----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob W" Subject: RE: Pros and cons of dye-sub and inkjet printers
> Thanks for the replies. > > The reason I will need 2 is that I want to be able to print black & > white as well as colour, and it seems to be considered best to use > separate inkjets for this to avoid cross-contamination of inks. I > don't think this applies to dye-subs because of the nature of the > method. > I'd be very interested to hear from anyone who has experience using > dye-sub printers, and who can let me know what the day-to-day issues > are with them. I know that the Epson I already have, which I haven't > used for years, was very prone to blocked nozzles, didn't like to be > left unused for what I consider short periods of time, drank too much > ink, and in uneven amounts so I had to throw away cartridges which > still had ink in some reservoirs, etc. etc. Dye Sub, no matter how you look at it, is a colour printing process. I found it almost impossible to keep our dye subs neutral enough for black and white printing. They are very prone to dust specks getting imbedded under the dye layers. The colour response tends towards garishness, and the red response generally leaves much to be desired. I believe they are quite expensive to run, though whether more or less pricey than an inkjet I don't know. William Robb The sticky side of my brain is telling me I read about a photo ink jet printer that used 3 black cartridges black, lt black, lt lt black and gave very good b&w results with it. I think it was either Canon or HP. If it uses pigmented inks and comes in an A4 size I would look into it. Also I would not buy an in jet printer that did not use separate cartridges for each color. Butch -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
