Understand this is an Inkjet printer, but what is Performance Beyond Laser? Does that mean this is basically the same printing quality as laser?
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I got one of these for my landlady who's ancient Ricoh laser stopped working. I myself have an HP Color LaserJet. The quality produced by her Epson is "better" than my LaserJet ... so much so that I've been considering replacing the LaserJet. Inkjet technology has come an awfully long way since it was first introduced.
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It's not even close. I've been using this printer pretty consistently for the last half year, and it doesn't even match my other color inkjet for print quality. Even on "best" quality setting, the colors are washed out and faded looking compared to color laser or my other inkjet.
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That's the Epson claim - as good or better than Laser... There are three reasons to purchase laser printers: 1) It can print text of any size very sharp. 2) The toner is bonded permanently to paper and thus will never smudge... 3) It's great for professional work / papers and professional-looking letterhead, auto-fed envelopes, etc. Epson's new ink-depositing system technology provides two things to try and match lasers... 1) Ink droplets of 1 picoliter or smaller (for sharp text) and 2) A new ink formulation / heat-bonder to provide relatively good smudge resistance. Does this mean "Performance Beyond Laser"... in the "Real World," it's pretty darn close to Laser, but our Lexmark color laser with True 1200 x 1200 dots-per-inch print quality still provides more accurate (thus sharper) fonts / text and more accurate color prints, AND it's prints don't smudge or run after being fully soaked in water... However, our laser cost 6 times what this Epson does - so for the price - Epson's WF-3640 comes really close to laser quality and has lots of features, like printing from iPads and e-mail-to-direct print. We already use the Epson more than our Lexmark primarily because it's much faster and just about as good. Now, that's pretty darn telling for "Real World" and "Beyond Laser".
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I just use what came with the printer and everything comes out great. I have not printed any Photo's yet. I believe that the quality is alot better myself, but that's me and I rarely print photos at all. Hope this helps.
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Hello- I am sorry but I used an ink jet printer therefore, I can't answer your question but you should not have a problem with your printer as long as it's not a laser printer.
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No problem what so ever. We print intermittently. The X576 ink system is superior and faster than color laser printers. It uses four vibrant inkjet cartridges.
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It's a difficult question to answer (and sorry it took so long to do so) because it really depends on usage. We use it in an office where it is used a lot and I think we get similar useage compared to our last low-priced laser printer. Haven't noticed much difference - though perhaps some. But I have to say that considering it's price and it's cartrige price, even if it has to be replace a little more often, it's worth it. It prints very nicely and takes up so little space. So we're happy with it.
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The Office Jet is not a photo printer like a Photo Jet. It does not have a separate photo black ink cartridge. However, I have printed some photos with it, and I was very satisfied with the results. If you want mainly a photo printer, buy a Photo Jet. If you want an excellent quality standard color printer and will occasionally print photos, I highly recommend this printer.
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Not being there it is difficult to say about the ink smear. Normally I get my paper from WalMart next to the computer section. Georgia Pacific puts out papers made for the InkJets. I prefer the 24 pound weight paper over the 20 pound weight though it is probably a couple of bucks more expensive. Less hassle, paper absorbs the ink better and it has a decent brightness on it. You will have to look up which HP inks work with your printers. Normally HP provides software to tell you that information on the disk that comes with the computer. I normally do not use recycled ink even though it is cheaper. I find that there are very few bargains put out by HP on ink cartridges. Sam's Club has package deals that are better. Personally I use an 8600 deskjet and it uses 950/951 cartridges. I find it to be a pain to keep changing cartridges so I normally get the XL ones that have the extra ink. My other printer uses 564xl cartridges. The office jets hold more ink and last longer. The 309A photo printer I use strictly for quality printer and not production. HP is greedy. They quit making a triple quantity XL for the office jet because it lasts too long. Personally I think they need to have their heads examined. The greatest attraction to me is cheap ink, cheap but quality printer, and low overhead on everything. Our family could easily wear out a printer if the ink was reasonable. I considered one of the newer laser printers for that reason. Haven't upgraded to one yet. I think the laser cartridges are way too expensive for the average home.
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Do like I did and throw it in the garbage. I replaced it with a black and white laser printer and take my photos to a photo shop for printing. It's ridiculous how heavy this printer is on ink. It forces you to keep expensive spares on hand to prevent downtime. But they have an expiry date on them which the printer won't let you print beyond, so you end up throwing them away if you don't use your printer all the time. Ink Jets blow. Laser all the way!
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Seems to me a very funny question! Of course it could print any size you specify! But I would like to know how is the photo quality? Since this is an "office" jet, not a "photo" smart machine, I would like to know how it compares to the top-rated photo-smart printers from HP.
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All inkjet printers will work. No laser just plain old inkjet ink. I use epson 1400's and I refill my own cartridges and have done 100's of the prints.
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Yes, it is a laser printer. The upside to this and the reason that I bought it was I was tired of replacing ink cartridges just because I didn't use my printer frequently. I used more ink cleaning cartridges during warm up than I did printing. It uses four different toner cartridges. I really like it
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It does color printing well, but not photo quality. I kept my epson inkjet for photos because this one can't do photos. As for brochures, however, it should be okay. I don't think that laser printers are meant to do as great of a job for photo printing because they don't even seem to make photo paper for laser printers.
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Your question is unclear. This is an inkjet printer and not a laser printer. You can check the type of cartridges for this printer from Canon web site.
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Not sure how precisely you are intending the word "ink." I use this paper only in a laser printer and don't have problems with it. Not sure how it would work in an inkjet printer. It is not, however, as smoothly finished as is paper marketed as "laser paper."
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I'm not quite sure what you standards are on "Photo Quality", I purchased 3 of these to use for my business and it is really living up to my standards. The toner lasts a VERY long time for the volume that I use it, it prints very fast, and I have yet to experience any troubles with the printer. For photo printing you may look at inkjets that are more used for that level of printing. However, this is not to say that the printer does not print well. I am quite satisfied with the level of color printing quality that this printer produces.
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Print is sharp and the image is crisp with a laser printer. I would imagine it does equally well with a jet printer. This paper quality is better than any other paper that I have purchased.
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Color quality much better than I thought on plain laser paper. I have not used photo quality paper.Photos not grainy. This is a very good printer in all aspects.