08-04-2013, 04:20 PM
Hi,
I'm surprised you parted with your Alps printer Big Al; I thought you were bonded to it but it's gone to a good new owner.
Thanks Colin; it's taken about half an hour to fire up my new Canon all in one printing the test page; set up was easy enough but a bit time consuming taking 4 minutes for the print head to adjust itself then another 18 minutes to install the drivers but if I can do it then it must be easy. The test page printed without problem and the touch controls are very smart.
Interesting pictures Joe thanks for adding them; ink and paper selection plays an important part; I'm like you in that I'm not bothered about my printed matter lasting for years.
Thanks for the link Gary; I'll have a look at it shortly. I'm sure Paxolin and Tufnol are similar materials but Phenolic is a lot different which will explain why Phenolic can be printed on? Printing is a huge subject with an equally huge industry.
I agree Lawrence; when I added his thread I didn't expect it to run the way it has but it's been interesting and hopefully informative. As with most things bought the more expensive the better the quality and this applies to both inks and papers. Most of my printing is fine on cheap Morrison's printer paper but if I really wanted to get serious about printing then I would also be into serious money.
My desktop is now crammed with monitor; external hard drive two printers; the beautifully turned burr pencil holder David kindly made for me; phone; keyboard; mouse and of course a pot of tea. My fur toy Timmy has a new home at the moment sitting on the laser printer. I also have a "floating" lead for connecting the digital camera.
One thing I quickly noticed when I installed the Canon is that all six cartridges show as "Full" which is encouraging. Two CD's were supplied; one for Windows the other for Mac. It's a lot of machine and technology for the money and I certainly can't knock that.
Kind regards, Col.
I'm surprised you parted with your Alps printer Big Al; I thought you were bonded to it but it's gone to a good new owner.
Thanks Colin; it's taken about half an hour to fire up my new Canon all in one printing the test page; set up was easy enough but a bit time consuming taking 4 minutes for the print head to adjust itself then another 18 minutes to install the drivers but if I can do it then it must be easy. The test page printed without problem and the touch controls are very smart.
Interesting pictures Joe thanks for adding them; ink and paper selection plays an important part; I'm like you in that I'm not bothered about my printed matter lasting for years.
Thanks for the link Gary; I'll have a look at it shortly. I'm sure Paxolin and Tufnol are similar materials but Phenolic is a lot different which will explain why Phenolic can be printed on? Printing is a huge subject with an equally huge industry.
I agree Lawrence; when I added his thread I didn't expect it to run the way it has but it's been interesting and hopefully informative. As with most things bought the more expensive the better the quality and this applies to both inks and papers. Most of my printing is fine on cheap Morrison's printer paper but if I really wanted to get serious about printing then I would also be into serious money.
My desktop is now crammed with monitor; external hard drive two printers; the beautifully turned burr pencil holder David kindly made for me; phone; keyboard; mouse and of course a pot of tea. My fur toy Timmy has a new home at the moment sitting on the laser printer. I also have a "floating" lead for connecting the digital camera.
One thing I quickly noticed when I installed the Canon is that all six cartridges show as "Full" which is encouraging. Two CD's were supplied; one for Windows the other for Mac. It's a lot of machine and technology for the money and I certainly can't knock that.
Kind regards, Col.
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