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Why are inkjet printers faster in black?
Why are inkjet printers faster in black than in colour? Surely black is just one of the inks, like cyan, magenta, and yellow. Since the heads are independant, why would black only be faster? Is there a ****ty processor in the printers that's slower than the 4 heads combined?
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Why are inkjet printers faster in black?
Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
Why are inkjet printers faster in black than in colour? Surely black is just one of the inks, like cyan, magenta, and yellow. Since the heads are independant, why would black only be faster? Is there a ****ty processor in the printers that's slower than the 4 heads combined? Time the prints, take the ratio, and see how many passes are used to do color. Paul |
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Why are inkjet printers faster in black?
On Sun, 27 May 2018 23:21:27 +0100, Paul wrote:
Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote: Why are inkjet printers faster in black than in colour? Surely black is just one of the inks, like cyan, magenta, and yellow. Since the heads are independant, why would black only be faster? Is there a ****ty processor in the printers that's slower than the 4 heads combined? Time the prints, take the ratio, and see how many passes are used to do color. It does seem to move in small jerks then a big one. So is this because of the processor being slow? Why can all the heads not print at once? I'm assuming the resolution of each head is the same for the black and all the colours. -- 101 Dalmatians and Peter Pan are the only two Disney animated features in which both the parents are present and don't die throughout the movie. |
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Why are inkjet printers faster in black?
Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
On Sun, 27 May 2018 23:21:27 +0100, Paul wrote: Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote: Why are inkjet printers faster in black than in colour? Surely black is just one of the inks, like cyan, magenta, and yellow. Since the heads are independant, why would black only be faster? Is there a ****ty processor in the printers that's slower than the 4 heads combined? Time the prints, take the ratio, and see how many passes are used to do color. It does seem to move in small jerks then a big one. So is this because of the processor being slow? Why can all the heads not print at once? I'm assuming the resolution of each head is the same for the black and all the colours. The printer also has a couple modes for level of detail. See if the color mode supports a preview mode rather than an "art quality mode". To do photorealistic prints on coated paper, the printer is likely to move the head slower while doing that. I would hope an inkjet doesn't have a processor, because some inkjets retail for $50, and how much of a processor can you afford with a retail markup on that ? The other printer types, which might have PCL or PostScript interpreters, they have a bit more of a processor in them. And to some extent, they were RAM dependent (you could upgrade by adding memory sticks to them). For an inkjet, to save costs, all you need is a stepper motor, and a raster scan algo to do the printing. Is a USB2 30MB/sec data rate sufficient for that ? I hope so, as scanning manages to work at the 2MB/sec range. The printing isn't necessarily proportional either. I should be done with half-tones, with 2 picoliter dots delivered in a pattern, to give an intensity of color. I don't think it would be all that easy to modulate dot volume and get the dot delivered properly. The processor in your desktop, is probably a hundred times more powerful than the old interpreter processors that were located inside some of the older printers. It shouldn't be a strain to produce a raster pattern from such a processor. You can even look at your percent CPU while the print is happening, and "see if anything is railed" during periods of printer hesitation. Paul |
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Why are inkjet printers faster in black?
On Sun, 27 May 2018 23:58:20 +0100, Paul wrote:
Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote: On Sun, 27 May 2018 23:21:27 +0100, Paul wrote: Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote: Why are inkjet printers faster in black than in colour? Surely black is just one of the inks, like cyan, magenta, and yellow. Since the heads are independant, why would black only be faster? Is there a ****ty processor in the printers that's slower than the 4 heads combined? Time the prints, take the ratio, and see how many passes are used to do color. It does seem to move in small jerks then a big one. So is this because of the processor being slow? Why can all the heads not print at once? I'm assuming the resolution of each head is the same for the black and all the colours. The printer also has a couple modes for level of detail. See if the color mode supports a preview mode rather than an "art quality mode". To do photorealistic prints on coated paper, the printer is likely to move the head slower while doing that. It's on standard setting all the time, but speeds up for areas of the page without colour. If I printed a webpage where there were images in one half, then that half would be slower. I would hope an inkjet doesn't have a processor, because some inkjets retail for $50, and how much of a processor can you afford with a retail markup on that ? It is a $50 inkjet - The Epson S22. The other printer types, which might have PCL or PostScript interpreters, they have a bit more of a processor in them. And to some extent, they were RAM dependent (you could upgrade by adding memory sticks to them). Yes I remember those old beasts, the original HP Laserjets. For an inkjet, to save costs, all you need is a stepper motor, and a raster scan algo to do the printing. Is a USB2 30MB/sec data rate sufficient for that ? I hope so, as scanning manages to work at the 2MB/sec range. The printing isn't necessarily proportional either. I should be done with half-tones, with 2 picoliter dots delivered in a pattern, to give an intensity of color. I don't think it would be all that easy to modulate dot volume and get the dot delivered properly. You *don't* think it would be easy? Why would it be harder to modulate 4 heads than 1 head? The processor in your desktop, is probably a hundred times more powerful than the old interpreter processors that were located inside some of the older printers. It shouldn't be a strain to produce a raster pattern from such a processor. You can even look at your percent CPU while the print is happening, and "see if anything is railed" during periods of printer hesitation. Virtually no CPU usage at all. -- They say Confucius does his crosswords with a pen. |
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Why are inkjet printers faster in black?
