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Post by lordmanimal on Jun 25, 2010 18:19:04 GMT -9
I posted this over at The Grid forums originially, but thought it deserved reposting over here. The age old question of "which printer to get?" has finally been answered (least as far as I'm concerned! lol) I printed some of these up at work, on a Xerox Workcenter 7435, (A 13,000 dollar base price printer) and then came home and printed a second copy on my HP Laserjet CP1215 (a 225 dollar base price printer). I'll let you guess which is which: Guess you don't always get what you pay for. lol *Answer is in next post, but guess before you keep reading!*
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Post by lordmanimal on Jun 25, 2010 18:19:30 GMT -9
The HP is the printer on the right!
And no, the icon in the lower right isn't blurred; that's just my poor camera skillz.
In short, I prefer the coloration of the HP by FAR; and the sharpness is identical.
Also, for those concerned about toner prices, it does seem like a lot at first, but I printed up everything in the base game and went from 98% full to 97%. I haven't had the laser long enough to calculate exactly how many pages I get out of it, but if this is any indicator, I'm guessing my existing toner supply is going to outlive the printer itself. lol
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Post by josedominguez on Aug 26, 2010 3:17:49 GMT -9
How 'scratch resistant' are the HP printouts? I've used a samsung home laser and a big Ricoh office one, they scratched horribly while being cut out and I went back to inkjet for minis.
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Post by labrat on Sept 22, 2010 17:11:17 GMT -9
Yes, I too would like to know the answer to this question as I am currently looking into getting a new printer. You seem pretty happy with the one you have.
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Post by Dominic on Sept 22, 2010 20:35:33 GMT -9
I think the printer settings might have something to do with it, but I for one never got around to fiddle with those of mine, especially since you never notice how good/bad a printer is if you have nothing to compare it to. As for printers, I can recommend the one I have - HP Officejet 8500 with secondary tray and CIS, good quality, no fuss, all-in-one network printer, can even be used as a small-time NAS . I should mention, though, that I usually print in draft setting, mainly because I started that way and want continuits within my stuff .
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Post by alloydog on Oct 15, 2010 3:08:19 GMT -9
It can be pretty hit and miss with printers. I found laserjets give better coverage, but can be quite shiny. Also, the choice of ink can make a difference. I have a HP Photosmart C4380. I was using slightly cheaper Jettec ink cartridges with it, but after repeated problems with cartridge recognition, I switched back to OEM HP ones. The Jettec cartridges seemed to print darker than the HP.
Then, I also found the application you use to print the file can also have an effect! I use Linux on my PC. The default PDF application is called Evince. I found printing with this, the PDFs come out lighter than when opened and printed with Adobe reader.
So for me, the best combination seems to be original HP and Adobe for PDFs and GIMP for other image files.
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Post by arkhamresident on Oct 15, 2010 3:17:57 GMT -9
Also, the choice of ink can make a difference. I have a HP Photosmart C4380. I was using slightly cheaper Jettec ink cartridges with it, but after repeated problems with cartridge recognition, I switched back to OEM HP ones. The Jettec cartridges seemed to print darker than the HP. I have a HP Photosmart C4780 and ran into the same problem with an ink refill kit. While the colors aren't wrong they certainly are different when compared to items I've printed previously.
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Post by Mike H "Chugosh" on Dec 27, 2010 19:12:05 GMT -9
That is a pretty astounding comparison!
All I know is that I cannot reccomend my $50 Kodak, which prints on photo paper really nicely, but makes everything alse all dingey. It's like it is trying to pring color and black and white all at once. I have had only a few things print so that I liked them.
The ink is indeed cheaper, but each cartridge is smaller.
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Post by kiladecus on Dec 28, 2010 13:34:33 GMT -9
I have an HP on my pile of crap computer, and my wife has a Canon.
To refill her printer, OVER $100! Mine, I can do for about $70.
Hers has a GREAT print quality, but you only get about half the number of pages per re-load.
I have to say that my printer may not be as GREAT, but for what you get and how much you get, I can NOT complain!
Another thing is, if ANY of her ink cartridges is empty, it's a boat anchor! Mine can print until there is NOTHING left! (Sure I have a pink dice tower and a few other... mis-colored models, but to me, a model is a model)!
I have also have my HP since I bought my computer in the fall of 1999! Still using it today... just did about an hour ago!
On a scale of 1-10, I give my HP a 9.85!!
Just my thoughts, not like THAT matters...
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Post by hackbarth on Dec 28, 2010 14:49:46 GMT -9
Then, I also found the application you use to print the file can also have an effect! I use Linux on my PC. The default PDF application is called Evince. I found printing with this, the PDFs come out lighter than when opened and printed with Adobe reader. So for me, the best combination seems to be original HP and Adobe for PDFs and GIMP for other image files. True, but I found evince much better than the Adobe software. Adobe Reader prints so dark that the minis lose almost all detail. Evince and the GIMP print alright. And I thought that only I had this problem!
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