printers this year. I have saved about 40% on color printing. We have =
also saved on laminating because these printout don't laminate well as =
you mentioned (ink melts), so teachers just chose to laminate less =
saving about 25% in laminating costs.
I kept one standard color laser printer for jobs that do need to be =
laminated. =20
Pros: price, speed, final output
Cons: can't hot laminate, scratches easily, tend to last about three =
years (from my experience) rather than 5-6 with standard laser printers =
(The heads on the solid laser printers go out.)
Renee Ramig
Seven Hills School
-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators on behalf of Curt Lieneck
Sent: Thu 5/7/2009 8:23 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: solid inks
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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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