On Sun, 27 May 2018 22:03:42 +0100, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
Why are inkjet printers faster in black than in colour? Surely black is just one of the inks, like cyan, magenta, and yellow. Since the heads are independant, why would black only be faster? Is there a ****ty processor in the printers that's slower than the 4 heads combined? If you check the specs for your printer you will find; Nozzle Configuration 90 Nozzles Black, 29 Nozzles per Color now work it out for yourself. -- Regards - Rodney Pont The from address exists but is mostly dumped, please send any emails to the address below e-mail rpont (at) gmail (dot) com |
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Why are inkjet printers faster in black?
"Jimmy Wilkinson Knife" Wrote in message:
On Sun, 27 May 2018 23:58:20 +0100, Paul wrote: Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote: On Sun, 27 May 2018 23:21:27 +0100, Paul wrote: Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote: Why are inkjet printers faster in black than in colour? Surely black is just one of the inks, like cyan, magenta, and yellow. Since the heads are independant, why would black only be faster? Is there a ****ty processor in the printers that's slower than the 4 heads combined? Time the prints, take the ratio, and see how many passes are used to do color. It does seem to move in small jerks then a big one. So is this because of the processor being slow? Why can all the heads not print at once? I'm assuming the resolution of each head is the same for the black and all the colours. The printer also has a couple modes for level of detail. See if the color mode supports a preview mode rather than an "art quality mode". To do photorealistic prints on coated paper, the printer is likely to move the head slower while doing that. It's on standard setting all the time, but speeds up for areas of the page without colour. If I printed a webpage where there were images in one half, then that half would be slower. I would hope an inkjet doesn't have a processor, because some inkjets retail for $50, and how much of a processor can you afford with a retail markup on that ? It is a $50 inkjet - The Epson S22. The other printer types, which might have PCL or PostScript interpreters, they have a bit more of a processor in them. And to some extent, they were RAM dependent (you could upgrade by adding memory sticks to them). Yes I remember those old beasts, the original HP Laserjets. For an inkjet, to save costs, all you need is a stepper motor, and a raster scan algo to do the printing. Is a USB2 30MB/sec data rate sufficient for that ? I hope so, as scanning manages to work at the 2MB/sec range. The printing isn't necessarily proportional either. I should be done with half-tones, with 2 picoliter dots delivered in a pattern, to give an intensity of color. I don't think it would be all that easy to modulate dot volume and get the dot delivered properly. You *don't* think it would be easy? Why would it be harder to modulate 4 heads than 1 head? The processor in your desktop, is probably a hundred times more powerful than the old interpreter processors that were located inside some of the older printers. It shouldn't be a strain to produce a raster pattern from such a processor. You can even look at your percent CPU while the print is happening, and "see if anything is railed" during periods of printer hesitation. Virtually no CPU usage at all. Whenever processors work with hardware, it is not matter what processors can do, but what hardware can do. It is possible the ink technology requires slower printing rate for colour printing. For given resolution and ink usage, there is an optimal printing speed and the firmware is programmed to use it, even if it was able to print faster. Many ink printers are sold below their production price, with the business model based on service, paid by the cartridge price. 2-3 sets of cartridges have often the cost of the printer. -- Libor Striz aka Poutnik ( a pilgrim/wanderer/wayfarer) "Humour is the only effective weapon against stupidity." Miloš Forman ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
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Why are inkjet printers faster in black?
