Re: laser printer for diginegs
David, I used laser printers for digital negatives for years, until
Epson finally brought out a photo-quality inkjet printer. The first
laser printer I used was 300 dpi and then I moved up to 600 dpi.
The thing that gave me smooth gum prints from laser printer negatives
was printing the negatives as bitmaps with stochastic dithering,
adapting Dan Burkholder's instructions for preparing digital
negatives for the imagesetter.
Katharine
On Aug 28, 2009, at 7:22 AM, davidhatton@totalise.co.uk wrote:
Hi all,
Well, my epson 1290 has bitten the dust, bought the farm, snuffed
it, shook a seven..etc and not before time I'm thinking. The amount
of ink wasted trying to clear blocked nozzles would probably have
put several children through university! In its defence though I
often left it for several weeks between prints. Which is why I'm
considering a laser printer instead of an inkjet.
I was wondering if anyone uses a laser printer to make digital negs
as I don't think these (laser printers) have the same problems with
blocked nozzles if left idle for weeks. I'm loath to replace the
1290 with another expensive colour inkjet only to have it block up
again. If so what do you print on and are there any special
techniques needed? Thanks in advance for all your help,
Regards
Davidh