I have a Brother color laser printer. We want to print some photos on it. Our local Staples has photo printing paper, but it all says it is for inkjet printers. The clerk told my wife that if we don't use photo paper made for laser printers, that it could damage the printer. I'm skeptical, but certainly no expert in this area.
Does anyone on this board know if I can print on the photo paper for inkjet printers with this printer and, if so , is there really any risk of damage?
Thanks,
Herman
Photo Prints on Laser Printer
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Photo Prints on Laser Printer
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The inkjet paper has a special coating on it to absorb the right amount of ink
Re: Photo Prints on Laser Printer
Inkjet printer spray ink onto the paper in tiny amounts. The paper tends to wick some of the ink away from where it is sprayed which destroys some of the resolution. That's fine for text but not for pictures so coated paper is used for those.prlawiii wrote: ↑Fri Feb 01, 2019 10:34 pm I have a Brother color laser printer. We want to print some photos on it. Our local Staples has photo printing paper, but it all says it is for inkjet printers. The clerk told my wife that if we don't use photo paper made for laser printers, that it could damage the printer. I'm skeptical, but certainly no expert in this area.
Does anyone on this board know if I can print on the photo paper for inkjet printers with this printer and, if so , is there really any risk of damage?
Thanks,
Herman
Laser printers use dry particles which is attracted to the print drum where it gets transferred to the paper, then heat fused to make it permanent. That heat fusion is where the problem occurs with coated paper as the coating may be a plastic that can stick to that heated roller which would then ruin it. It doesn't ruin the entire printer, just the fuser roller but that may be an expensive part to replace.
Re: Photo Prints on Laser Printer
RMin is right.
However, there MAY be an option in print settings to "Reduce paper curl" which MAY leave your fuser cool enough to not wreck the paper. But you will be better served just getting laser-rated paper.
Also, many lasers will not reproduce a true 2400dpi image, they're better for text, schematics and dagrams etc.
Ink is definitely the way to go for photo prints.
However, there MAY be an option in print settings to "Reduce paper curl" which MAY leave your fuser cool enough to not wreck the paper. But you will be better served just getting laser-rated paper.
Also, many lasers will not reproduce a true 2400dpi image, they're better for text, schematics and dagrams etc.
Ink is definitely the way to go for photo prints.
Re: Photo Prints on Laser Printer
Herman,
Inkjet papers have a clay coating that helps absorb the ink droplets, like RMinMN said use a powdered "ink" so I'd think it'll
be a terrible mess if you try injet papers in a laser printer.
Look for laser brochure paper, I use a 40lb wt glossy HP brochure
paper with my HP color laser printer and the results are pretty good, I'd compare it to a magazine printing.
Jim
Inkjet papers have a clay coating that helps absorb the ink droplets, like RMinMN said use a powdered "ink" so I'd think it'll
be a terrible mess if you try injet papers in a laser printer.
Look for laser brochure paper, I use a 40lb wt glossy HP brochure
paper with my HP color laser printer and the results are pretty good, I'd compare it to a magazine printing.
Jim