Anyone used a monochrome laser for b&w?

I got fed up with the running costs of my inkjet and decided that what
I really need is a monochrome refillable laser printer. I wasn't
printing many photos anyway and its running costs were stopping me from
printing much text too. It won't be here for a few days. I bought it
for text, though I'll ask here anyway if anyone had experience with
using a monochrome laser to print b&w photos. I'm not expecting
anything spectacular, but how good is a monochrome laser at that? Is it
usable?

I got fed up with the running costs of my inkjet and decided that what
I really need is a monochrome refillable laser printer. I wasn't
printing many photos anyway and its running costs were stopping me from
printing much text too. It won't be here for a few days. I bought it
for text, though I'll ask here anyway if anyone had experience with
using a monochrome laser to print b&w photos. I'm not expecting
anything spectacular, but how good is a monochrome laser at that? Is it
usable?

Not really. With an injet, you have some huge number of dots-per-pixel,
giving you shades of gray. With a laser, it's black or it's white.

steve

Mike Henley wrote:
I got fed up with the running costs of my inkjet and decided that what
I really need is a monochrome refillable laser printer. I wasn't
printing many photos anyway and its running costs were stopping me from
printing much text too. It won't be here for a few days. I bought it
for text, though I'll ask here anyway if anyone had experience with
using a monochrome laser to print b&w photos. I'm not expecting
anything spectacular, but how good is a monochrome laser at that? Is it
usable?


I just tried a print on my Samsung laser. It's not that bad really,
certainly usable for non-critical things, although I wouldn't really
call it photographic quality.
A problem you will have is with paper, I expect. I'm not sure how photo
paper designed for inkjets would work, and I don't know if anything
similar for lasers is available.
It depends what you are thinking of using the output for, as to whether
it's usable or not.

Mike Henley wrote:
I got fed up with the running costs of my inkjet and decided that what
I really need is a monochrome refillable laser printer.

Ran across this the other day and it looks interesting:

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/co...april-05.shtml

Check out the second part called "Carbon on Cotton".

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I got fed up with the running costs of my inkjet and decided that what
I really need is a monochrome refillable laser printer. I wasn't
printing many photos anyway and its running costs were stopping me from
printing much text too. It won't be here for a few days. I bought it
for text, though I'll ask here anyway if anyone had experience with
using a monochrome laser to print b&w photos. I'm not expecting
anything spectacular, but how good is a monochrome laser at that? Is it
usable?

I found them pretty poor at photos. I use non original ink to print
monochrome and like the end results. My Print-Rite ink delivers a slightly
different tone to my epson when set on 'black only'; but as it's blacker
than Epson I quite like it.

The cost of the Print-Rite cartridge is about 15% of the cost of an Epson
cartridge, and in 7 months has not clogged the printer (10 carts).

I print the odd text document on my inkjet, but never a long document.
Mainly because it's slower than a laser and I have access to 2 laser
printers elsewhere. If I want to print a 10 page+ document I pop it onot a
memory stick and print it at work or on my Wife's printer.

John

John Fryatt wrote:
Mike Henley wrote:
I got fed up with the running costs of my inkjet and decided that what
I really need is a monochrome refillable laser printer. I wasn't
printing many photos anyway and its running costs were stopping me from
printing much text too. It won't be here for a few days. I bought it
for text, though I'll ask here anyway if anyone had experience with
using a monochrome laser to print b&w photos. I'm not expecting
anything spectacular, but how good is a monochrome laser at that? Is it
usable?


I just tried a print on my Samsung laser. It's not that bad really,
certainly usable for non-critical things, although I wouldn't really
call it photographic quality.
A problem you will have is with paper, I expect. I'm not sure how photo
paper designed for inkjets would work, and I don't know if anything
similar for lasers is available.
It depends what you are thinking of using the output for, as to whether
it's usable or not.

To cover a few walls. Nothing fancy. I'll probably print on regular A4
paper, and change it often.