On Mon, 28 May 2018 04:20:06 +0100, Libor Striz wrote:
"Jimmy Wilkinson Knife" Wrote in message: On Sun, 27 May 2018 23:58:20 +0100, Paul wrote: Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote: On Sun, 27 May 2018 23:21:27 +0100, Paul wrote: Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote: Why are inkjet printers faster in black than in colour? Surely black is just one of the inks, like cyan, magenta, and yellow. Since the heads are independant, why would black only be faster? Is there a ****ty processor in the printers that's slower than the 4 heads combined? Time the prints, take the ratio, and see how many passes are used to do color. It does seem to move in small jerks then a big one. So is this because of the processor being slow? Why can all the heads not print at once? I'm assuming the resolution of each head is the same for the black and all the colours. The printer also has a couple modes for level of detail. See if the color mode supports a preview mode rather than an "art quality mode". To do photorealistic prints on coated paper, the printer is likely to move the head slower while doing that. It's on standard setting all the time, but speeds up for areas of the page without colour. If I printed a webpage where there were images in one half, then that half would be slower. I would hope an inkjet doesn't have a processor, because some inkjets retail for $50, and how much of a processor can you afford with a retail markup on that ? It is a $50 inkjet - The Epson S22. The other printer types, which might have PCL or PostScript interpreters, they have a bit more of a processor in them. And to some extent, they were RAM dependent (you could upgrade by adding memory sticks to them). Yes I remember those old beasts, the original HP Laserjets. For an inkjet, to save costs, all you need is a stepper motor, and a raster scan algo to do the printing. Is a USB2 30MB/sec data rate sufficient for that ? I hope so, as scanning manages to work at the 2MB/sec range. The printing isn't necessarily proportional either. I should be done with half-tones, with 2 picoliter dots delivered in a pattern, to give an intensity of color. I don't think it would be all that easy to modulate dot volume and get the dot delivered properly. You *don't* think it would be easy? Why would it be harder to modulate 4 heads than 1 head? The processor in your desktop, is probably a hundred times more powerful than the old interpreter processors that were located inside some of the older printers. It shouldn't be a strain to produce a raster pattern from such a processor. You can even look at your percent CPU while the print is happening, and "see if anything is railed" during periods of printer hesitation. Virtually no CPU usage at all. Whenever processors work with hardware, it is not matter what processors can do, but what hardware can do. It is possible the ink technology requires slower printing rate for colour printing. For given resolution and ink usage, there is an optimal printing speed and the firmware is programmed to use it, even if it was able to print faster. Many ink printers are sold below their production price, with the business model based on service, paid by the cartridge price. 2-3 sets of cartridges have often the cost of the printer. I was working on the assumption that the cyan head is doing the same amount of work as the black head, so should be the same speed, but maybe they put in a faster black head so they can quote fast black printing? -- Why don't Siamese cats come in pairs? |
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Why are inkjet printers faster in black?
On Mon, 28 May 2018 08:14:23 +0100, rp wrote:
On Sun, 27 May 2018 22:03:42 +0100, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote: Why are inkjet printers faster in black than in colour? Surely black is just one of the inks, like cyan, magenta, and yellow. Since the heads are independant, why would black only be faster? Is there a ****ty processor in the printers that's slower than the 4 heads combined? If you check the specs for your printer you will find; Nozzle Configuration 90 Nozzles Black, 29 Nozzles per Color now work it out for yourself. So they cut back on the colour head cost I guess, and kept the extra black nozzles so the printer can be really fast at text without costing much more? -- In a recent survey 40% found they didn't have time to answer the question, 25% hung up the phone when the question was being asked, 20% couldn't speak English, and 15% gave answers that weren't asked. |
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Why are inkjet printers faster in black?
On Mon, 28 May 2018 08:14:23 +0100, rp wrote:
On Sun, 27 May 2018 22:03:42 +0100, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote: Why are inkjet printers faster in black than in colour? Surely black is just one of the inks, like cyan, magenta, and yellow. Since the heads are independant, why would black only be faster? Is there a ****ty processor in the printers that's slower than the 4 heads combined? If you check the specs for your printer you will find; Nozzle Configuration 90 Nozzles Black, 29 Nozzles per Color now work it out for yourself. Odd it's not 30 per colour, exactly a third of the black, so three passes. -- After pleading no contest to burglarizing Britney Spears's home, four men received three years of probation. All they had to do was sign an agreement not to reveal what they stole from the house or how many batteries it took. |
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