similarly for monochrome photographs, which produce excellent gradation from black to white, all without the help of coloured pigments. I'm not saying you can't introduce colour into the mix, but what I am saying is that you don't need coloured inks or pigments to produce a perfect monochrome greyscale, and I have a pretty good background in both additive and subtractive colour mixing, including commercial colour printing, going back many years before inkjet printers. So to settle the matter, how about you explain what is deficient about the black ink/pigment version, and how adding colour improves it. Stay away from the warmer monochrome colour temperatures though, you can't produce those with just black, but then they are not true greyscale either. Cheers Billy 8-{) :confused: |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 468529 | 2006-07-06 11:20:00 | Uhm, for those who are still interested in the outcome of what printer will I buy, I have bought HP Deskjet 380 All-in-one series at Noel Leeming. The reason that I didn't buy that older model is because both DSE and Noel Leeming have run out of stock. The price of that newer printer is not much different from the older model; compare $110 (including free USB 2 cable + it is a newer model) to $100 (No USB cable and it is an older model). I did have a chuckle yesterday when I found that one of the moderators has shifted this thread from the Chat section to the PressF1 section. :D Looks like it is more than just an oridinary opinion-seeking thread. Cheers :) |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 468530 | 2006-07-06 11:23:00 | Good clear writing, Jameskan, esp: "myriads of horizontal lines" Thanks zqwerty. Initially I was at doubt whether to use the word "myriads". This is because it sounded informal to me, but I decided to use it anyway, since Laura frequently uses it. Cheers :) |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 468531 | 2006-07-06 11:49:00 | Well, I did read your post, but since a monochrome printer can produce a very good greyscale, I guess you might just have to explain to me and anybody else who might be interested what else it uses besides varying levels of black toner or ink on white paper. Similarly for monochrome photographs, which produce excellent gradation from black to white, all without the help of coloured pigments. I'm not saying you can't introduce colour into the mix, but what I am saying is that you don't need coloured inks or pigments to produce a perfect monochrome greyscale, and I have a pretty good background in both additive and subtractive colour mixing, including commercial colour printing, going back many years before inkjet printers. So to settle the matter, how about you explain what is deficient about the black ink/pigment version, and how adding colour improves it. Stay away from the warmer monochrome colour temperatures though, you can't produce those with just black, but then they are not true greyscale either. Cheers Billy 8-{) :confused: Well BT if I was to explain in my own words I would cock it up, so have a read of this (desktoppub.about.com) . Simply saying that grey is a percentage of black is wrong, the same as saying cyan or magenta alone can reproduce all shades of blue or red purely by altering the percentage of dot PS i never stated you needed to add a colout to print grey in a monchrome printer in fact in my first post I think I even mentioned screens. |
plod (107) | ||
| 468532 | 2006-07-06 11:54:00 | Uhm, for those who are still interested in the outcome of what printer will I buy, I have bought HP Deskjet 380 All-in-one series at Noel Leeming. The reason that I didn't buy that older model is because both DSE and Noel Leeming have run out of stock. The price of that newer printer is not much different from the older model; compare $110 (including free USB 2 cable + it is a newer model) to $100 (No USB cable and it is an older model). I did have a chuckle yesterday when I found that one of the moderators has shifted this thread from the Chat section to the PressF1 section. :D Looks like it is more than just an oridinary opinion-seeking thread. Cheers :) That's pretty cheap. Does it have the individual ink cartridges or the all in one? Have you tried printing photo with yet? might look at one for myself at that price |
plod (107) | ||
| 468533 | 2006-07-06 12:16:00 | Cicero, have you never heard of Socio-biology? "The genes have reasons that reason does not know". | zqwerty (97) | ||
| 468534 | 2006-07-06 13:06:00 | That's pretty cheap. Does it have the individual ink cartridges or the all in one? Have you tried printing photo with yet? might look at one for myself at that price Well, it was not exactly $110; technically, the printer is priced $120 on the display, but the person who recommended it gave me a $10 discount. It comes with two trial cartridges (i.e. one black and one colour), which, according to him contain only half of what the normal ones have. He also mentioned that up to 400 black and white pages can be printed using a normal ink cartridge. Black ink cartridge is sold for $25, while colour ones are sold for $35, which is pretty expensive, IMO. However, this doesn't affect me as my mom will buy me those way cheaper ones from overseas. :D Yes and no, I have tried printing a photo, but not on a glossy paper (practising my 6th sense, :D ). The quality is not too bad, I guess. I printed it on an A4 paper. Cheers :) |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 468535 | 2006-07-06 23:48:00 | Cicero, have you never heard of Socio-biology? "The genes have reasons that reason does not know". How do we know that we don't know? |
Cicero (40) | ||
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