• msage
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    12 hours ago

    I have to say, this is some pristine printing.

    Looks like solid black coverage without artifacts… I’m used to laser printers, do inks have so much better black areas?

    • u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.org
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      5 hours ago

      Is this not laser? It looks shiny.

      Anyway, as someone who has too much ink and sometimes prints dark mode documents just because, it depends on how much ink the printer tries to deposit and also on the paper.
      The paper seems to be the biggest problem. Standard 80gsm office paper just gets so drenched it wrinkles up and rolls up as it dries. 120gsm seems to be fine.

      But I don’t know what “artifacts” you’re looking for. With my printer, draft mode may produce better results just because it uses a bit less ink which won’t then seep into smaller white areas like text. But if you mean missed areas, like lines, that’s not a problem.
      There may also be a difference between dye and pigment ink. I use dye ink. Pigment shouldn’t seep through because it’s suspended particles, so it may also look better for white text on black. And the other side of the paper should remain white.

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    1 day ago

    Good thing is has that white icon in the middle. It would have been super shitty and wasteful if it was just a fully black page.