Roger, With my printer, I can hold a picture under a running faucet, and the ink will smear a tiny bit, but not enough to be visible. Depends also on the paper I use. (Canon S9000, inkjet printer)
Paul At 09:47 AM 4/1/03 -0500, Roger Borowski wrote: >Not at all, Jim. Ink jet print is water soluble and will instantly smear or >smudge if subjected to a droplet of water. It also fades quite rapidly. >Laser printers fuse the toner to the media under a high heat, which sets the >print and makes it impervious to moisture and fading. Laser printers have >come down substantially in cost and are quite affordable for anyone looking >for near perfect quality printing at a cost per page of just a fraction of >what ink jet pages cost. In the big picture, if you don't require color >printing, a laser printer provides far better quality print, far less costly >than an ink jet printer today. Color laser printers are still a bit costly, >but also have been coming down to be more affordable for home office use. >Laser printers are also quite a bit more dependable and easier to repair >than ink jets, which, for the most part, are expendable and not cost >effective to repair. >73, -=Rog-K9RB=- > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Jim Reisert AD1C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Floyd Sense" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <dx4win@mailman.qth.net> >Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 9:06 AM >Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Good printer for direct printing on cards? > > >> At 07:08 PM 3/31/2003 -0500, Floyd Sense K8AC wrote: >> >> >You guys who are printing the QSO info directly on your QSL cards - what >> >make and model of printer is doing a good job for you? My HP 812C >Deskjet >> >isn't worth a darn - can't feed the cards properly. Thanks. >> >> I'm concerned that the "jet" ink is more prone to smudging/fading than >from >> a traditional laser printer. Am I being paranoid? >> >> 73 - Jim AD1C >> >> >> -- >> Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 >> USA +978-251-9933, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, http://www.ad1c.com >> PGP Fingerprint: D8E2 3D78 339F A7F1 8C13 1193 B5D1 4FB6 79D1 70DC >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Dx4win mailing list >> Dx4win@mailman.qth.net >> http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win >> > >_______________________________________________ >Dx4win mailing list >Dx4win@mailman.qth.net >http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Paul van der Eijk (KK4HD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dx4win.com
