Where I work we have a $2,400 HP color laser printer. I also have experience with a color laser printer at a local university that I'm sure cost about twice that much. Both are absolutely worthless for printing photos. Any $50 inkjet photo printer can kick their ass for photo printing, not on speed or cost but on how the prints look. The worst inkjets I've ever seen didn't print photos as badly as the laserjets do.
Has it ever occured to you to check the default color-process setting on your laser printer? Most office machines are left at the default setting of "Vivid for Presentations" or some such. What this means is the print engine deliberately oversaturates all the colors to make 4-color charts and colored text look good. In the process, any photo sent through will be saturated to death, resulting in the poor quality photos you describe.
It's all about using the right tool for the job.
Yes, it is. That includes knowing how to set your tools to do the job right, as well.
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When the text has been decrypted, this also means that the key can be
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- Pkzip uses the same encryption, and US Govt has no objection to its export.
Pkzip's public file APPNOTE.TXT describes this algorithm in detail.
I think you'll find that 1/2 the people are overweight. The other 1/2 are underweight.
Can you imagine the uproar if they were required to post warnings about these machines at the airport? Welcome to RDU International Airport. All passengers will be subjected to an electronic strip-search before boarding their planes. Thank you for your cooperation.
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Where I work we have a $2,400 HP color laser printer. I also have experience with a color laser printer at a local university that I'm sure cost about twice that much. Both are absolutely worthless for printing photos. Any $50 inkjet photo printer can kick their ass for photo printing, not on speed or cost but on how the prints look. The worst inkjets I've ever seen didn't print photos as badly as the laserjets do.
Has it ever occured to you to check the default color-process setting on your laser printer? Most office machines are left at the default setting of "Vivid for Presentations" or some such. What this means is the print engine deliberately oversaturates all the colors to make 4-color charts and colored text look good. In the process, any photo sent through will be saturated to death, resulting in the poor quality photos you describe.
It's all about using the right tool for the job.
Yes, it is. That includes knowing how to set your tools to do the job right, as well.http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/editing.htm
like 1/3 of people are overweight
I think you'll find that 1/2 the people are overweight. The other 1/2 are underweight.
Can you imagine the uproar if they were required to post warnings about these machines at the airport?
Welcome to RDU International Airport. All passengers will be subjected to an electronic strip-search before boarding their planes. Thank you for your cooperation.