On 5 Mar 2006 15:14:07 -0800, "Rob de Jonge"
wrote:

Hi ...

Posting this question for a friend:

He's a professional designer and he needs photographic perfection for
his prints, but doesnt make a whole lot of prints. I was once told that
in order to achieve the same kind of photo quality one can get on an
inkjet these days, a very expensive ($1000) laserjet is required.


There are a number of color laser printers
now for well under $1K but I've yet to see
one that can make a photo print matching
even the cheapest Canon or Epson photo
inkjet printer.

If the critera changes to consider cost
per page, text printing, performance on
cheap paper, or print speed, laser printers
deserve serious consideration.

But on photo print quality, neither laser
nor dye-sub can match even a low-end inkjet.
I am assuming appropriate, quality papers
are used in all cases. Lasers are not
fussy about paper, but dye-sub and inkjet are.



rafe b
www.terrapinphoto.com