[HM] Re: PrinterFeatures

[David Crandon]

Oh yes, I agree that it wouldn't work for presentation quality. No way.
You'd have to use very high quality paper for sure...but I don't know
what type.

It's great for the kink of printing I do...just interesting web pages,
software manuals, etc.

Especially for the manuals, 1 inch thick is a lot easier to deal with
than 2 inches thick.

David Crandon

Pyx Findlekind wrote:
> 
> >Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2003 20:12:26 -0800
> >From: David Crandon <tdc at attbi.com>
> >Subject: [HM] Re: Printerfeatures
> >
> >This is true, but I only notice this with cheaper paper.
> >
> >Most of the time I use draft quality for text. It still looks awesome.
> >Nobody would really consider it draft. When using draft for pics, the
> >quality suffers a lot, but most of the time it doesn't matter to me.
> >While text doesn't show thru at all with the paper I use, you can see
> >the ghost of pics though.
> >
> >I don't use any particular brand, but I do use only 24# paper, instead
> >of the usual 20# paper. I also use only 90-92 brightness, nothing less.
> >I can still get it for less than $5 per 500 sheets.
> >
> 
> Yes, 24-lb, 92-bright (OfficeDepot brand). For "in-house" use it may
> be acceptable, but for presentation quality i'm afraid we're stuck
> with printing on one side only. Again, it's not a feature i find all
> that useful and with paper being so readily and cheaply available (Is
> that US$5?) i tend to print with great abandon.
> 
> Does anyone have experience with specialty art papers for printing
> two sides, or for any other print applications?
> 
> Now that inkjet printers are being used for printing complex
> electronic circuits and even printing out body parts (where do they
> get this primordial soup ink anyway?), i am curious to know; what is
> the strangest substance you have ever printed on or with?
> 
> PYX
> 
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