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- From: plenson@hi_presure_lab (Peter Lenson)
- Subject: Re: NeXTColor Printer -- MAJOR DISSAPOINTMENT !!!
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- Organization: University of Western Ontario
- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 07:59:25 GMT
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- In article <92311.071530HARRAPR@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
- <HARRAPR@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> writes:
- > I've been using one of the Canon BJC-800 color printers for some time,
- hooked u
- > p to a peecee. It is identical to the NeXT except color of case and
- interface c
- > able details, which don't affect the print engine. Given that there have
- been m
- > ajor criticisms of the NeXT version of the printer, I have a few
- observations o
- > n the PC version that should apply.
- >
- > (2) It makes a _HUGE_ difference what media is used in the printer.
- Photocopy p
- > aper looks different from good bond paper, transparencies are
- significantly dif
- > ferent than coated paper. All this makes sense. To resolve color
- calibration we
- > always use the Canon coated paper. Okay, it costs $.05 per sheet, but
- given th
- > e cost of the ink that is pretty trivial (we pay $50Can for color
- cartridges, a
- > nd $30Can for black, and these cartridges appear to last about fifty to
- a hundr
- > ed fairly darkly saturated pages in any one color - ie for typical pages
- we cha
- > nge the lot an average of once per 200 pages. Of course, some colors get
- used m
- > ore. I'm kinda partial to the red, myself :) ).
-
- It appears that you obtained far better mileage from the ink cartridges
- than I did. I managed to get only 50 images ( 8.5 by 11 ) before I ran
- out of black ink. My test images had nearly equal amounts of cyan, black,
- magenta, and yellow suggesting that the remaining cartridges are just
- about empty.
-
- Canon on pg 68 of the printers User Manual gives the following yields :
-
- " Text 700 pages or one million characters (A4/LTR)
- Graphics 400 pages (A4/LTR with color printed at 7.5 % density) "
-
-
- What does 7.5 % density actually mean ?
-
- Could others post their results as well.
-
-
- thanx Peter Lenson
-