We have both types of printers. Our solid ink printer is great, high
quality prints and good performance. It is our every day use printer for
students and teachers but it does have the issues you mention. The ink
melts some when laminated. We discovered this when laminating a print of
a flag....gave it an interesting antique look that work well in that case=
.
We have not had issues with folding, but I have had some issues with
scratching when I printed cards I use each week. For projects that need
lamination we have a color copier/printer. We also use the color copier
for high volume print jobs.
Dave
David Baker
Mount Tamalpais School
Dean of Technology
Math Department Chair
http://www.mttam.org/
dbaker@mttam.org
A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> on May
7, 2009 at 7:23 AM -0700 wrote:
>Dear All,
>
> A certain large printer company has been pushing solid ink color =20
>printers really hard, claiming that early solid ink problems like =20
>waste of melted inks have been basically solved and that cost per copy =20
>is much lower than traditional toner based color.
>
>Our initial look at solid ink output shows much better image quality =20
>and color accuracy than toner-based printers, but the glossy, waxy, =20
>finish of solid ink output is easily scratched, not especially =20
>durable, doesn't like being folded, and, I'm guessing, won't like =20
>laminators very much (though I haven't tried it)...all sort of =20
>important things for color copies that kids and teachers might be using.
>
>What experiences have you had with solid ink color printing for use by =20
>teachers and kids?
>
>Curt Lieneck
>Director of Information Technology
>University of Chicago Laboratory Schools
>
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