I don't understand this about printers.

[incomudro]

Ok so im looking at printers in the store, of course there are lazerjets and inkjets. Inkjets have alot higher DPI I aways figured the higher the better, but then I look at the lazerjets and there DPI are alot lower like 1200dpi compared to 4800dpi on injets. So I guess what I am asking is how is this better or worse if cost isnt really an issue which is better to get injet or lazerjet? Also which is better for certian applications, like I am looking to print professional level brochures no cheap POS's if you get what I am at.

 

[cx323]

Ok so im looking at printers in the store, of course there are lazerjets and inkjets. Inkjets have alot higher DPI I aways figured the higher the better, but then I look at the lazerjets and there DPI are alot lower like 1200dpi compared to 4800dpi on injets. So I guess what I am asking is how is this better or worse if cost isnt really an issue which is better to get injet or lazerjet? Also which is better for certian applications, like I am looking to print professional level brochures no cheap POS's if you get what I am at.

check out this link http://www.teamits.com/connection/main/printers.php.if ur going to be printing professional brochures i would definately go with a laser printer

 

[jpmkm]

For most applications, 600DPI is actually quite sufficient. If cost isn't an issue, I'd definitely go with a laser printer. Will your brochures be color? How professional are we talking? If you want regular, glossy kind of brochures then you might be better off having a printshop do those. Without more details of what it is going to be used for, though, I'm going to have to go with laser. It ends up being cheaper(as far as consumables go), and for most applications the quality is better than inkjets.

edit: for brochure paper, this stuff looks pretty good. One thing to look for in a printer for these applications is the ability to print all the way to the edge of the page. If it can't then you'll either have to design your brochure/whatever to compensate for that or trim the pages afterwards. Sometimes it doesn't really matter, but sometimes you might really want your design or whatever to go all the way to the edges.

 

[Elderblaze]

There's alot more to quality then DPI. I've never seen an Inkjet that can match even a cheap Laser for text quality. You have issues like ink bleed and clogged heads etc. None of these are problems for lasers. Not to mention insanely expensive consumables and if you don't use it for 6 mos may as well throw the whole fucker in the trash hehe, ok I admit it. I hate Inkjets.

Regards,
Mike

 

[Elledan]

Let's put it this way: an inkjet can put a lot of pixels in a square inch, but there's no guarantee that they'll end up in the right location ^_-

 

[paulmr]

it all comes down to use my friend... If you are wanting to print profesional looking brochures and don't want to spend thousands of dollars on a color laser then a high end Epson Canon or Hp photo printer for liek 200-400 bucks like say the hp 3310 and some nice paper (good prinign depends on the paper as much if not more then the printer)

if your needing to be abel to print black and white documents often with little to no interest in color prining then a laserjet printer is the best/ most economical way to go as one toner cartridge will outlast many many injet cartridges and laser print faster.

personaly I have a cheap ass 30 dollar hp printer that can print color and a scanner copier laser printer that was a bout 350 dollars

 

[incomudro]

Thanks for all the help guys.