<x-html><!x-stuff-for-pete base="" src="" id="0"><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=420554519-13022000>Marie,</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=420554519-13022000>What do you plan to do with your color laser? If you wish to print anything like a photo that you want to have a continuous tone appearance, the color laser ( at least those that are on he market now for home/office use) will not do. Color lasers, in short, (a) do not have the dot resolution that inkjets do; (b) do not tend to produce prints that have the snap that inkjets are capable of producing ( for reasons see below), (c) and may not provide the sorts of half toning required to produce a high quality printed color image without a highly skilled and knowledgeable operator who can adjust the halftone pattern to fit the image and paper.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=420554519-13022000></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=420554519-13022000>The reason prints from color lasers may not have the snap is that they typically use toner not ink; the toner does not have either the color gamut of inkjet inks or the sharpness and glossiness - it produces a rather flat image sort of like one gets from a color copy machine that is more appropriate to presentational graphics than to photographs or fine art or graphic arts. The variety of papers that can be used and will accept the toner is limited with most being of the plain paper variety in contrast to the glossy or coated stock variety. which results in a dull flat appearance. appearance. </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=420554519-13022000></SPAN><FONT face=Tahoma><BR></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=420554519-13022000></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=420554519-13022000></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=420554519-13022000></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=420554519-13022000> </SPAN>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> owner-epson-inkjet@leben.com [mailto:owner-epson-inkjet@leben.com]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Marie T.<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, February 13, 2000 10:33 AM<BR><B>To:</B> epson-inkjet@leben.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: The 1270-Bad news / QA-engineering/responsibility to employees<BR><BR></DIV></FONT> <BLOCKQUOTE></FONT>This is going to be a question from a real novice, so please bear with me and don't consider me stupid, or something. After all this hassle with inkjet printers and the expense of ink, wouldn't it be better in the long run to just go with a colored laser? <P>Marie <P>Bernard Epstein wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE="CITE"> <TT>And what will you do when the other brands decide to follow Epson's lead and build chips into their cartridges also?</TT> <P><TT>Bernie</TT> <P><TT>Charlie wrote:</TT> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE="CITE"><TT> <big snip> The chip design may help</TT> <BR><TT>Epson retain quality (& less warranty work) and OEM cart sales, but I may</TT> <BR><TT>need to go to another brand so as to keep my consumable costs down.</TT></BLOCKQUOTE><TT>--</TT> <BR><TT>Visit my Web site at </TT> <TT><A href="http://ir.clubphoto.com/bernard198799/">http://ir.clubphoto.com/bernard198799/</A></TT> <BR> </BLOCKQUOTE> </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> </x-html>