On Jul 4, 2006, at 1:52 PM, Johannes Gebauer wrote:
On 04.07.2006 Bruce E. Clausen wrote:
Who out there has his/her own printer for scores and parts. We're
looking at an HP Designjet 70, which will handle both size and
weight. Any thoughts?
In my opinion, if you want to print scores and parts directly, get
a large format laser printer, like the HP LJ 5000 or 5100.
Anything that uses ink is not ideal for parts which are going to be
played from.
I agree with Johannes. I used an ink jet printer for a long time, and
could have bought several laser printers with what I spent on ink,
and also the quality and longevity of the print is far superior on
the laser printer.
I have an HP 5100, and it is very good, though there still are issues
that I haven't worked out yet involving margins on large paper sizes.
For now I adjust page margins or shift the paper feed over a bit to
centre the print on the page, but there must be some arcane setting I
haven't found yet to accomplish the same thing.
I also still haven't worked out booklet printing, as I can't get two
pages to print side by side when a LATER, discontiguous page is on
the left. (like, page 6 and page 3. They print on two different
pages.) I don't know if it is a Finale issue, a driver issue, or an
OSX issue. If anyone has a hint there, I would appreciate it.
With thick paper you won't be able to use a feed tray (I use the
manual straight paper path for thick part paper) nor the mechanical
duplexer (I feed the page twice) but that is a small inconvenience
compared with the alternatives.
Christopher
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