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Subject:Re: Overheads From:"Arlen P. Walker" <Arlen -dot- P -dot- Walker -at- JCI -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 11 Apr 1995 16:41:00 -0600
2. An alternative: Inkjet printers are a better bet for overheads
because they're far less expensive and let you use color. (And I don't
believe that you need special "paper".)
Yes, you do. Ink-jet printers need transparencies which have tiny groves in them
to collect the ink. Otherwise the ink just runs off the film. Also, some ink-jet
printed transparencies tend to fade rapidly over time.
Thermal-wax printers have a tendency to flake over time, and are darker than
ink-jet printed transparencies. (The wax is denser than the ink, so absorbs more
light.)
Dye-sublimation printers (at least the one we have) print lighter than ink-jet
and look a little washed-out.
Have fun,
Arlen
Chief Managing Director In Charge, Department of Redundancy Department
DNRC 124
Arlen -dot- P -dot- Walker -at- JCI -dot- Com
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