[NHCOLL-L:685] More on Archival Inks and Inkjet Printers
Diana Horton
diana-horton at uiowa.edu
Thu Aug 17 11:56:28 EDT 2000
In response to my previous msg., someone suggested what I think may be a
commonly held notion, that the difference in sharpness of text reflects the
fact that inkjet print 'bleeds' into the paper and laserjet
doesn't. However, when I compared samples of print from the two types of
printers under the microscope (using sample text from the Lexmark Z52 for
the example of inkjet print), both produce slightly fuzzy margins along the
edge of letters to about the same degree. The difference in sharpness
seems to reflect the fact that there is a much denser (thicker) coating of
ink applied with a laserjet, whereas the colour of the paper 'shows
through' the inkjet print, so it appears less black. I am wondering if
this sample from the Z52 is indicative of what one should expect with this
printer - that these printers just don't apply enough ink to make the
letters really *black*.
Diana Horton
Herbarium and Biological Sciences
312 CB
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 52242-1297
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