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Subject:Re: What's the best color printing process From:David Neeley <dbneeley -at- oddpost -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 17 May 2004 10:00:13 -0700 (PDT)
John,
First, I would question your need for a "2400dpi X 2400dpi" color printer for the uses you have outlined.
FYI, high-res offset printing is rarely above 300 lpi (printing uses "lines per inch" traditionally rather than "dots per inch"). This includes the most spectacular "coffee table" books.
The eye substitutes color depth for spatial resolution...that is, a 300 dpi black and white image seems much lower resolution than a color image at the same spatial resolution...and the more color depth the image contains, the more it will seem to the human vision system to be a "high res" image.
However, a 2400 dpi color laser is the Xerox Phaser 7300 in various models. It has built-in duplexing and will print pages up to 12 x 36 inches and is rated up to 83,000 pages per month.
The next one up in the line is the Phaser 7750. It is a little faster, has double the memory expandability, and has a Pantone-approved color model. However, its maximum resolution is 1200 x 1200.
Personally, I'd look very carefully at the actual printers in operation at a demo center before settling on anything.
In this class of printer, I happen to prefer the Xerox machines over the HP because they are faster and cheaper to operate.
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