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Does such a print utility exist?
I've been thinking........
I bought a Canon mono laser to overcome cost of constantly replacing ink cartridges on my Canon inkjet. Then the idea occured. If there was a utility that would allow me to print all the black text of a document on the laser and then run the paper through the inkjet and print only the coloured graphics I could have the best of both worlds. I haven't tried but I guess I could go through a document and delete all graphics for the laser print run and then delete or change text colour to white for the inkjet run. Could be a bit of a long job with a large doc tho. Any thoughts on this? BTW, I don't even have MS Office on the PC because I have an ancient word processor that does most of what I want. So if MS Word has this facility, then I apologise for wasting your time. Regards, Nige |
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Periproct wrote:
Then the idea occured. If there was a utility that would allow me to print all the black text of a document on the laser and then run the paper through the inkjet and print only the coloured ... Try it with your existing printer and you'll discover why "sep printing" isn't done this way. It is virtually impossible to get even coarsely acceptable re-alignment of the sheets. Laser printers often print colors in multiple passes, but they never lose control of the sheet registration internally. -- Regards, Bob Niland http://www.access-one.com/rjn email4rjn AT yahoo DOT com NOT speaking for any employer, client or Internet Service Provider. |
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Then the idea occured. If there was a utility that would allow me to
all the black text of a document on the laser and then run the paper through the inkjet and print only the coloured graphics I could have the best of both worlds. You have to print through the inkjet first, otherwise you'll have almighty jams. You print the colour graphics with the inkjet, add the black text and laser print it. We do it all the time. That was quick. Thanks for that. I'll have to have an experiment with Word or maybe Open Office. |
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"pete" wrote in message news On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 15:45:04 +0000 (UTC), "Periproct" wrote: I've been thinking........ I bought a Canon mono laser to overcome cost of constantly replacing ink cartridges on my Canon inkjet. Then the idea occured. If there was a utility that would allow me to print all the black text of a document on the laser and then run the paper through the inkjet and print only the coloured graphics I could have the best of both worlds. You have to print through the inkjet first, otherwise you'll have almighty jams. You print the colour graphics with the inkjet, add the black text and laser print it. We do it all the time. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ DO NOT DO THIS !!!! Printing to the Bubble-Jet first and then the laser printer runs the risk of the ink on the paper damaging the heated drum/fuser of the laser printer. I have often done as the OP suggests and never had paper jam issues on my Bubble-Jet. If the heat of the laser printer is causing the paper to curl to an extent it results in jams, you are using crappy paper to begin with. |
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"Bob Niland" wrote in message news Periproct wrote: Then the idea occured. If there was a utility that would allow me to print all the black text of a document on the laser and then run the paper through the inkjet and print only the coloured ... Try it with your existing printer and you'll discover why "sep printing" isn't done this way. It is virtually impossible to get even coarsely acceptable re-alignment of the sheets. Laser printers often print colors in multiple passes, but they never lose control of the sheet registration internally. I believe he is looking to add color images to a b&w text document. If so I have done this successfully. While not the optimum choice, it worked in a pinch. Personally if you need to print these documents on a regular basis, I would recommend moving to color laser. Less time and hassle and more cost effective. |
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On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 10:43:36 -0600, Bob Niland
wrote: Periproct wrote: Then the idea occured. If there was a utility that would allow me to print all the black text of a document on the laser and then run the paper through the inkjet and print only the coloured ... Try it with your existing printer and you'll discover why "sep printing" isn't done this way. It is virtually impossible to get even coarsely acceptable re-alignment of the sheets. Laser printers often print colors in multiple passes, but they never lose control of the sheet registration internally. True. But if the OP just means letterheads and that sort of thing, it really isn't a problem. -- Hecate - The Real One veni, vidi, reliqui |
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"Hecate" wrote in message ... On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 10:43:36 -0600, Bob Niland wrote: Periproct wrote: Then the idea occured. If there was a utility that would allow me to print all the black text of a document on the laser and then run the paper through the inkjet and print only the coloured ... Try it with your existing printer and you'll discover why "sep printing" isn't done this way. It is virtually impossible to get even coarsely acceptable re-alignment of the sheets. Laser printers often print colors in multiple passes, but they never lose control of the sheet registration internally. True. But if the OP just means letterheads and that sort of thing, it really isn't a problem. Thanks for the feedback. I was thinking of things like PDF software manuals (I like to have a printed copy - old fashioned maybe) where there might be coloured screenshots amongst the text so alignment might not be such a problem. Having typed that I've just realised I'd need software that could edit PDFs. |
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Periproct wrote:
I was thinking of things like PDF software manuals (I like to have a printed copy - old fashioned maybe) where there might be coloured screenshots amongst the text so alignment might not be such a problem. And might be, particularly if the images were CMYK and not RGB. You might pull seps to separate out the color and find a lot of black dots left behind in images, dots that need to be at precise sub-pixel locations from printer to printer. Not an issue if you just mask entire images, of course. My B&W laser & inkjet color don't even align well enough to permit printing letterheads in color on the IJ and text content on the laser. Skew, mostly. Having typed that I've just realised I'd need software that could edit PDFs. If the PDF is unsecured (or you have the PWs), Adobe Illustrator can extract and break pages up into their components (and preserve the fonts & vectors). Photoshop can open PDFs as well, but rasterizes the whole page, and a high-quality rendering of a page (e.g. 300 dpi or higher) is a largish data object. I'd buy a duplexing color laser before investing the effort in this gambit. -- Regards, Bob Niland http://www.access-one.com/rjn email4rjn AT yahoo DOT com NOT speaking for any employer, client or Internet Service Provider. |
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I believe he is looking to add color images to a b&w text document.
If so I have done this successfully. While not the optimum choice, it worked in a pinch. Personally if you need to print these documents on a regular basis, I would recommend moving to color laser. Less time and hassle and more cost effective. Yet again BT Openworld is 'losing' posts but I found yours elsewhere. With my Canon S900 it was getting to the stage where I was scared to use it due to the rate it used ink. People thought I was a bit odd buying a laser for home use but it rates as one of my more worthwhile purchases. What was a shade annoying, having spent £200 on the Brother, those pesky people at Konica Minolta did a special offer on a colour laser which I think was around £250. Probably +VAT. |
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"pete" wrote in message news On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 15:45:04 +0000 (UTC), "Periproct" wrote: I've been thinking........ I bought a Canon mono laser to overcome cost of constantly replacing ink cartridges on my Canon inkjet. Then the idea occured. If there was a utility that would allow me to print all the black text of a document on the laser and then run the paper through the inkjet and print only the coloured graphics I could have the best of both worlds. You have to print through the inkjet first, otherwise you'll have almighty jams. You print the colour graphics with the inkjet, add the black text and laser print it. We do it all the time. I disagree. I do some printing for a newsletter. I photocopy the main body of the newsletter, then run the sheets through an inkjet to print an address. Even with slightly curled and wrinkly pages from the photocopier I've never had a sheet jam. And I would also be worried about the ink damaging the fuser or something. |
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