Printing with a color laser printer on ink jet photo paper ?

[Clarence]

Hi there,

What about printing with a color laser printer on ink jet photo paper ?

Is it safe for the printer ?

Best regards,

Clarence

 

[Tony]

Hi there,

What about printing with a color laser printer on ink jet photo paper ?

Is it safe for the printer ?

Best regards,

Clarence

Clarence
Generally it is not safe, coated papers have a habit of sticking to the fuser
with expensive repairs to follow. You should only use coated papers that are
specifically recommended for lasers. Same applies to transparencies.
Tony

 

[Arthur Entlich]

It is not recommended and can be downright bad for the printer, and
there is no advantage.

Some coating used on inkjet papers can:

1: melt or singe when they are heated on the laser fuser
2: can transfer or coat and make slick some parts, like the transfer
drum or belt
3: may not allow the toner to stick properly to the paper and cause the
toner to transfer to the wrong parts of the printer
4: cost a lot more than equivalent laser papers designed for laser/color
laser printing

So even if the paper doesn't cause damage, why bother?

Art

 

[Clarence]

It is not recommended and can be downright bad for the printer, and
there is no advantage.

Some coating used on inkjet papers can:

1: melt or singe when they are heated on the laser fuser
2: can transfer or coat and make slick some parts, like the transfer
drum or belt
3: may not allow the toner to stick properly to the paper and cause the
toner to transfer to the wrong parts of the printer
4: cost a lot more than equivalent laser papers designed for laser/color
laser printing

So even if the paper doesn't cause damage, why bother?

Art

Thanx Arthur

 

[me]

Hi there,

What about printing with a color laser printer on ink jet photo paper ?
Is it safe for the printer ?

Don't do it. The coating can come off and knacker the printer - or parts
thereof.

Get some proper laser paper. For matt output I quite like Xerox's 100gsm
Colortech, which is readily available in A4 and A3. For glossy I've
used a fair bit of HPs soft glossy paper, Data Copy have recently
brought out a 160gsm glossy laser paper which is quite nice, they have a
similar matt one at IIRC 135 gsm which I have yet to try.

 

[Vaskenos]

Don't do it. The coating can come off and knacker the printer - or parts
thereof.

Get some proper laser paper. For matt output I quite like Xerox's 100gsm
Colortech, which is readily available in A4 and A3. For glossy I've
used a fair bit of HPs soft glossy paper, Data Copy have recently
brought out a 160gsm glossy laser paper which is quite nice, they have a
similar matt one at IIRC 135 gsm which I have yet to try.

Thx a lot for your help